Pancreas transplantation: experience of single center.

Background: Diabetes is the most common cause of renal failure. In patients with type I diabetes and renal failure,dialysis and insulin therapy can prevent a clinical context that causes rapid death, but they are insufficient to prevent longterm complications. Pancreas and islet cell transplantation inpatients with type I diabetes are the only curative treatment and have recently become more common.

Partial cholecystectomy is a safe and efficient method.

Aim: When there is excess inflammation, fibrosis and portal hypertension around gall bladder or in presence of Mirizzi syndrome, bile ducts and hepatic artery may be possibly damaged during dissection of Calot triangle. In this study, we examined safety and efficiency of partial cholecystectomy operation which we perform when dissection of Calot triangle is challenging.

Method And Material: Eighteen patients who were undergone partial cholecystectomy in our clinic between 1996 and 2008 were retrospectively evaluated.

Upper gastrointestinal abnormalities and Helicobacter pylori in Behçet's disease.

Background: There are few published clinical trials concerning upper gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in Behçet's disease (BD), and most have been performed on patients with upper GI tract symptoms.

Aim: We sought to determine whether routine endoscopy is indicated in asymptomatic patients with BD and whether Helicobacter pylori plays a role in the pathogenesis of BD.

Methods: Forty consecutive patients with BD and 40 age- and gender-matched controls with tinea pedis were studied.