[Experimental work: reconstruction of the pelvi-ureteric junction and ureter using testicular tunica vaginalis autograft].

Aim: To evaluate the results of surgical reconstruction of the upper urinary tract using an autograft of testicular tunica vaginalis in experimental animals.

Materials And Methods: The article presents the results of partial replacement of the renal pelvis and ureter with an autograft in 25 male dogs. The grafts were harvested by resection of the parietal layer of the testicular tunica vaginalis, which was transplanted into the region of the pelvi-ureteric junction and the proximal ureter.

[Acute pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest treated with thrombolysis and an automatic chest compression device].

Survival after pulseless electrical activity cardiac arrest is poor. In this case report we describe a patient who had acute massive pulmonary embolism and was treated with thrombolysis and an automatic mechanical chest compression device, Lund University Cardiac Arrest System (LUCAS 2). Chest compressions were effectively provided for two hours during a prolonged resuscitation and transferral for pulmonary embolectomy.