Successful Elongation of a Short Graft Renal Artery by a Gonadal Vein.

Objectives: The objective of this presentation is to share our experiences with a successful reconstruction of a short graft renal artery using a gonadal vein, which occurred during a difficult laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Case Report: A 27-year-old man was referred to our clinic for a living-related renal transplant with a diagnosis of end-stage renal disease. The donor was with his mother.

Increase in Body Mass Index After Renal Transplantation.

The aim of this study was to determine the changes in body mass index (BMI) of patients after renal transplantation regarding causes like steroid use, lower necessity for dietary restrictions, and changes in eating habits. Ninety-seven patients were enrolled in this retrospective study; they had undergone cadaver or living donor renal transplantation between 2011 and 2013. Demographic features of patients, height, weight, and BMI were evaluated before and 6 and 12 months after surgery.

Evaluation of renal transplantations performed in the Transplantation Center at Sanko University Medical School.

Introduction: Renal transplantation is the optimum treatment to improve the quality and length of life in end-stage renal disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate patients who underwent renal transplantation in our transplantation center and to present our clinical experience.

Methods: Living donor and cadaveric renal transplants performed in the Transplantation Center of Sanko University Medical School between 2011 and 2014 were evaluated retrospectively.

Coronary flow reserve in patients with left anterior descending artery-left internal mammary artery long patch plasty anastomosis: a prospective study.

Background: We aimed at assessing the efficacy of the patch plasty technique without endarterectomy in patients with diffuse coronary artery. Long anastomosis of the left internal mammary artery graft (LIMA) to the left anterior descending (LAD) artery was performed and examined using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography to detect coronary flow reserve (CFR) and epicardial stenosis.

Methods: Forty-one patients (6 women; mean age, 58 ± 9 years) who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery using the patch plasty technique without endarterectomy were included in the study.

Does pulmonary artery venting decrease the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after conventional aortocoronary bypass surgery?

Objectives: In this study, we tested the hypothesis that pulmonary artery venting would decrease the incidence of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Methods: This prospective study included 301 patients who underwent complete myocardial revascularization with cardiopulmonary bypass in our department during a 2-year period. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups: group I included 151 patients who underwent aortic root venting and group II included 150 patients who underwent pulmonary arterial venting for decompression of the left heart.