Intraoperative carcinoid syndrome during small-bowel neuroendocrine tumour surgery.

Only few descriptions of intraoperative carcinoid syndrome (ioCS) have been reported. The primary objective of this study was to describe ioCS. A second aim was to identify risk factors of ioCS.

"First look" unsedated transnasal esogastroduodenoscopy in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding? A prospective evaluation.

Background And Aims: With small diameter endoscopes, transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy (t-EGD) is routinely performed. The aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate the role of t-EGD for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB).

Patients And Methods: One hundred and forty-five consecutive patients (mean age, 66±18.

Adult left liver transplantation from split livers and living donors: a 14-year single-center experience.

Background: In an era of organ scarcity, the use of left liver grafts for adult recipients could increase the access to liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to evaluate the results in a single-center series of adult left LT over a 14-yr period.

Patients And Methods: Between March 1996 and March 2010, 30 adult patients underwent LT with a left liver obtained from 16 split cadaveric livers and 14 living donors (LD).

Post-operative pressure lability and cardiac baroreflex in normotensive patients as a function of age.

Background: Pressure lability may be linked to the loss of the cardiac baroreflex. The reduction of the sensitivity of the cardiac baroreflex has not been delineated in the post-operative period according to age in normotensive patients. This study addresses pressure lability and slope of the cardiac baroreflex as a function of age.

Transoesophageal echo-Doppler vs. thermodilution cardiac output measurement during hepatic vascular exclusion in liver transplantation.

Background And Objective: Continuous monitoring of cardiac output during liver transplantation is essential to evaluate the patient's haemodynamic tolerance to acute volume variations. The aim of this study was to compare the cardiac output values obtained with a transoesophageal echo-Doppler and those obtained with a continuous thermodilution cardiac output pulmonary artery catheter.

Methods: Twenty adult patients were prospectively studied during a 5 min hepatic vascular exclusion test performed at the end of the dissection phase.