Renal sympathetic denervation in treating drug-resistant hypertension in a patient on hemodialysis.

A 26-year-old man had an end-stage renal disease because of a neurogenic urinary bladder with a vesicourinary reflux. The first kidney transplant was lost in consequence of chronic allograft nephropathy. Immunosuppressive medication was withdrawn and transplantectomy was performed in November 2010.

Pulmonary function and immediate outcome of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement.

Background And Aim Of The Study: The study aim was to evaluate whether pulmonary function, as assessed by spirometry, affects immediate outcome after aortic valve replacement (AVR).

Methods: Data relating to the preoperative percentages of predicted forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) were retrieved from a series of 453 patients who underwent AVR, with or without coronary artery bypass surgery.

Results: The percentage of predictive FVC (odds ratio (OR) 0.

Does gastric banding for morbid obesity reduce or increase gastroesophageal reflux?

Background: Conflicting results regarding the influence of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) on gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have been published.

Methods: A prospective follow-up study was conducted in 31 patients (male/female 5/26, mean age 44 +/- 11 SD years) with 24-hour pH and manometry recordings, symptom assessment, and upper GI endoscopy.

Results: Total number of reflux episodes decreased from a mean value of 44.