Background: Measures of skeletal muscle abnormalities are rapidly emerging as independent predictors of outcomes after liver transplantation (LT). We describe a simple, novel assessment of myosteatosis acquired prior to liver transplantation using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) derived fat fraction.
Methods: A retrospective longitudinal cohort study included clinical and biochemical data from patients who underwent liver transplantation at our institution between Feb 2008 and Aug 2014.
Severe acute pancreatitis often leads to pancreatic and peripancreatic collections but, rarely, it can lead to collections at sites remote from the pancreas. Three male patients presented with abdominal pain and inguinoscrotal swelling. They were initially misdiagnosed with obstructed inguinal hernia, epididymo-orchitis and hydrocele, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGoals And Background: We evaluated ex and in vivo effect of streptokinase on pancreatic necrosum to improve the success rate of pigtail catheter drainage and irrigation in infected walled off pancreatic necrosis using step up approach and also looked at potential risk of bleeding.
Experiment And Clinical Cases: 1000 IU/ml of streptokinase was added to 10 g. of intra-operatively obtained fresh tissue of peripancreatic necrosis and results compared to treatment with saline.