Movement of target organs and anatomical landmarks caused by body position change during urological laparoscopic surgery.

Introduction: The aim of our study was to elucidate the impact of patients' physical characteristics on the movement of target organs and anatomical landmarks by comparing supine and lateral CT images.

Methods: This study consisted of 55 patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery in the lateral position. CT images of the area between the abdomen and pelvis were taken preoperatively with patients in both supine and lateral positions.

The mechanism responsible for accommodation after living-related kidney transplantations across the blood barrier.

The mechanism responsible for accommodation in renal transplantations across the blood barrier remains unclear. We recently encountered two patients with accommodated status after living-related kidney transplantations across the blood barrier. Both developed elevations of anti-blood-group antibodies to titers over 128x after transplantation, despite excellent renal function.