Timing of steroid treatment is important for cerebral protection during cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest: minimal protection of pump prime methylprednisolone.

Objectives: The contact of cardiopulmonary bypass surface and patient's blood activates systemic inflammatory response which aggravates ischemia-reperfusion injury. This study evaluates the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) on cerebral protection using different steroid administration protocols.

Methods: Eighteen (n=6/group) 4 week-old piglets were divided in three groups.

Prospective comparison of 3-dimensional volume rendered computerized tomography and conventional renal arteriography for surgical planning in patients undergoing laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Purpose: We prospectively assessed the accuracy of 3-dimensional (3-D) volume rendered computerized tomography (CT) and conventional renal arteriography to visualize renovascular anatomy in patients undergoing laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 60 consecutive patients undergoing laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (left side in 46 and right side in 14) prospectively underwent 3-D CT and renal angiography. A short videotape of 3-D CT was prepared using volume rendering software that demonstrated the anatomical location, number, anomalies and spatial interrelationships of the renal arteries and veins.

Orthotopic neobladder and subsequent renal transplantation.

Continent urinary diversion has become an attractive alternative to traditional conduits after cystectomy in select patients, including those awaiting renal transplantation. We report a case of a surgically anephric dialysis patient who underwent radical cystoprostatectomy with orthotopic ileal neobladder for recurrent superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and subsequent living-related renal transplantation 7 months later. We also discuss the perioperative adjuncts paramount to successful outcomes in such patients.