Left lateral liver lobe torsion in a cat with moderate pectus excavatum.

A 6-year-old neutered female domestic shorthair cat weighing 3.1 kg was referred to the clinic owing to a 2 day history of anorexia. On physical examination, a pectus excavatum (PE) was apparent, and a cranial abdominal mass was palpated.

Patellar groove replacement in patellar luxation with severe femoro-patellar osteoarthritis.

Objective: To report a novel method of treating femoro-patellar instability in association with severe femoro-patellar osteoarthritis, by substituting the femoral trochlear with a patellar groove replacement prosthesis.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Methods: Preoperative lameness was scored from 0-4, and radiographic studies including standard positions for patellar luxation were obtained for evidence of malalignment and femoro-patellar osteoarthritis.

Conversion of azathioprine to mycophenolate mofetil and chronic graft failure progression.

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of conversion from azathioprine (AZA) to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on graft function in 35 renal transplant recipients with chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). The immunosuppressive regimen originally consisted of AZA, cyclosporine (CsA), and prednisone (Pr). At the onset of the study (mean period = 39 posttransplant months), a graft biopsy was performed on all patients who were randomly divided into group 1 (n = 17) in whom MMF was introduced instead of AZA.

[Analysis of living related kidney donors and their postoperative course].

Lack of cadaveric organs for transplantation resulted in increased number of living related kidney donors examinations and consequent transplantations in our Department. Donor procedure, selection, drop-outs and final results for living related donors (LRD) were retrospectively analyzed in this paper. Between 1987 and 1994 202 potential LRD were examined.