Graft survival and postoperative complications following orthotopic renal transplantation.

The iliac fossa is the most commonly used site to place the graft in renal transplantation in adults. However, iliac fossa may not be used in various conditions. Thus, orthotopic renal transplantation becomes a viable alternative for these selected patients.

Short and long-term complications due to standard and extended prone position cycles in CoViD-19 patients.

Objective: To investigate short and long-term complications due to standard (≤24 hours) and extended (>24 hours) prone position in COVID-19 patients.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study conducted in an Italian general intensive care unit. We enrolled patients on invasive mechanical ventilation and treated with prone positioning.

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation: State of art.

Objectives: Nowadays, Robotic assistedkidney transplantation (RAKT) is considered a lessinvasive alternative to the Open Kidney Transplantation(OKT) with several advantages such as image magnification,3D vision and articulated instruments and with arelatively short learning curve for an experienced surgeon.RAKT has shown comparable outcomes with theOKT literature data in terms of surgical and functionalresults. RAKT may decrease the complication rate, meanhospital stay, postoperative pain, and also improve aestheticoutcomes.

PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT WITH METYRAPONE IN PATIENTS WITH CUSHING'S SYNDROME DUE TO ADRENAL ADENOMA.

Objective: Metyrapone has been approved for the treatment of patients with Cushing's syndrome (CS), but only few retrospective clinical studies are available. The aim of our study was the prospective assessment of metyrapone as pre-operative treatment.

Design And Methods: Before adrenalectomy, 7 patients with ACTH-independent CS due to adrenal adenoma were prospectively treated with metyrapone for 3 months in 3 tertiary academic centers, with endocrine work-up and clinical evaluation at screening and at predefined evaluation time points (Day 14, 31, 48, 65, 82).

Open Versus Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis of Surgical and Oncological Outcomes.

Purpose: This study was designed to determine the role of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) in the surgical management of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC).

Methods: A systematic literature review was performed on January 2, 2015 using PubMed. Article selection proceeded according to PRISMA criteria.