Segmental Liver Transplantation from Non-Heart Beating Donors—An Early Experience with Implications for the Future

We report our experience of pediatric liver transplantation with partial grafts from non-heart beating donors (NHBD). Controlled donors less than 40 years of age with a warm ischemia time (WI) of less than 30 min were considered for pediatric recipients. Death was declared 5 min after asystole. A super-rapid recovery technique with aortic and portal perfusion was utilized. Mean donor age was 29 years and WI 14.6 min (range 11–18). Seven children, mean age 4.9 years (0.7–11), median weight 20 kg (8.4–53) received NHBD segmental liver grafts. Diagnoses included seronegative hepatitis, neonatal sclerosing cholangitis, familial intrahepatic cholestasis, hepatoblastoma, primary hyperoxaluria and factor VII deficiency (n = 2).The grafts included four reduced and one split left lateral segments, one left lobe and one right auxiliary graft. Mean cold ischemia was 7.3 h (6.2–8.8). Complications included one pleural effusion and one biliary collection drained percutaneously. At 20 months (10–36) follow-up all children are alive and well with functioning grafts.
Donation after cardiac death is a significant source of liver grafts for adults and children with careful donor selection and short cold ischemic times.     

逆行隐神经岛状皮瓣的临床应用

目的 报告逆行隐神经岛状皮瓣的临床应用结果。方法 应用这种技术修复6例足跟部软组织缺损,切取的皮瓣面积为4cm×6 cm至7cm×10 cm。结果 所有的皮瓣完全成活,取得了满意的效果。1例术后4d发生表浅感染,经换药愈合。结论 大隐静脉、隐神经和伴行的动脉网是该皮瓣的轴,该皮瓣具有血管解剖恒定、血管蒂长和操作简单等优点,而且较薄,适宜修复足部软组织缺损。     

A literature review of autograft and allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee anterior cruciate ligament reconstructive surgery has significantly evolved and now includes the option of using an allograft. This has resulted in numerous studies evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of allografts. The purpose of this literature review is to evaluate this research and present important findings to allow the selection of the most appropriate graft source when considering allograft versus autograft reconstruction.     

Isochronic transplantation of neonatal grafts in the visual cortex of cats: responsiveness,ocular dominance and specificity of cortical cells to visual stimulation

Summary The visual cortex of adult cats was studied physiologically following neonatal isochronic transplantation of grafts from areas 17,18, which were placed homotopically, in order to reveal their functional integration and thus possible repairing of damaged cortical neuronal circuits. Three homograft cats, in which transplantation was carried out between siblings (228 cortical cells) were compared to 4 animals receiving reimplanted autografts of the equivalent size (131 cells) as well as 3 animals with analogous sectioning of the visual cortex (162 cells) (pseudograft controls). The location of the boundaries between the transplant region and the host were determined using the Nissl's method for staining histological cross sections. Extracellular unit recording revealed typical waveform of the action potentials in the transplanted region and in the surrounding host tissue of all groups of cats. Visual responsiveness in the homograft cats was 17.5% in the transplanted region and 80.4% in the unoperated hemisphere; the corresponding results were 40.3% for the transplanted region and 82.2% for the unoperated hemisphere in the autografts and 23.1% and 73.4% in the pseudografts. The specificity of the cells to visual stimulation as expressed by their orientation and direction specificity, indicated preservation of these properties in the transplanted cats. While all responsive cells in the transplanted region of the homografts were orientation specific, their proportion was 60% in the autografts and 55.5% in the analogous region in the pseudograft controls. As to the direction specific cells, their performance in the grafted region of the grafted cats was even much higher than that of the pseudograft controls. The ocular dominance distribution of the cells showed preservation of binocularity in the transplanted region (90.0% binocular cells) of the homografts; it was however smaller in the equivalent region of the autografts (65.0%) and remarkably reduced (20.0%) in the pseudografts. It was concluded that despite the deafferentation induced during the transplantation procedure, a remarkable visual responsiveness was found in the transplanted region, indicating postoperative recovery. However, the cells there were mainly affected in their activity and less in their specificity to visual stimulation.     

多层螺旋CTA:不同重建方法在主动脉瘤腔内隔绝术后的应用评价

目的：探讨多层螺旋CT血管造影不同重建方法在主动脉瘤腔内隔绝术后的临床应用价值。材料与方法：46例主动脉瘤腔内隔绝术后行多层螺旋CT血管造影，采用准直2.5mm，层厚3.0mm，螺距为6，重建方法为容积显示技术（volume rendering，VR）、表面阴影遮盖显示(shade surface display，SSD)及最大密度投影法（maximum intensity projection，MIP），并对三种方法进行比较。结果：46例中有1例术后内支架出现局限性断裂，VR及MIP均清晰显示了内支架的变化，SSD未能显示。1例内支架展开不良，三种重建方法均明确显示；6例术后出现渗漏，VR清晰显示渗漏的部位、形态及内漏量，MIP、SSD仅显示其中的5例，三者中以VR显示最佳。在显示支架内血流情况及瘤周血栓方面，VR能明确支架内有无血栓形成及腔内隔绝术后的转归变化，VR显示1例术后支架内血栓形成SSD及MIP未能显示。结论：多层螺旋CT能在较短时间内进行大范围的扫描，有利于主动脉病变的检查；VR图像优于SSD及MIP，能为术后内支架情况提供更多更准确的信息，VR技术应作为主动脉瘤内支架术后的首选三维重建方法。     

Open surgery of giant paraclinoid aneurysms improved by intraoperative angiography and endovascular retrograde suction decompression

Summary In three consecutive cases of giant left sided paraclinoid aneurysms we employed an endovascular retrograde suction decompression technique in combination with intra-operative angiography. A double-lumen balloon catheter was placed in the left internal carotid artery by the transfemoral route. After balloon inflation and placement of a temporary clip distal to the aneurysm blood was aspirated and the aneurysm collapsed. Thus further dissection of the aneurysm could easily be achieved and clips could be placed. Afterwards real-time digital subtraction angiography was performed. Intra-operative angiography led to clip repositioning in all cases either due to a clip induced stenosis of the parent vessel, or because of incomplete aneurysm obliteration. Afterwards successful clipping could be confirmed in all cases. Outcome was excellent in one case, good in the other. The third case, extremely complicated by an accompanying craniopharyngioma, showed a satisfactory outcome, but presented new neurological deficits.     

Value of polydirectional tomography in the assessment of the postoperative spine after anterior decompression and vertebral body autografting

With the growing number of orthopedic reconstructive spinal procedures, the use of bone grafting has steadily increased in the past decade. An understanding of the biology of bone grafting is essential for both the clinician and radiologist. Despite the advent of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, conventional polydirectional tomography remains an important tool in the evaluation of vertebral body autografts. Trispiral or hypocycloidal tomography plays a valuable role in the assessment of bone graft fusion and possible complications, especially in the presence of metallic fixation devices. We present our imaging experience derived from 375 patients with cervical, thoracic, or lumbar anterior spinal fusion. True graft complications occurred in 27 patients (7%) and consisted of fracture (4%), malpositioning (3%), and infection (<1%).     

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging assessment of vascularized free fibular grafts

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging may be a noninvasive method for assessing perfusion of vascularized bone grafts placed for treatment of avascular necrosis. One proximal femur of seven beagles was devascularized, with insertion of a vascularized fibular graft. MR imaging at 1 week (seven dogs) and 6 weeks (five dogs) after surgery included pre- and postcontrast spin-echo sequences, unenhanced twodimensional time-of-flight (TOF) vascular imaging, and dynamic gradient-echo imaging during infusion of gadolinium. Relative signal intensity values of selected regions obtained from the dynamic gradientecho images were plotted as percent enhancement versus time. In the operated hip, MR imaging did not show enhancement in six of seven femoral heads and greater trochanters at 1 week after surgery, with similar results after 6 weeks. MR imaging of fibular grafts 6 weeks after surgery showed an initial rapid increase in enhancement and a subsequent slower increase in five of five dogs, although no enhancement was seen in six of seven dogs at 1 week. These findings contrasted with a rapid initial increase in enhancement followed by slow decline in non-operated hips. Two-dimensional TOP imaging did not show the vascular pedicle of the graft in any dog. Findings of radionuclide bone scanning performed 1 week after surgery were consistent with devascularization of the operated femur and fibular graft. However, tetracycline distribution and histologic findings confirmed the viability of five of five grafts within the devascularized femurs 6 weeks after surgery. Thus, dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging at 6 weeks after surgery is valuable for assessing vascular bone graft perfusion, while similar imaging at 1 week may suggest otherwise.     

Strecker stent in stenotic hemodialysis Brescia-Cimino arteriovenous fistulas

Flexible tantalum stents (Strecker) were used as an adjunct to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in the treatment of stenotic arterial or venous limbs of Brescia-Cimino hemodialysis fistulas. The diagnostic procedure was performed using retrograde fistulography. After PTA with unsatisfactory results, stents were placed in 5 patients with significant residual stenoses and poor fistula function. Within the mean follow-up period of 6.4 months (range 3–10 months) all fistulas were functioning. We conclude that Strecker stent is useful in the treatment of stenotic hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas as an adjunct to PTA.     

微导管真丝线段血管内栓塞治疗脑动静脉畸形（附7例报告）

应用国产真丝线段行血管内栓塞治疗７例脑动静脉畸形（ＡＶＭ）。结果：１例术中畸形血管破裂出血死亡，１例出现半身麻木，肢体轻瘫，经治疗短期内恢复。余病例症状明显缓解或消失。此栓塞材料为永久性，较安全，效果好，并发症少。