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341 Hypersensitivity myocarditis and outcome after heart transplantation The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, March 8, 2013    Clinical Article

342 Tachycardia detection performance of implantable loop recorders: results from a large real-life patient cohort and patients with induced ventricular arrhythmias EP Europace, March 8, 2013

343 Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders in liver transplant recipients: a clinicopathological study Journal of Clinical Pathology, March 8, 2013    Review Article

344 Prognostic utility of the Seattle Heart Failure Score and amino terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide in varying stages of systolic heart failure The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, March 7, 2013    Review Article

345 The treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus infection in liver transplant candidates and recipients Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, March 7, 2013    Clinical Article

346 A Novel Mutation of the Ornithine Transcarbamylase Gene Leading to Fatal Hyperammonemia in a Liver Transplant Recipient American Journal of Transplantation, March 7, 2013    Review Article

347 De novo Cancer-Related Death in Australian Liver and Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients American Journal of Transplantation, March 7, 2013    Clinical Guideline

348 Early lung retrieval from traumatic brain-dead donors does not compromise outcomes following lung transplantation European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 7, 2013    Clinical Article

349 Predicting early allograft failure and mortality after liver transplantation: The role of postoperative MELD score Liver Transplantation, March 7, 2013    Clinical Article

350 Lung transplant of extrahospitalary donor after cardiac death The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 7, 2013    Review Article

351 Time-dependent changes in the risk of death in pure bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, March 6, 2013    Review Article

352 Acute Pancreas Allograft Rejection Is Associated With Increased Risk of Graft Failure in Pancreas Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation, March 6, 2013    Clinical Article

353 Should minors be considered as potential living liver donors Liver Transplantation, March 6, 2013    Review Article

354 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in a Patient With Severe Aortic Insufficiency and Minimal Aortic Annular Calcification Canadian Journal of Cardiology, March 6, 2013

355 Acute Rejection Characteristics From a Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial of Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal Transplantation, March 5, 2013    Review Article

356 Surfactant Improves Graft Function After Gastric Acid–Induced Lung Damage in Lung Transplantation Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 5, 2013    Clinical Article

357 Early Treatment of Depressive Symptoms and Long-Term Survival After Liver Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation, March 5, 2013    Clinical Article

358 Impact of molecular adsorbent recirculating system on renal recovery in type 1 hepatorenal syndrome in patients with chronic liver failure Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, March 5, 2013    Review Article

359 Objective Radiologic Assessment of Body Composition in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease: Going Beyond the BMI Transplantation, March 5, 2013    Clinical Article

360 Solvent detergent vs. fresh frozen plasma in cirrhotic patients undergoing liver transplant surgery: a prospective randomized control study Vox Sanguinis, March 4, 2013    Clinical Article

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Clinical Pearls in Surgery

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Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain

As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.

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NT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery

As published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.

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Increased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors

As published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.

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Most Popular Surgery Articles

Last month's top read Top Articles of 2012

1 Liver Transplantation for Nonresectable Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer Annals of Surgery, April 15, 2013

2 The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: A Novel Target for Immunomodulation in Organ Transplantation Transplantation, April 24, 2013    Review Article

3 Biliary cast syndrome post liver transplantation: Risk factors and outcome Liver International, April 2, 2013    Review Article

4 Cumulative incidence of cancer after solid organ transplantation Cancer, April 12, 2013    Review Article

5 Low Rates of Short- and Long-term Graft Loss After Kidney-Pancreas Transplant From a Single Center Low Graft Loss Rates in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant JAMA Surgery, April 18, 2013

6 Efficacy, Outcomes, and Cost-Effectiveness of Desensitization Using IVIG and Rituximab Transplantation, April 5, 2013

7 Replacement of Infected Aortic Prosthetic Graft with Aortic Homograft after Heart Transplantation: 13-Year Follow-Up Journal of Cardiac Surgery, April 4, 2013

8 Prevention of De Novo Hepatitis B in Recipients of Core Antibody-Positive Livers With Lamivudine and Other Nucleos(t)ides: A 12-Year Experience Transplantation, April 10, 2013

9 Management of the Brain-Dead Organ Donor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Transplantation, April 3, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

10 Prospective multi-center clinical trial of immunosuppressive drug withdrawal in stable adult liver transplant recipients Hepatology, April 4, 2013

11 Echocardiography for detection of portopulmonary hypertension in liver transplantation candidates: Analysis of cutoff values Liver Transplantation, April 15, 2013

12 Impact of Sarcopenia on Survival in Patients Undergoing Living Donor Liver Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation, April 23, 2013    Review Article

13 Use of High-Dose Ganciclovir for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Replication in Solid Organ Transplant Patients With Ganciclovir Resistance-Inducing Mutations Transplantation, April 18, 2013

14 De Novo Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies Decrease Patient and Graft Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients American Journal of Transplantation, April 4, 2013    Review Article

15 Clinical predictors of post liver transplant new onset heart failure Liver Transplantation, April 4, 2013

16 Ethical considerations in live donor transplantation: should complications be tolerated? Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, April 4, 2013    Review Article

17 Long-term follow-up of endoscopic therapy in stenosis of the bilio-biliary anastomosis associated with orthotopic liver transplantation Liver Transplantation, April 16, 2013

18 Transplant ureteric stenosis complicating laparoscopic recurrent inguinal hernia repair Hernia, April 11, 2013

19 Interpreting Tacrolimus Concentrations During Pregnancy and Postpartum Transplantation, April 10, 2013    Review Article

20 Unrecognized intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an analysis of 993 adult cirrhotic liver explants Clinical Transplantation, March 18, 2013

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