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L Huskisson

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PubMed2005

Porcine dermal collagen graft in pediatric renal transplantation.

Successful closure of the anterior abdominal wall in infants following renal transplantation of adult organs may present a challenging dilemma to the transplant surgeon. Restricted volume of the recipient abdominal cavity and size discrepancy of donor adult kidney may lead to graft compromise. Pressure on the graft may be exacerbated further in the postoperative period by oedema that may lead to abdominal compartment syndrome. Donor/recipient size disparity remains the major obstacle in infant renal transplantation. We describe the use of a porcine collagen graft to facilitate closure of the abdominal wall following intra-peritoneal transplantation of an adult cadaveric kidney.

Abdominal Wall↗
PubMed1997

Temporary balloon occlusion of the inferior vena cava as an alternative to cardiopulmonary bypass in resection of Wilms' tumour with vena cava extension.

Up to 10% of patients undergoing nephrectomy for Wilms' tumour have tumour thrombus involving the vena cava. A new radiological technique is described utilising a temporary occlusion balloon inserted via an open venotomy of the left internal jugular vein into the retro-hepatic cava to create a bloodless field to facilitate surgery.

Cardiopulmonary Bypass↗
PubMed1995

Rectal atresia and stenosis.

Rectal atresia and stenosis are rare and peculiar anorectal malformations for which many and varied surgical procedures have been described, ranging from simple perforation of the atresia to extensive sacro-abdomino-perineal pull-through operations. The results of the operations have been generally unsatisfactory, chronic constipation being a common postoperative feature. In the authors' experience, the Duhamel pull-through is the operation of choice for this problem.

Colectomy↗