Biomedical subjects

Piotr Małkowski

Publications and source records attributed to Piotr Małkowski.

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PubMed2005

[Current status of liver transplantation].

The authors present current status of liver transplantation (LTx) in Poland. Till 2004, 845 LTx were performed: 604 in adults and 241 in children; 71 of them were the living donor LTx. Post-inflammatory cirrhosis in adults and biliary atresia in children were the most common indications for LTx. The results of LTx in Poland are good and comparable with the results published by other centers. The number of available cadaveric grafts is growing and in 2004 achieved an index of harvesting as high as 14,7 per million people.

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PubMed2005

[Technical progress in liver transplantation].

Throughout the history of liver transplantation many improvements have been made in the field of surgical technique. The technical progress improved results of liver transplantation; the split liver transplantation and living donor liver transplantation increased the number of cadaveric grafts, expanding primary the pediatric and later the adult liver graft pool. The authors present most of current methods of liver transplantation: orthotopic liver transplantation with or without preservation, of the inferior vena cava, "domino" liver transplantation, split liver transplantation, auxiliary liver transplantation and living donor liver transplantation.

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PubMed2003

[Usefulness of preoperative assay of arginase in pancreatic cancer patients].

The utility of new arginase test in detecting of pancreatic cancer was evaluated. The arginase level in blood serum of 72 patients were also compared with the concentration of Ca 19-9 and CEA antigens. Arginase activity was elevated in 60% patients, whereas the level of Ca 19-9 and CEA were increased in 64.5% and 45% patients, respectively. Sensitivity and specificity of arginase test and Ca 19-9 were similar, and were much higher then those of CEA antigen. However, antigen Ca 19-9 was more discriminating as compared to arginase test, and combined assessment did not improved the results of Ca 19-9. Arginase test needs further investigations, but it seems, that this cheap and very simple procedure can be useful as an additional tool for detection of pancreatic cancer.

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