He is now doing well at 1-year follow-up with independent ambulation and a regular diet.

Conclusion. Acute celiac artery compression after surgical kyphosis correction is a rare but potentially serious adverse event. Spinal deformity surgeons and intensivists should be aware of this entity, and should have a high index of suspicion

for it if sepsis of unknown origin, an acute abdomen, or elevated liver enzymes are encountered after surgery RSL3 chemical structure after correction of a kyphotic deformity.”
“Background: The definitive treatment for patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), while the surgical treatment of choice for UC is restorative protocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). While studies to date show that OLT may impact the outcome of IPAA, the effect of IPAA on the surgical outcome of OLT is not known.

Methods: All eligible patients (those with PSC and OLT) from our prospectively

maintained OLT and Pouch Databases were included. Patient and OLT graft survivals along with surgical outcomes were assessed. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed.

Results: Seventy-nine patients with OLT for PSC were studied, including those with UC (PSC + OLT + UC, n=27) or without UC (PSC + OLT, n=30), and with UC and IPAA (PSC + OLT + UC + IPAA, n=22). In the PSC + OLT + UC group, 23 (85.2%) had UC before OLT and 4 (14.8%) had UC diagnosed after OLT. In the PSC + OLT + UC + IPAA group, 9 (40.9%) had IPM-then-OLT and 13 (59.1%) had OLT-then-IPAA, while 21(95.5%) had UC before OLT and 1 (4.5%) had selleck UC diagnosed after OLT. Kaplan Meier survival curve showed no statistical differences in patient and graft survivals between the 3 groups. In univariable analysis, there was no statistical difference for acute and chronic rejection, hepatic artery thrombosis, stricture, bile leak and acute and chronic

renal failure for the 3 groups. In multivariable analysis, no factors were found to be associated with bacterennia selleck kinase inhibitor or intra-abdominal abscess.

Conclusions: The presence of the IPAA in OLT for PSC patients appears not to have a negative impact on patient and graft survivals and post-operative complications. (C) 2012 European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.”
“Glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L.) is a halophyte that grows in the salt marshes and has been used as a seasoned vegetable and a traditional folk medicine. In the present study, the antioxidant properties and cytotoxic effects of glasswort seeds on human colon and intestinal cells were investigated. A series of solvent fractions, including fractions of hexane (Fr.H), ethyl ether (Fr.E), ethyl acetate (Fr.EA), and water (Fr.W) were prepared from 70% methanol extract of glasswort seeds. Fr.EA contained the highest level of total polyphenols and flavonoids followed by Fr.E.