Immediate post-operative complications(I):Post-operative bleeding;vascular origin:Thrombosis pancreatitis

Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice forinsulin-dependent diabetes that associates end-stage diabetic nephropathy, sinceit achieves not only a clear improvement in the quality of life, but also provides along-term survival advantage over isolated kidney transplant. However, pancreastransplantation still has the highest rate of surgical complications among organtransplants. More than 70% of early graft losses are attributed to technical failures,that is, to a non-immunological cause. The so-called technical failures includegraft thrombosis, bleeding, infection, pancreatitis, anastomotic leak and pancreaticfistula. Pancreatic graft thrombosis leads these technical complications as the mostfrequent cause of early graft loss. Currently most recipients receive postoperativeanticoagulation with the aim of reducing the rate of thrombosis. Hemoperitoneumin the early postoperative period is a frequent cause of relaparotomy, but it is notusually associated with graft loss. The incidence of hemoperitoneum is clearlyrelated to the use of anticoagulation in the postoperative period. Post-transplantpancreatitis is another cause of early postoperative complications, less frequentthan the previous. In this review, we analyze the most common surgicalcomplications that determine pancreatic graft losses.

Restenosis of a drug eluting stent on the previous bioresorbable vascular scaffold successfully treated with a drug-coated balloon: A case report

BACKGROUND The in-stent restenosis(ISR)rates are reportedly inconsistent despite the increased use of second-generation drug eluting stent(DES).Although bioresorbable vascular scaffold(BVS)have substantial advantages with respect to vascular restoration,the rate of scaffold thrombosis is higher with BVS than with DES.Optimal treatment strategies have not been established for DES-ISR to date.CASE SUMMARY We report on a case of a 60-year-old man patient with acute coronary syndrome.He had a history of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction associated with very late scaffold thrombosis and treated with a DES.Coronary angiography revealed significant stenosis,suggesting DES-ISR on the previous BVS.Optical coherence tomography(OCT)identified a plaque rupture and a disrupted scaffold strut in the neointimal proliferation of DES.To treat the DES-ISR on the previous BVS,we opted for a drug-coated balloon(DCB)after a balloon angioplasty using a semi-compliant and non-compliant balloon.The patient did not experience adverse cardiovascular events on using a DCB following the use of intensive dual antiplatelet therapy and statin for 24 mo.CONCLUSION This case highlights the importance of OCT as an imaging modality for characterizing the mechanism of target lesion failure.The use of a DCB following the administration of optimal pharmacologic therapy may be an optimal strategy for the treatment and prevention of recurrent BVS thrombosis and DES-ISR.