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Common sheath reimplantation yields excellent results in the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux in duplicated collecting systems.

PURPOSE: We evaluated our 10-year experience with the surgical treatment of vesicoureteral reflux in uncomplicated duplicated collecting systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 1984 and 1994, 54 refluxing renal units (8 bilateral) in 37 female and 9 male patients required surgery. Patient age ranged from 7 months to 17 years (average 4.9 at surgery). Postoperative followup (average 14.2 months) included voiding cystourethrography and renal sonography or excretory urography. RESULTS: Common sheath ureteral reimplantation via an intravesical approach was performed in 48 of the 54 refluxing renal units. Of the remaining 6 renal units detrussorrhaphy was performed in 4, and ureteroureterostomy combined with ureteral reimplantation and partial lower pole nephrectomy were done in 1 each. Two treated renal units had persistent postoperative vesicoureteral reflux, which resolved after subureteral polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) injection. No renal had postoperative hydronephrosis. Contralateral reflux was identified in 1 patient who underwent unilateral reimplantation. Our overall success rate was 96% for the surgical correction of vesicoureteral reflux in uncomplicated duplicated collecting systems. Common sheath reimplantation had a 98% success rate. CONCLUSIONS: Although a duplicated collecting system increases the risk for surgical treatment, the presence of a duplication anomaly does not adversely affect surgical outcome. Modifications of procedures commonly performed in the surgical treatment of single system reflux to accommodate common sheath reimplantation have excellent surgical results with minimal morbidity.

Adolescent↗

[Ureteral reimplantation].

Various techniques of ureteral reimplantation have been described for different indications. After a retrospective study concerning 109 cases and 178 ureteral reimplantations, the authors propose the selective indications for each technique noting the most important results. The indications for reimplantations are numerous and varied: enterocystoplasty (60 cases), iatrogenic lesion of the pelvic ureter (11 cases), inflammatory stenosis (13 cases), renal transplantation (20 cases), primary megaureter (4 cases), stenosis of reimplantation (2 cases). 5 techniques were used in this study: Leduc-Camey, Leadbetter-Politano, Direct, Manchette, Lich-Gregoir. We conclude that in ureterodigestive reimplantation, Leduc-Camey modified method is indicated. In renal transplantation, Lich-Gregoir is the ideal technique. In primary megaureter, the Leadbetter-Politano procedure possibly with ureter modelling improves the results. In iatrogenic lesions of the pelvic ureter, Leadbetter-Politano technique and possibly a hitch-bladder gives a good result.

Adult↗

Reimplantation of infected hip arthroplasties using bone allografts.

Twenty-two patients with deep infection of an hip prosthesis received delayed reimplantation using bone allografts. Sixteen were done using noncemented components and 6 using femoral components that were fixed with antibiotic impregnated cement. Bulk allografts were used at the acetabular site in 2 patients and at the femoral site in 4 patients. Morselized allografts were used at the acetabular site in 20 patients and at the femoral site in 10 patients. The causative organisms were virulent in 10 hips and low virulent in 12 hips. At an average followup of 4 years (range, 2-7 years), 91% of patients were free of infection and 73% had a successful functional result. Two had a recurrent infection; 1 of them had a pseudomonas infection and another had a methicillin resistant Staphylococcal infection. The recurrence of infection tended to be higher if the causative organism was virulent. The use of bone allografts at the staged reimplantation of the infected hip arthroplasty did not increase the incidence of recurrent infection. Both cemented and noncemented reimplantations had a successful result in eradicating the infection. However, hybrid reimplantation with a cemented femoral component and fixed porous acetabular component had a better functional outcome than noncemented reimplantation using porous femoral component and nonfixed acetabular component.

Adult↗

Infected total knee arthroplasty. Two-stage reimplantation with a gastrocnemius rotational flap.

This study reviews a consecutive series of 21 patients undergoing two-stage reimplantation total knee arthroplasty for late chronic infection. All 21 patients had late chronic infections, and 20 of 21 patients were compromised hosts. Seven different organisms were isolated at the time of prosthetic resection. Staphylococcus coagulase negative species was the most frequently isolated organism. At the time of reimplantation, a medial gastrocnemius rotational flap was rotated over the proximal tibia and knee for wound closure. The average explantation time was 25 weeks (range, 7-76 weeks), and no methylmethacrylate spacers were used. At an average 17-month followup (range, 5.1-33.1 months) all reimplanted total knee replacements remained in place with one patient having recurrent infection. At reimplantation, 11 patients had positive bacterial cultures from tissue specimens. Sixteen of the 33 (40%) positive cultures were from specimens taken from the medullary canal. At followup, the average Knee Society Score was 77.4 (range, 40-100). The lack of a methylmethacrylate spacer and a long explantation time were considered important factors in diminishing functional performance and determining the need for a gastrocnemius flap. A medial gastrocnemius rotational flap should be considered at the time of reimplantation total knee arthroplasty if the soft tissue envelope about the knee is compromised and cannot be closed without undue tension.

Adult↗

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk: is surgical reimplantation into the aorta a method of choice?

The origin of the right coronary artery (RCA) from the pulmonary trunk (PT) is a rare congenital anomaly. Although most of the patients remain asymptomatic, prophylactic reimplantation of the RCA into the aorta has been recommended to prevent an adverse outcome. The report describes postoperative results in two patients following uneventful RCA reimplantation. A 47-year-old man, with coexisting diffuse atherosclerotic involvement of the left coronary artery, remained symptomatic despite the establishment of a two-coronary system. The second patient, a 36-year-old woman, with isolated anomalous origin of the RCA from the PT, continued to present with myocardial ischemia on exertion. The original observation of an angiographic "slow-flow" phenomenon in the reimplanted RCA in both patients implies the impairment of myocardial microvessels. These findings give rise to the question of whether the reimplantation of the anomalous artery is really superior to simple ligation of its origin in order to relieve the "coronary steal" effect.

Adult↗

Laparoscopic end-to-end aortobifemoral bypass with reimplantation of the inferior mesenteric artery. An experimental study.

BACKGROUND: Colic ischemia is a serious complication that can occur after abdominal aortic surgery. It has been described in two patients after laparoscopic aortic surgery. The goal of the current experiment was to determine the feasibility of inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) reimplantation during laparoscopic aortobifemoral bypass (LAFB). METHODS: Six piglets were submitted to the laparoscopic approach according to the "apron" technique previously described. The infrarenal aorta was clamped and an LAFB was performed using a dacron graft. The IMA was reimplanted in the body of the graft with a running 5-0 polypropylene suture. RESULTS: Mean operation and dissection times were 282.5 min (range, 270-310 min) and 123 min (range, 110-140 min), respectively, with a mean blood loss of 108 ml (range, 80-150 ml). Aortic clamping and anastomotic times were 123 min (range, 110-135 min) and 33 min (range, 24-45 min), respectively. The IMA reimplantation took 55 min (range, 45-70 min). At autopsy, all anastomoses were patent with no stenosis nor leak. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic IMA reimplantation during laparoscopic aortobifemoral bypass is feasible.

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The storage of teeth before reimplantation in monkeys. A histologic study.

This study is a histologic comparison of twenty teeth which were extracted, endodontically treated, stored for 7 days at +4 degrees C. and at -10 degrees C., and subsequently reimplanted in ten monkeys. In these monkeys, as controls, ten more teeth were extracted, endodontically treated, and immediately reimplanted. Up to 1 year, 100 per cent success was obtained in those teeth stored at +4 degrees C. before reimplantation, and only 50 per cent success was obtained in those teeth stored at -10 degrees C. before reimplantation.

Animals↗

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: repair by aortic reimplantation.

From 1980 to 1990, 12 patients (mean age 2.5 years, range 5 months to 9 years) with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery were treated surgically. Five infants were operated upon in the first year of life because of persistent symptoms of congestive heart failure. In all cases, a two-coronary system was constructed by direct aortic reimplantation of the anomalous vessel with no deaths early or late over a follow-up period of up to 10 years. The technique of reimplantation was facilitated by transection of the main pulmonary artery. One patient with severe mitral regurgitation underwent, in addition, a mitral annuloplasty. A pulmonary valvotomy was performed in another patient with associated pulmonary stenosis. Three patients are receiving medication. The reimplanted anomalous left coronary artery was patent in each reevaluated patient (10/12). Left ventricular function improved considerably in all cases. Patients with symptoms should undergo repair soon after diagnosis. Direct aortic reimplantation should be technically feasible in even the smallest infant. Operative mortality is related to preoperative conditions and severity of ischemic damage of the myocardium.

Aorta↗

Coronary reimplantation after neoaortic reconstruction can yield better result in arterial switch operation: comparison with open trap door technique.

BACKGROUND: Accurate coronary reimplantation is the most important component in the arterial switch operation. It is especially demanding for the less experienced surgeons. We compared the result of the technique of coronary reimplantation after neoaortic reconstruction with that of the open trap door technique. METHODS: From March 1994 to June 2004, 103 consecutive patients underwent the arterial switch operation by one surgeon. Patients who underwent coronary artery transfer with other modified techniques were excluded. Diagnoses of 94 patients were transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum (n = 50), transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect (n = 26), and the Taussig-Bing anomaly (n = 18). An aortic arch anomaly was present in 13 patients. The median age of the patients was 12 days and the mean body weight was 3.5 kg. Coronary reimplantation after neoaortic reconstruction was applied to 34 patients (group I), and the open trap door technique was applied to the rest (group II). RESULTS: Preoperative data were similar in both groups. Four patients in group II required intraoperative revision of a transferred coronary artery, and 1 patient with an intramural left coronary artery in group I had a conversion to free grafting using the left subclavian artery. Overall early mortality was 17.0% (16 of 94). Mortality in group I (1 of 34; 2.9%) was significantly lower than in group II (15 of 60; 25.0%) (p = 0.008). The leading cause of death in group II was low cardiac output (n = 9). During the follow-up, an aortic regurgitation of greater than mild was detected in 2 patients in group II. CONCLUSIONS: Coronary reimplantation after neoaoartic reconstruction is an attractive method to minimize coronary artery transfer-related mortality or morbidity.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures↗

Reimplantation of a shoulder arthroplasty after a previous infected arthroplasty.

Currently, there is little information on the results of reimplantation after previous resection for an infected shoulder arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of recurrent infection and clinical results. Between 1975 and 2000, 4 patients with a resection arthroplasty from a previously infected shoulder arthroplasty underwent subsequent reimplantation of a prosthesis. The time interval from resection arthroplasty to reimplantation ranged from 7 months to 5.5 years. The mean clinical follow-up was 7.4 years (range, 2-15 years). There were no patients with recurrent infection. At the most recent follow-up, 2 patients had no pain, 1 had slight pain, and 1 had moderate pain. Mean elevation improved from 60 degrees to 80 degrees, and external rotation improved from 13 degrees to 50 degrees. With regard to patient satisfaction, 1 patient was much better, 2 were better, and 1 was the same. There were 2 satisfactory results and 2 unsatisfactory results. Reimplantation of a shoulder arthroplasty after a previous resection arthroplasty for infection can be performed with a low risk of reinfection. However, arthroplasty in this setting is especially challenging because of the potential for significant bone and soft-tissue deficits. These challenges can compromise the clinical results.

Arthroplasty, Replacement↗

In vitro hydrodynamics, cusp-bending deformation, and root distensibility for different types of aortic valve-sparing operations: remodeling, sinus prosthesis, and reimplantation.

OBJECTIVE: Preserving aortic valve cusps during operations for aortic root pathology theoretically offers several advantages over alternative prosthetic valve-bearing conduits. Functional properties of different valve-sparing techniques under defined conditions are not well studied. METHODS: Fresh porcine aortic roots were investigated in a pulsatile flow simulator, either native root or after different types of valve-sparing procedures (remodeling, sinus prosthesis, and reimplantation). Functional parameters, such as transvalvular pressure gradient, closing volume, cusp-bending deformation, and distensibility at different levels of the root were analyzed. RESULTS: The mean pressure gradient was highest in reimplantation techniques (8.4 +/- 1.8 mm Hg) compared with sinus prostheses (7.2 +/- 0.9 mm Hg, P = .01) and remodeling techniques (6.8 +/- 1.0 mm Hg, P = .002), mirror imaging the closing volume (reimplantation, 1.5 +/- 0.4 mL; sinus prostheses, 2.3 +/- 0.7 mL [P < .001]; remodeling, 3.4 +/- 1.1 mL [P < .001]). Bending deformation indices increased significantly from remodeling (0.45 +/- 0.05) and sinus prostheses (0.58 +/- 0.06) to reimplantation techniques (0.73 +/- 0.09). Dynamic changes in area of all techniques were decreased at the sinotubular junction and the commissural and sinus levels when compared with those seen in native roots but increased at the annular level for techniques with unfixed annulus (remodeling and modified sinus prosthesis). CONCLUSIONS: In vitro the various aortic valve-sparing operations differed characteristically in their ability to spare valve function, none of them completely meeting native valve behavior. The remodeling techniques exhibited valve dynamics closest to those of the native aortic root. The more the aortic valve is fixed with noncompliant prosthetic material, the more the native root dynamics are impaired.

Animals↗

Pulmonary artery sling: results with median sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass, and reimplantation.

BACKGROUND: The classic surgical approach to pulmonary artery (PA) sling has been through a left thoracotomy with division of the left PA and reimplantation into the main PA anterior to the trachea. Another approach is anterior left PA translocation with distal tracheal resection. Since 1985, we have repaired PA sling with a median sternotomy approach, cardiopulmonary bypass, and division and reimplantation of the left PA into the main PA with simultaneous repair of associated tracheal stenosis. The purpose of this review is to determine the outcome of that strategy. METHODS: From 1985 to 1998, 16 infants had surgical treatment of PA sling, 14 had left PA division and reimplantation into the MPA, 2 patients had repair using the translocation technique. Mean age at repair was 6.9 months, median age was 4 months. All infants, except 1 with an absent right lung, were operated on at the time of diagnosis. All had rigid bronchoscopy, which revealed associated complete tracheal rings in 12 patients. Seven patients had tracheal repair with pericardial tracheoplasty, 4 had repair using a tracheal autograft technique, and 2 had a distal tracheal resection (one for tracheomalacia). Of the 2 patients having the translocation technique, 1 had a severely hypoplastic right lung and the other had complete absence of the right lung. RESULTS: There has been no operative mortality. Hospital stay ranged from 5 to 188 days (mean 36 +/- 42 days). There was 1 late death 7 months postoperatively from respiratory complications of pericardial tracheoplasty. All left pulmonary arteries are patent and blood flow to the left lung by nuclear scan (n = 10) ranges from 24% to 46% (mean 35% +/- 9%). CONCLUSION: The strategy of median sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass, and left PA division and reimplantation into the main PA with simultaneous tracheal repair has resulted in a low operative mortality and excellent patency of the left pulmonary artery. Results with repair of the commonly associated complete tracheal rings has recently improved with the use of the free tracheal autograft technique.

Anastomosis, Surgical↗

Reoperative ureteral reimplantation: management of the difficult case.

Reoperative ureteral reimplantation can be difficult if the bladder and ureters are abnormal or the patient has undergone multiple operations. In some cases both ureters can be mobilized and reimplanted again with satisfactory result. That is impossible in others. A useful alternative is long tunnel reimplantation of the better ureter, with psoas hitch, and transureteroureterostomy of the other ureter. If neither ureter is suitable a tapered bowel segment can be used, but this must be done in a manner that prevents reflux. In those patients for whom none of the above choices are possible, cecal augmentation of the bladder offers yet another option, intussuscepting the ileocecal valve to prevent reflux. With these various approaches in the reconstructive armamentarium, urinary diversion should be avoidable in nearly all cases who present after previous failure of ureteral reimplantation.

Adolescent↗

The cephalotrigonal reimplant in bladder neck reconstruction for patients with exstrophy or epispadias.

A modified technique of ureteroneocystostomy with bladder neck plasty was used in 36 of 75 patients undergoing staged repair of bladder exstrophy or epispadias between 1986 and 1992. This procedure entails mobilizing the ureter while preserving the trigonal hiatus as with the cross-trigonal technique. The distal ureteral segments are directed superiorly toward the bladder dome rather than across the mid line. Of 75 patients 36 underwent cephalotrigonal reimplantation and 39 had a conventional cross-trigonal reimplant. Continence rate was 77% in the patients who underwent cephalotrigonal reimplantation and 72% in those who had a cross-trigonal reimplant. No patient had ureteral obstruction or vesicoureteral reflux. The ureter in exstrophy patients enters the bladder from an inferior position within the true pelvis. Directing the ureter superiorly rather than across the mid line provides a more gradual course through the hiatus and submucosal tunnel. The cranial course of the distal ureter frees more of the trigone for use in the rolled segment of the bladder neck and provides more muscle area for the tube. This is especially important in the patient in whom the distance between the mid prostate and trigone is particularly short.

Bladder Exstrophy↗

Ureteral reimplantation in infants.

Between 1984 and 1990, 30 infants (46 ureters) 8 weeks to 6 months old (mean age 4 months) underwent ureteral reimplantation. Weight at operation ranged from 4.9 to 9.5 kg. (mean 6.9). Underlying abnormalities were primary vesicoureteral reflux (28 ureters), primary ureterovesical junction obstruction (11), ectopic ureterocele (4) and ectopic ureter (3). Patients with reflux underwent surgery because of high grade reflux (grade IV or V) or breakthrough infection. Infants with primary ureterovesical junction obstruction underwent obstructive diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid diuretic renograms. Reimplantations performed included 44 Glenn-Anderson advancements, 1 Cohen cross-trigonal advancement and 1 Politano-Leadbetter procedure. Of the ureters 30 (65%) were tapered intravesically. Ureteral stents were used in all instances. Transient ureteral obstruction developed in 2 children following stent removal and 1 required temporary percutaneous nephrostomy drainage. No permanent ureterovesical obstruction was noted in any patient. Followup at 18 months revealed no postoperative reflux in 43 of 46 ureters (93%). One infant required repeat reimplantation to correct a vesicoureteral fistula and the remaining 2 patients (2 ureters) with low grade reflux (grade I and II) are being observed. Surgery was successful in 27 of 30 tapered ureters (90%) and in all 16 of the nontapered ureters (100%). While the majority of infants with ureterovesical junction abnormalities may be observed, some may require surgery. Reimplantation, when necessary in this age group, can be performed with a high degree of success and diverting procedures such as vesicostomy or ureterostomy can be avoided.

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Delayed spontaneous resolution of high grade vesicoureteral reflux after reimplantation.

Significant (grade III/V or greater, International Reflux Study) postoperative vesicoureteral reflux was noted in 4 children who underwent technically satisfactory ureteral reimplantation. All patients had moderate to severe preoperative ureteral dilatation necessitating ureteral tapering in 3 of the 8 ureters reimplanted. Reoperation was considered in all 4 children but a conservative approach was used, with subsequent spontaneous resolution of the reflux 19 to 55 months after reimplantation. We conclude that even high grade reflux after satisfactory reimplantation can resolve spontaneously.

Child, Preschool↗

Penile prosthesis reimplantation.

Occasionally, penile prostheses are removed following erosion, infection or malfunction and they are not replaced immediately. Patients may present later for reimplantation of a penile prosthesis after an interval free of a device. However, no information is available as to the outcome and difficulties of such a procedure. We reviewed the charts of all 305 patients undergoing implantation of a penile prosthesis at our institution and contacted all 8 who had undergone reimplantation. Bilateral prostheses were placed in 4 patients. Unilateral prostheses only could not be implanted in either side because of extensive fibrosis. Of the 8 patients 4 are able to have intercourse (1 with difficulty) and reimplantation of the prosthesis often was difficult or impossible. We conclude that reimplantation of a penile prosthesis is beneficial for some patients but they should be informed of the possibility of unsatisfactory results.

Adult↗

Application of the pull-through technique of transverse advancement ureteral reimplantation.

In the pull-through technique of ureteral reimplantation the ureter is divided at the hiatus and pulled through into the bladder. It is then advanced transversely as described previously for megaloureter but the technique also may be used for routine cases. The technique is particularly suitable for ureteral reimplantation in patients with urethral valves and neurogenic bladder. Pull-through ureteral reimplantation also may be used to reimplant the orthotopic ureter in complete ureteral duplication with ectopic ureterocele or with orthotopic reflux.

Adolescent↗