In this experimental study, fibrin sealant increased bursting pressure and rupture strength of colonic anastomoses while hyaluronic acid-carboxymethylcellulose had no effects in rats, but both of them showed no effect on adhesion scores. In order to use fibrin sealant to decrease the rate of early leakages from colonic anastomoses, further studies have to be performed.
Echocardiography, being a simple and easily accessible technique that is reliable in excluding pulmonary hypertension diagnosis, can be used as a guide in the evaluation of right ventricular function and tricuspid regurgitation, particularly in patients who are not hemodynamically stable before and after liver transplant.
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