Extension of Maximal Lifespan and High Bone Marrow Chimerism After Nonmyeloablative Syngeneic Transplantation of Bone Marrow From Young to Old Mice

The goal of this work was to determine the effect of nonablative syngeneic transplantation of young bone marrow (BM) to laboratory animals (mice) of advanced age upon maximum duration of their lifespan. To do this, transplantation of 100 million nucleated cells from BM of young syngeneic donors to an old nonablated animal was performed at the time when half of the population had already died. As a result, the maximum lifespan (MLS) increased by 28 ± 5%, and the survival time from the beginning of the experiment increased 2.8 ± 0.3-fold. The chimerism of the BM 6 months after the transplantation was 28%

Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Society of Surgeons, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Surgeons-Hepatologists and the Endoscopic Society “REndO” on Diagnostics and Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis

Aim: to present modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis for gastroenterologists, general practitioners and physicians.Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a long-term inflammatory disease of the pancreas, manifested by irreversible morphological changes in the parenchyma and pancreatic ducts, which cause pain and/or persistent impairment of function. Current concept on the etiology of CP is reflected by the TIGAR-O classification. The criteria for establishing the diagnosis of CP include typical attacks of abdominal pain and/or clinical and laboratory signs of exocrine, endocrine insufficiency with the mandatory detection of characteristic morphological changes (calcifications in the parenchyma and pancreatic ductal stones, dilatation of the main pancreatic duct and its branches). CT, MRCP, and pancreatobiliary endosonography are recommended as the methods of choice to verify the diagnosis of CP. Conservative treatment of patients with CP is provided for symptom relief and prevention of complications. Individual cases with severe non-interactable abdominal pain, as well as a complicated course of the disease (development of ductal hypertension due to main pancreatic duct stones or strictures, obstructive jaundice caused by compression of the common bile duct, symptomatic postnecrotic cysts, portal hypertension due to compression of the portal vein or thrombosis of the splenic vein, persistent duodenal obstruction, pseudoaneurysm of the celiac trunk basin and the superior mesenteric artery) serve as an indication for endoscopic or surgical treatment. The Guidelines set out modern approaches to the diagnosis, conservative, endoscopic and surgical treatment of CP, and the prevention of its complications.Conclusion. The implementation of clinical guidelines can contribute to the timely diagnosis and improve the quality of medical care for patients with chronic pancreatitis

Russian consensus on exoand endocrine pancreatic insufficiency after surgical treatment

The Russian consensus on exo - and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency after surgical treatment was prepared on the initiative of the Russian "Pancreatic Club" on the Delphi method. His goal was to clarify and consolidate the opinions of specialists on the most relevant issues of diagnosis and treatment of exo - and endocrine insufficiency after surgical interventions on the pancreas. An interdisciplinary approach is provided by the participation of leading gastroenterologists and surgeons

ENDOSCOPIC METHODS OF DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF PAPILLOSTENOSIS

Differential diagnostics of papillospasm and papillostenosis should be based on the complex of clinical and instrumental researches with the priority to endoscopic technologies. Conservative therapy should be considered as optimal option of treatment for the patients with papillospasm. Preference of endoscopic operations have to be in case of revealed papillostenosis of different degree. Similar differentiated diagnostics and treatment management justified in 90% of cases and led to improvement of patient’s conditions and their recovery

Clinical and endoscopic assessment of patients in the long-term after endoscopic papillosphincterotomy

The objective of the study was to evaluate the long-term results of endoscopic papillosphincterotomy in cases of choledocholithiasis and papillary stenosis.Material and methods. We carried out retrospective analysis of the results of endoscopic papillosphincterotomy (EPST) due to the presence of choledocholithiasis (group 1, n=117) and papillary stenosis (group 2, n=55) along with the combination of the above (group 3, n=6) in a total of 178 patients. Clinical and endoscopic results of the intervention were studied in all patients in the long-term (from 1 to 30 years).Results. Based on the analysis of the complex examination, including endoscopic functional tests, treatment results were evaluated as good in 80 % of patients, satisfactory in 16 % of patients and unsatisfactory in 4 % of patients (after endoscopic correction of papillary stenosis).Conclusion. The cicatrisation process in the papillotomy opening exhibits the most intensively in patients with papillary stenosis combined with choledocholithiasis and without it, lasts until 4.5–5 years after surgery. Dynamic observation of patients after EPST is obligatory for early diagnosis of restenosis in the papillotomy opening