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Central Microsurgical Unit

Antragstellerin Professorin Dr. Uta Dahmen
Fachliche Zuordnung Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Förderung Förderung von 2004 bis 2011
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 5397027
 
Erstellungsjahr 2012

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

We successfully trained young fellows in a variety of microsurgical techniques eventually leading the most talented ones to master rat liver transplantation following our newly developed training concept. Training was divided into 4 phases: Pre-training phase, Basic-microsurgical-training phase, Advancedmicrosurgical-training phase, and Expert-microsurgical-training-phase. Two “Productivity-phases” were introduced right after the Basic- and Advanced-microsurgical-training-phases. The "productivity phases" allowed the trainee to accumulate experience and become scientifically productive before proceeding to a more complex procedure. We used the PDCA-concept and established quality criteria to control the learning-process and the surgical quality. Predefined quality-criteria included survival rate, intra-operative, post-operative and histological parameters. The stepwise and PDCA-based training program increased the efficiency of LTx training, whereas the constant application and development of predefined quality-criteria guaranteed the quality of microsurgery. During this process we further refined the surgical techniques and improved experimental conditions. During this process, we also identified a molecular marker of manipulation injury. We observed that translocation and release of danger signals such as HMGB1 occurred in response to classic ischemic injury induced by clamping a vessel and in response to ischemic injury induced by applying pressure to the liver parenchyma. Interestingly, translocation did not occur in response to isolated hyperperfusion injury as induced by a technically perfect partial hepatectomy. This observation does suggest to use translocation of HMGB1 as indicator of pressure-related mechanical injury. An ongoing analysis confirmed that translocation was observed after partial hepatectomy, when the procedure was performed by a beginner, exerting too much pressure on the hepatic parenchyma during surgical manipulation.

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