Selected recent publications:

• Sakai T, Matsusaki T, Marsh JW, Hilmi IA, Planinsic RM.  Comparison of surgical methods in liver transplantation: retrohepatic caval resection with venovenous bypass (VVB) versus piggyback (PB) with VVB versus PB without VVB.  Transplant International.  2010 Dec;23(12):1247-58.  Epub 2010 Aug 16.
• Sakai T, Gligor S, Diulus J, McAffee R, Wallis Marsh J, Planinsic RM.  Insertion and management of percutaneous veno-venous bypass cannula for liver transplantation: a reference for transplant anesthesiologists.  Clinical Transplantation.  2010 Sep-Oct;24(5):585-91.
• El-Baghdadi MM, Sakai T.  Fatal pulmonary embolism during liver transplantation in a patient with fulminant hepatic failure: a diagnostic challenge of the "flat-line" thromboelastogram.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  2010 Aug;24(4):641-3.  Epub 2009 Oct 12.
• Grable B, Sakai T.  Isolated left-sided pulmonary edema caused by alemtuzumab (Campath) during kidney transplantation.  Transplant International.  2010 Aug;23(8):851-4.  Epub 2010 Mar 16.
• Sakai T, Planinsic RM, Mathier MA, de Vera ME, Venkataramanan R.  Initial experience using continuous intravenous treprostinil to manage pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with end-stage liver disease.  Transplant International.  2009 May;22(5):554-61.  Epub 2008 Jan 19.
• Sakai T, Devita MA.  Rapid response system.  Journal of Anesthesia.  2009;23(3):403-8.  Epub 2009 Aug 14. Review.
• Krebs MJ, Sakai T.  Retropharyngeal dissection during nasotracheal intubation: a rare complication and its management.  Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.  2008 May;20(3):218-21.
• Hilmi I, Horton CN, Planinsic RM, Sakai T, Nicolau-Raducu R, Damian D, Gligor S, Marcos A.  The impact of postreperfusion syndrome on short-term patient and liver allograft outcome in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation.  Liver Transplantation.  2008 Apr;14(4):504-8.
• Sakai T, Planinsic RM, Hilmi IA, Marsh JW.  Complications associated with percutaneous placement of venous return cannula for venovenous bypass in adult orthotopic liver transplantation.  Liver Transplation.  2007 Jul;13(7):961-5.
• Fujimoto KL, Guan J, Oshima H, Sakai T, Wagner WR.  In vivo evaluation of a porous, elastic, biodegradable patch for reconstructive cardiac procedures.  Annals of Thoracic Surgery.  2007 Feb;83(2):648-54.
• Sakai T, Repko BM, Griffith BP, Waters JH, Kameneva MV.  I.V. infusion of a drag-reducing polymer extracted from aloe vera prolonged survival time in a rat model of acute myocardial ischaemia.  British Journal of Anaesthesia.  2007 Jan;98(1):23-8.  Epub 2006 Nov 9.
• Sakai T, Planinsic RM, Quinlan JJ, Handley LJ, Kim TY, Hilmi IA.  The incidence and outcome of perioperative pulmonary aspiration in a university hospital: a 4-year retrospective analysis.  Anesthesia and Analgesia.  2006 Oct;103(4):941-7.
• Oshima H, Payne TR, Urish KL, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B, Tobita K, Keller BB, Cummins JH, Huard J.  Differential myocardial infarct repair with muscle stem cells compared to myoblasts.  Molecular Therapy.  2005 Dec;12(6):1130-41.  Epub 2005 Aug 25.
• Sakai T, Vallejo MC, Shannon KT.  A parturient with neurofibromatosis type 2: anesthetic and obstetric considerations for delivery.  International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia.  2005 Oct;14(4):332-5.
• Payne TR, Oshima H, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B, Cummins J, Huard J.  Regeneration of dystrophin-expressing myocytes in the mdx heart by skeletal muscle stem cells.  Gene Therapy.  2005 Aug;12(16):1264-74.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Tetsuro Sakai
Phone: (412) 648-6943
Email: sakait@upmc.edu