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AUTHOR
Modica G.
Synchronous colorectal carcinoma
Virtual bronchoscopy and preoperative assessment of airways stenosis
LESIONI VASCOLARI MINORI IN CORSO DI COLECISTECTOMIA VIDEOLAPAROSCOPICA. NOSTRA ESPERIENZA
Linfangioma cistico addominale: un'origine dibattuta
L’ittero ostruttivo da emobilia: una rara complicanza della biopsia epatica.
UNA RARA COMPLICANZA DELLE ANASTOMOSI DIGESTIVE MECCANICHE: L'EMORRAGIA ANASTOMOTICA. NOSTRA ESPERIENZA
A rare clinical entity: stump appendicitis. Case report and complete review of literature.
BACKGROUND: Stump appendicitis is a rare delayed complication post-appendectomy and it represents a diagnostic problem as clinicians are often not very familiar with this pathology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One case of stump appendicitis has been reported in a 54 year old woman, whose acute phase was conservatively treated in our Department. A review of Medline literature was also carried out, from 1945 to 2015, showing 111 cases of stump appendicitis. RESULTS: Stump appendicitis has been reported after either open or laparoscopic appendectomy, in a range between days to several years from the first procedure. Nowadays, it is not considered yet as a possible differential diagnosis in patients…
Synchronous adenomatous polyps and colorectal carcinoma
Virtual bronchoscopy in the pre-operative assessment of peripheral airway stenosis
An uncommon case of pneumothorax
Retropharyngeal abscess from fishbone in adult immunocompetent host presenting as acute thyroiditis
Retropharyngeal abscesses (RPA) are rare in adults. We report a case of a healthy adult with RPA presenting with clinical symptoms of acute thyroiditis. A 37-yr-old female presented with a painful mass in the anterior region of the neck, sore throat, mild fever and dysphagy for liquids and solids. Neck emergency US dis-closed normal thyroid ventrally displaced by a huge retropharyngeal hypoechoic mass. Direct laryngoscopy revealed erythema of the posterior pharyngeal wall with bulges (8 cm) preventing the correct visualization of the glottic plane. CT confirmed the pres-ence of retropharyngeal abscess and laryngoscopic drainage was performed. The pa-tient was discharged on 11th post-operati…
PREVENTION OF POST-ERCP PANCREATITIS BY POSITIONING OF PANCREATIC STENT. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Three-dimensional computer models in a case of azygos lobe discovered durino adenocarcinoma surgery.
LA PALLIAZIONE DELL'ITTERO NEOPLASTICO
Una rara complicanza della ERCP: la sindrome di Mallory-Weiss
The treatment of inguinal hernia in 'one day surgery'. Personal experience
Background. Personal experience in the treatment of inguinal hernia in 'One day Surgery' is reported. Methods. Design: Retrospective evaluation of cases treated in a twelve months period. The follow-up has been programmed at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the treatment. Setting: General, thoracic and oncological surgery, Department of Surgical and Anatomical Disciplines. Polyclinic, University of Palermo. Subjects: 54 patients aged between 17 and 86 years (middle age 51.9), 48 male have been treated; in 3 cases recurrent hernias were found. Interventions: In every case Trabucco's procedure with local anaesthesia has been performed. Premedication with Midazolam 10 mg i.v. has been associated. M…