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AUTHOR
Cristina Virzi'
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PTFE mesh in renal allograft compartment sindrome
2006
SURRENALECTOMIA LAPAROSCOPICA DESTRA PER MIELOLIPOMA, CASE REPORT
2005
TRATTAMENTO ENDOSCOPICO DEI POLIPI DEL COLON-RETTO IN UN AMBULATORIO DI ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA:NOSTRA ESPERIENZA
2004
The aim of this report was to evaluate the effectiveness of the endoscopic treatment of colonic polyps to allow secondary prophylaxis in order to prevent the onset of cancer arising from adenomas. From October 2002 to January 2004 we performed 487 colonoscopies on a patient group with the following indications: screening prior to kidney transplant; screening for colorectal cancer (patients positive at faecal occult blood testing); follow-up of patients who had undergone colonic resections for colorectal cancer; patients with other diseases. Colorectal polyps were diagnosed in 15 males and 15 females, with a mean age of 63 years. All the neoplasms were resected during colonoscopy and specime…