TRATTAMENTO CHIRURGICO D' URGENZA DI ANEURISMA GIGANTE DELL'ARTERIA SPLENICA NELL'ANZIANO

Il ruolo della manometria intraoperatoria nel trattamento chirurgico dell'acalasia esofagea

Versione italiana Introduzione. Gli Autori riportano i risultati della loro esperienza sul ruolo della manometria intraoperatoria (MI) nel trattamento chirurgico dell'acalasia. Pazienti e metodi. Sono stati presi in considerazione 239 pazienti affetti da acalasia osservati dal 1994 al 2006; solo 79 hanno continuato l'iter diagnostico-terapeutico e 31 sono stati sottoposti ad intervento chirurgico di miotomia longitudinale secondo Heller, associando in 25 una plastica antireflusso secondo Dor e in 6 una plastica antireflusso secondo Nissen. In 24 pazienti su 31 è stata eseguita una MI con la individuazione delle zone di alta pressione (HPZ). Risultati. I pazienti sottoposti ad intervento di …

ROLE OF THE EXPULSION BALLOON TEST IN ANORECTAL DISEASES

gastric polypoid lesions. Our ecperience.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The Authors report the results of their experience on polypoids lesions of the stomach and on endoscopic polypectomies. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A study on 2000 OGD (oesophagogastroduodenoscopy) has been carried out on 95 patients with polypoid lesions. The authors have analysed the associations existing between histological type and symptomatology and localisation of the lesion and the status of the Helicobacter pylori and the risk of cancerization. The data were confronted with the ones already available. RESULTS: In the majority of the cases, the polypoid lesions were asymptomatic, the localization changed according to the histological type, with the antrum as the most a…

Pseudocisti pancreatiche infette: Note di tecnica

Introduction. Starting from the observation of 9 cases of giant infected pancreatic cysts, which occurred from 1994 to 2004 at the Department of Oncological and Surgical Studies, the Authors' aim has been to evaluate whether a more thorough necrosectomy, carried-out under videoendoscopic control, associated with a nose-gastro-cavity tube, which ensures a continuous cleansing of the newly-formed cavity, and an appropriate positioning of the drainages, could reduce the morbility and allow a shorter recovery of the infected psuodocysts. Patients and methods. Of 73 cases of acute pancreatitis, observed from 1994 to 2004, 9 showed severe and acute pancreatitis, which included giant pseudocysts, …