Abstract：
AIM:Differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) have a favourable outlook overall. Cornerstone of treatment is total thyroidectomy (TT), followed, if needed, by radiometabolic therapy. Such lesions however show a definite tendency to recur (about 35% of cases), generally in the first decade of follow-up: in 70% of patients such recurrence is local. Surgical resection is the only curative treatment option for local recurrence of well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Intraoperative ultrasonography (US) can be of significant help in facilitating localization and complete resection of lesions. The aim of the study was to review the authors' own experience with the use of such diagnostic method in the clinical setting of thyroid neoplasm recurrence. METHODS:Between January 2005 and March 2008 31 patients with DTC recurrences underwent intraoperative US exploration. Recurrences were easily identified and resected in all patients. Postoperative tireoglobuline (TG) was undetectable. RESULTS:In all 31 patients preoperative US confirmed the presence of the lesion. In 26 patients digital exploration of the surgical field did not yield a definitively positive finding, whereas in 5 the lesion was easily palpable. Intraoperative US revealed the presence of pathologic tissue in all cases, with examination time ranging from 4 to 14 minutes (median 8 minutes). In all cases surgical resection was complete, with pathologic confirmation of the sample, and no necessity to extend ablation. CONCLUSION:Intraoperative US can be of significant help in the identification of DTC recurrences, in particular when lesion dimensions are smaller than 10 mm in diameter and can facilitate a more radical excision of the tumor in a surgical field were anatomical landmarks can be altered by previous surgery and/or radiometabolic therapy.
journal_name
Minerva Chirjournal_title
Minerva chirurgicaauthors
Lucchini R,Puxeddu E,Calzolari F,Burzelli F,Monacelli M,D'Ajello F,Macaluso R,Giammartino C,Ragusa M,De Feo P,Cavaliere A,Avenia Nsubject
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2008-08-01 00:00:00pages
257-60issue
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0026-4733issn
1827-1626journal_volume
63pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:In the clinical office, during surgical planning, or in the operating room, neurosurgeons have been surrounded by the digital world either recreating old tools or introducing new ones. Technological refinements, chiefly based on the use of computer systems, have altered the modus operandi for neurosurgery. In the emer...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A case of giant hydatid cyst of the left lung submitted to conservative surgery is reported. The postoperative period was complicated by the appearance of a bronchopleural fistula and a residual cavity. The complication was treated with targeted double lumen drainage which enabled pleuroclysis with saline solution and...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Between April 1992 and May 1994, 45 patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax underwent videoassisted thoracoscopy (group I). The mean chest tube duration, the length of hospital stay, the use of parenteral narcotics, the complications and the follow-up were analyzed and compared to the same data of a group of ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this work is to assess the list of fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of lesions of the parotid. Thirty-nine patients suffering from parotid pathology were subjected to cytology examination through fine needle aspiration. Thirty seven patients subjected to surgical operation have a histological compari...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-10-31 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to check the presence and the role of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, in an Ambulatory and Day Surgery Out-Patient Centre. METHODS:Two periods of activity in this Centre are evaluated corresponding separately to the years 1989-1993 and 1994-1998 and the total number of patients, co...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pancreatoblastoma is a very rare tumor of the pancreas, affecting children in the first decade of life. Ultrasound and CT scan may be useful but pre-operative diagnosis is often quite difficult. High level of seric alpha-fetoprotein could be suggestive of pancreatoblastoma. The definitive diagnosis is however made by ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cystic fibrolymphangioma of the mesentery as an unusual cause of acute abdomen in infancy is described. This form is one of the many mesenteric cysts whose pathogenesis has not yet been established. Preoperative diagnosis of such cysts is very difficult, and there are very few cases in which a close study has been pos...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-02-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Even today, traumatic lesions of the popliteal artery mean in a large percentage of cases (from 25% to 45% according to recent reports) loss of the extremity, notwithstanding the considerable advances made by reconstructive vascular surgery. The most important series are reported in relation to events of war in the pa...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-04-30 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to make a contribution to improve the care of patients with colorectal cancer by optimizing times and methods of the follow-up; particular attention is given to factors which may be important for the prognosis and for the quality of life in the immediate postoperative period. METHODS:The ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The authors report a case of granular cell tumor of the breast arising in a 38-year old man. Preoperative diagnosis was of breast carcinoma. However, frozen sections showed the benign nature of the tumour. It is important to identify this lesion as, in spite of a clinical and mammographic similarity with carcinoma, it...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Phlebology has made considerable efforts to free itself from empiricism in recent years. Careful scientific methods have enabled previously unhoped-for results to be obtained in very widespread and debilitating diseases. New and in some cases revolutionary concepts are described, whose application presupposes the exis...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-10-31 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:Splenic injuries, like other blunt traumatic injuries, are very frequent, especially in case of traffic accident. The purpose of this study was to present the authors' experience of blunt splenic trauma and to compare it with the studies described in literature. METHODS:Over a 5-year period 512 injured patients we...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Seventeen cases of acute volvulus of the sigmoid colon are presented. Comparison with other series showed that the mortality rate for fixation with or without a shunt are more or less the same. Excellent results were obtained with the Paul Mikulicz method. An intention to use this method in all cases in the future, ir...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-08-15 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The aims of this study were to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of an antibedsore overlay in 3D structure of new conception towards an overlay of common use. Evaluation parameters: wound area reduction, healing, safety and comfort. METHODS:Open randomized multicenter study comparing the two overlays for ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Two cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia affecting the central tendon are described. The anatomic, etiologic, pathogenic and clinic characteristics of this uncommon disease are then discussed. Finally some considerations about indications on how to operate on these congenital hernias and different repairing surgic...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-06-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Of 220 patients operated for gastric cancer, 74 with subtotal gastrectomy and 145 with total gastrectomy (60 with lymphadenectomy), the results and indications for total gastrectomy extended with lymphadenectomy are analysed. The importance of lymph node emptying in relation to the possibility of breakdown of the lymp...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-05-15 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surgical management of external rectal prolapse (ERP) remains a challenge with the breadth of choices available and varies on the international, national, regional and locoregional level. Significant innovation has led to new techniques to manage ERP including changes to both abdominal and perineal approac...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.23736/S0026-4733.16.07205-9
更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The authors report on their initial experience with pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy. In the last three years 11 patients with neoplastic disease of the pancreatic head and ampullary region underwent the above mentioned procedure. The surgical technique carefully preserved the blood supply and innervation to t...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-10-31 00:00:00
abstract：:In order to evaluate the clinical utility of autologous splenic transplantation in the omental pouch, a pneumococcal challenge was performed in 3 groups of rats, after demonstration of vitality of the intraperitoneal inoculum: Group A: splenectomized rats; Group B: reimplanted rats; Group C: sham operation. No statist...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The prevalence of obesity has increased three-fold in the past two decades. In Europe, 150.000.000 adults and 15.000.000 children are currently affected and obesity epidemic is responsible for approximately 1,000,000 deaths annually. Bariatric surgery for the severely obese has resulted in an overall of 61% weight red...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In a double blind, controlled clinical study, 40 patients, 20 of whom were subjected to mastectomy or quadrantectomy and 20 to inguinal hernioplasty, were randomly assigned to two treatment groups of 20 subjects each, balanced by type of operation. Treatment lasted 3 days and involved the administration of 3 supposito...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In 1965, Kerr described a type of death, apoptosis, with different characteristics from necrosis. Apoptosis has an important role in the development and cell homeostasis. Excessive or insufficient apoptosis contributes to the pathogenesis of pathology like ischemia, neurodegeneration, autoimmunity, viral infection, an...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:High resolution magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a non invasive imaging modality for depicting the pancreatobiliary tree. It can demonstrate dilation, stenosis and intraductal filling defects of both the biliary and the pancreatic duct. The imaging quality of high resolution MRCP is exce...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A particular cell-mediated immune response is tested in this work: the leukocyte adherence inhibition (L.A.I.) in the presence of organ tumor antigens. Forty-two patients suspected of having pancreatic cancer were submitted to the L.A.I. test and Ca 19.9 and TPA determination. The diagnosis of pancreatic cancer was ev...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-08-31 00:00:00
abstract：:The use of an external oblique muscle-cutaneous flap in the reconstruction of large chest wall defects after mastectomy is described. The flap is drown as a V-Y advancement-rotation flap, laterally based, on the ipsilateral abdominal wall. The flap extends from the posterior axillary line to the linea alba, vascular s...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Among 94 cases of pulmonary metastases treated by the exeresis of one or more nodules, 28 cases produced metastasis located in the lung only. Radical metastasectomy was performed on 250. Analysis of survival, also assessed in relation to every prognostic factor reveals the efficacy of surgical therapy even in iterativ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-09-30 00:00:00
abstract：:In the pulmonary emphysema a serious respiratory inadequacy can result from the impossibility of the thoracic cage and of the diaphragm to expand beyond a maximum limit, before that a significnat part of pulmonary parenchyma has been destroyed by the pathogenic process. The resection of part of the lung, selectively i...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Mean daily doses of 4-800,000 units iant. Cal. Trasylol administered i.v. for about 7 days prevented oedema and improved circulation after revascularisation surgery of the lower extremities involving the femoropopliteal axis in a large number of clinical cases. ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-02-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The Authors reports a case of Verneuil's disease in a perineal location. They focus on etiopathogenetic aspects and problems of differential diagnosis, before reviewing the various therapeutic options. Surgery is the only effective therapy and takes the form of an extensive excision of the cutaneous zone affected with...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-06-30 00:00:00
abstract：:The aetiology and clinical manifestations most commonly noted in pseudocysts of the pancreas are briefly described. Particular attention is given to the treatments of lesions operated under emergency conditions and the clinical aspects of pancreatic effusions sometimes encountered during the course of the disease. ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-05-15 00:00:00
