Abstract：
:Breast reconstruction has become an available option for most patients undergoing mastectomy: in fact many authors agree that breast reconstruction does not interfere with possible therapies and improves the quality of life of women. The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychological adjustment of patients who had immediate or delayed reconstruction using 2 different methods: implants and autologous tissues. The study population (115 patients) was derived from patients who underwent breast reconstruction in the period January 1988-December 1991, in follow-up at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; no patient was undergoing psychological therapy. 58 patients underwent breast reconstruction using implants and 57 using Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Flap (TRAMF). Informations were gathered, including the patient's age, the number of offspring, the marital status, the scholastic education, the job and the relapse between mastectomy and reconstruction. The psychological instruments consisted in three standardized self-administered questionnaires: Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI), State Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y (STAI), Eysenk Personality Inventory (EPQ-R). These tests were chosen to gauge the psychological distress, such anxiety, anger, depression and psychosocial maladjustment. To better perform the changes of body image after breast reconstruction, women were requested to answer three more specific questions about the sexual desire, physical image and social relationships. The 102 patients assessed in this study indicate low incidence of psychological distress and adaptive coping strategies. Impairment was reported, regarding body image, by patients undergoing delayed reconstruction; in these patients higher scores in distress tests were observed.
journal_name
Minerva Chirjournal_title
Minerva chirurgicaauthors
Franchelli S,Leone MS,Passarelli B,Perniciaro G,Capelli M,Baracco G,Alberisio A,Santi PLsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-05-01 00:00:00pages
481-8issue
5eissn
0026-4733issn
1827-1626journal_volume
50pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The authors present a clinical contribution on Paget's disease of the breast, concerning 194 cases of mammary carcinoma observed in the period 1988-1995. Treatment strategy is discussed, particularly regarding the cases without a palpable node or positive mammography that can be cured by conservative operations or, mo...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Continuing researches on the monitoring of acute phase proteins (A.P.P.) as markers of septic risk in the surgery patient, a series of 50 patients suffering from pathological processes classifiable as follows has been examined: 1) acute biliary pancreatitis 18 cases; 2) acute hepatobiliary pathology without pancreatic...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-04-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Senology is going to be an independent branch, but resistances to the acknowledgement of the senologist as a devoted professional are still under way. Nevertheless, in the last 20 years an irreversible educational training was traced out. The senologist is not only the surgeon who operates on the breast: he is also a ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of surgical wounds infections is still a matter of debate in dermatology. The authors have performed an open and randomized study on the prophylactic efficacy of azithromycin, 500 mg per os 1 h prior to the procedure in a dermosurgical office. The absence of postsurgical infec...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A new system has been developed for transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM), which allows all the conventional surgical techniques within the rectal cavity. The main indication is the removal of sessile adenomas. "Early rectal carcinomas" are also suitable for local excision. We perform local excision of advanced canc...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-06-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Cancer of the extrahepatic biliary tract is a rare disease related to a severe prognosis. The resection of the extrahepatic biliary tract is a complex procedure and the preoperative assessment of resectability is made difficult because of the malignancies. Biliary cancer resection can be curative in some patients but ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The results obtained in 10 patients suffering from complicated diverticulitis are reported, stress being laid on the seriousness of the pathology and proposing that emergency surgery be carried out. ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-03-31 00:00:00
abstract：:Examination of the rectum by pathologists is instrumental in the management of patients affected by rectal carcinoma. That role includes evaluation of multiple gross and microscopic features that convey prognostic implications. The analysis is based on the authors' experience handling rectal specimens along with revie...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.23736/S0026-4733.18.07739-8
更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The A. studied the behaviour of gastric acid secretion, of gastrinemia and of the parietal cell mass in 14 patients with duodenal ulcer (in active state and then in quiescent state) and in 20 symptom free control subjects, in absence of circumscribed gastroduodenal lesions. The analysis of the results demonstrates the...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-12-15 00:00:00
abstract：:A case of multiple mesentery cysts is presented and the etiopathogenesis, anatomopathology, symptomatology and therapy of this disease discussed. ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1976-04-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is an uncommon lethal cardiovascular emergency demanding prompt diagnosis and aggressive therapeutic intervention. Although it usually affects males over 60 years of age, it may also occur in young adults with specific risk factors such as Marfan syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve and larger...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The diagnosis of benign, malignant or borderline phylloides tumor of the breast is based on a combination of clinical and histological features but the biological behavior of this neoplasm is not often predictable: the most important indicators of malignant behavior are underscored. Only a few patients with malignant ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Hemangiopericytoma is a rare and solitary solid tumor originating from pericytes, which are contractile pericapillary cells, first identified and described by Zimmermann in 1923. This neoplasm occurs most commonly in the lower extremities and retroperitoneum. The Authors describe the case of a patient affected with a ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00
abstract：:From October 1997 until March 1999, we performed this procedure in three patients suffering from suppurated echinococcal liver cyst. Trocar sites are approximately the same to those already known for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A thoracostomy tube is inserted through the abdominal wall and under direct vision is for...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura represent a rare clinicopathological entity: 456 cases only have been reported since 1991. A interesting case of solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura is described here, because it turned up in a female patient followed up for a bilateral breast cancer and so with the exact determi...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The main purpose of the trial was to evaluate the opinions expressed by a sample of subjects with permanent colostomy, as a result of the use of a new device designed for the execution of transtomal intestinal irrigation; their feedback was analyzed in relation to the concept of Quality of Life. METHODS:The device...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A clinical case of cloacogenic anal carcinoma is reported. These neoplasms, deriving from embryonal residuals at different levels of the ano-rectal junction, have a better prognosis than squamous carcinomas; the surgical alternative to abdomino-perineal resection is a simple local exeresis for small tumours that do no...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-10-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The effective early treatment of oto-hematoma is important so as to prevent reaccumulation of fluid and the typical chronic "cauliflower ear" deformity. A simple method of treatment with the use of transfixed tie-through compression mattress sutures, incorporating bolster dressings on both surfaces of the ear, followi...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Data concerning a personal surgical series covering the last 10 years have been collected as far as cases regarded lumbar gangliectomy. The operative indication and incidence of this type of operation, performed for sclerotic obliterating arteriopathy of the lower extremities, out of total admissions and out of total ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-06-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Stomitis due to non absorbable sutures is an increasingly common endoscopic finding. Personal experience has shown that this complication is not encountered when catgut sutures are employed in stomach operations. It is therefore recommmended that this or other absorbable material be used in gastric surgery. Stress is ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-10-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid is a highly aggressive neoplasm with quickly total course. It is characterized by an average survival of 4-12 months. It infiltrates precociously into the windpipe, oesophagus, vessels of the neck and gives distant metastases in 10-48% of cases. In 30.8 to 80% of cases, this carcino...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Personal preliminary experience with Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum (MIRPE), "Nuss" procedure, using VATS is reported. METHODS:From January 2001 to February 2002, MIRPE has been performed on 5 patients (age range 13-18 y; mean 14.8 y). Under general anesthesia, a curved steel bar is inserted ...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion can be accomplished by any 1 of 3 techniques. These include dissective or surgical, the blind or modified Seldinger, and laparoscopic techniques. The dissective technique solely utilized by surgeons, places the catheter by mini-laparotomy under general anesthesia. In the bli...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The early detection of breast cancer is of primary importance, as one method which many reduce the unacceptably high mortality rate associated with this disease. In fact, it is well stated that the most concrete possibility of therapeutic success in the treatment of breast cancer is represented by early treatment, whi...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Personal experience about substernal goiter is reported. Stressing laid on the importance of definition: a goiter that is totally or in the most part below the superior thoracic outlet, with normal vascularization. METHODS: DESIGN:retrospective evaluation of patients observed in the last six years. SETTIN...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A small contribution is made to the work of widening the knowledge of the main principles followed in the emergency management of injuries to the face and jaws. The topic is rendered easily comprehensible by the nonspecialist through the use of many pictures. A short compendium of emergency therapies and personal expe...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-10-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The Authors report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the small bowel, a rare neoplasm with severe limitations of pre-operative diagnosis. A discussion of the pathological staging, diagnosis and surgical therapy follows. At the moment, better diagnostic techniques and greater awareness of the disease notwithstanding, the pro...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-09-30 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:There are several therapeutic proposals for idiopathic varicocele treatment, but all of them present a certain number of relapses. The technique proposed consists, through an inguinal approach, in a systematic ligation and section of all veins potentially responsible of a venous reflux. METHODS:During a per...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:Aim of the study was to demonstrate the effectiveness, in the management of recalcitrant wounds, of a hyperoxidized oil-based gel with film-forming and protective functions. METHODS:The study involved 50 patients with recalcitrant not infected and/or necrotic chronic ulcers. All patients had 0.7 minimum ABPI value...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION AND METHODS:After reviewing the literature on the subject, the authors analysed the patients suffering from intestinal infarction selected from those examined between 1-1-1985 and 31-12-1995. It was found that out of 11,500 patients only 9 (0.07%) suffered from this pathology. RESULTS:The authors found th...
journal_title：Minerva chirurgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00
