abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous rupture is a life-threatening complication of HCC, occurring in 4.8-26% of cases. Liver failure is the main cause of death. Debates still remain on the most appropriate treatment in such patients because of the high operative mortality of emergency surgery and the high risk of rebleeding and less...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Recordare A,Bonariol L,Caratozzolo E,Callegari F,Bruno G,Di Paola F,Bassi N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present paper considers the technique of CT scan maps of pulmonary isodensity, examining lung density differences as a function of the type of disease and considering their significance for the purposes of refined, useful diagnosis in a surgical context. METHODS. The method is used to examine 3 groups of...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Gavezzoli D,Caputo P,Manelli A,Zuccon W,Faccini M,Bonandrini L

更新日期：2002-04-01 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

authors： Cordova A,Stagno D'Alcontres F,Corradino B,Napoli P,Latteri F,Moschella F

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic surgery is used with increasing frequency to treat colorectal pathologies and some groups have also attempted to treat the complicated forms of diverticulitis (abscesses and/or fistulas). The results reported in the international literature are still controversial, especially in terms of the dur...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Lauro A,Alonso Poza A,Cirocchi R,Doria C,Gruttadauria S,Giustozzi G,Wexner SD

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Procalcitonin (PCT) is a new marker for severe infection that is supposed to have a useful role in the early detection of bacterial infection in the perioperative period. AIM OF THE STUDY:to test the hypothesis that PCT is useful as an early marker of postoperative infectious complications. METHODS:Thirty-...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Di Filippo A,Lombardi A,Ognibene A,Messeri G,Tonelli F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this article is to describe the technique used in the treatment of ventral hernia using the laparoscopic method and at the same time to evaluate the possible advantages of this surgical approach. METHODS:The clinical case we present regards a case of a patient who had undergone a double eventratio...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Scalera G,Moscatiello P,Mekkaoui M,Brassier D,Habib E,Elhadad A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraperitoneal adhesions seem to be a possible cause of chronic abdominal pain, but reports of their etiological role are controversial. Laparoscopic adhesiolysis has been proposed as treatment of choice, even tough reports of success are contradictory. The aim of our prospective study, was to determine whe...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Schietroma M,Carlei F,Altilia F,Carloni A,Mattucci S,Agnifili A,Maira E,Antonellis M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillomatosis of the biliary tract is characterised by multicentric papillary lesions of intra and extrahepatic biliary epithelium. It's a rare benign neoplasm of the biliary tract that causes obstructive jaundice with a high rate of malignant transformation. We described a case of papillomatosis of the biliary tract...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Guglielmi A,Caputi Jambrenghi O,Verzillo F,Cimmino A,De Fazio M,Scardigno A,Memeo V

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy and safety of biliary-intestinal bypass in severely obese subjects (Body Mass Index > 35). METHODS:From January to December 1999, 23 patients (8 men and 15 women, mean age 36.6 years: range 20-51) affected with primary morbid obesity (BMI >40: range 40.1-6...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Galati G,Izzo L,Binda B,De Cesare A,Fiori E,Bononi M,Masoni L,Badiali M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open Nissen fundoplication has been established as an effective treatment in the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Progress in minimally invasive surgery has given the chance of performing laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. The short-term results are encouraging and its outcome promising. The need...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Pavlidis TE

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study all patients observed between January 1993 and October 1997 with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) have been analyzed in order to describe the impact of treatment modality on survival. METHODS:Medical records of 56 patients with MPM (44 male, 12 female, median age = 59 yrs) were reviewed. I...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Melloni G,Puglisi A,Ferraroli GM,Carretta A,Ceresoli G,Calori G,Zannini P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the diagnostic and therapeutic evolution of a case of duodenal duplication complicated by acute recurring pancreatitis in a eight-year-old boy. Abdominal pain and vomiting represented important clinical signs associated with a previous history of inexplicable episodes of acute pancreatitis. Abdomin...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Messina M,Zingaro P,Tiribocchi A,Meucci D,Ferrucci E

更新日期：2001-06-01 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

authors： Sgourakis G,Gemos K,Dedemadi G,Spetzouris N,Gyftakis H,Salapa P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The past years have seen the development of outpatient treatment and surgical procedures for the treatment of hemorrhoid disease in an attempt to reduce postoperative pain on the one hand and execution and hospitalisation times on the other. METHODS:This retrospective study compares the results obtained in ...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Filingeri V,Giudiceandrea F,Rosati R,Fiorito R,Casciani CU

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the possible role and the effectiveness of videothoracoscopy (VATS) in the treatment of pleural empyema. METHODS:Personal experience on 40 cases of pleural empyema treated by (VATS) during 5 years is reported. The underlying diseases were: pneumonia (32), pneumothorax (3), tuberculosis (2), abdo...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Solaini L,Prusciano F,Di Francesco F,Bagioni P,Poddie DB

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with cirrhosis have reduced life expectancy. Surgery is often associated with clinical decompensation in this group of patients. The purpose of this paper is to study the surgical risk in cirrhotic patients undergoing nonderivative operations. Unfortunately, most of the studies in the literature about this pr...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Pisani Ceretti A,Cordovana A,Pinto A,Spina GP

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In gastric cancer surgery, to search for a technique to remove the entire posterior mesogastric region using a standardised operation using well defined methods and anatomic-embryological planes. METHODS:A concise description of the embryological evolution of the posterior mesogastrium allow the formation o...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Gullino D,Giordano O,Ghione S,Lijoi C,Masella M,Zavattero C

更新日期：2000-10-01 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

authors： Puglisi F,Magialetti A,Carriero A,Capuano F,De Fazio M,Verzillo F,Martines G,Simone M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors describe the advantages and disadvantages of plastic surgery performed in a day-care public hospital unit. METHODS:A retrospective study was made of the day-surgery activities over 16 months (1998-1999) as part of a centralized system. Data were compared to day-surgery activities undertaken in 1...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Faga A,Valdatta L,Magnani S,Thione A

更新日期：2000-09-01 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

authors： Scarpulla M,Giuliana G,Scarpa G,Corsentino G,Cusumano A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An uncommon complication of the sigmoid diverticulitis personally observed is described. A woman, 59 years old, presented a septic shock caused by perforated sigmoid diverticulum into the space of Retzius. The diagnosis was carried out by an X-ray of the abdomen that suspected the presence of air in the retroperitoneu...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Cataldi M,Bianchi M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case in which a PTFE prosthesis, used to treat a voluminous hiatal sliding hernia, dislocated inside the cardial lumen. Within two months the prosthesis had become decubitant and penetrated the cardial lumen, causing dysphagia, inappetence and weight loss. The use of radiological and tomographic i...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Coluccio G,Ponzio S,Ambu V,Tramontano R,Cuomo G

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a number of cases of hemorrhoid disease and describe the therapeutic iter followed with particular reference to the surgical approach used. After a description of the physiopathological aspects linked to the disease, bearing in mind the use of electromanometry and electromyography in diagnosis, the ...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Faccini M,Caputo P,Lavezzoli A,Manelli A,Bonandrini L

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plexosarcomas or gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumors (GAN tumors) are very rare neoplasms originating from the gastrointestinal autonomic nervous system. They have been differentiated from the other gastrointestinal stromal tumors due to ultrastructural features showed by electronic microscopy. Their mesenteri...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Costigliola P,Carannante E,Prisco T,Schiavone V,Iannelli E,Iannelli O

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical treatment in the patient effected by secondary hyperparathyroidism consists in subtotal parathyroidectomy or total parathyroidectomy plus autotransplantation of parathyroid tissue. METHODS:The results obtained with surgical treatment of 6 patients observed in the years 1995-1996 are analyzed. Two g...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Santini L,Conzo G,Giordano A,Caracò C,Candela G,Vacca R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a young male operated on for acute appendicitis due to a carcinoid of the base is reported. Since the tumor was infiltrating the resection margin of the appendix, the patient was later treated with a right hemicolectomy. Carcinoid tumor is unusual, but can be encountered several times during the career of a ...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Spallitta SI,Termine G,Stella M,Calistro V,Marozzi P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meconium ileus (MI) is a form of neonatal intestinal obstruction due to an abnormal thickened meconium within the terminal ileum. The aim of this retrospective paper is to review our experience with neonates affected from MI treated at our institute over a twenty year period. METHODS:This report deals with ...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Fasoli L,Campagnola S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Utility of long term central venous accesses. METHODS:Personal experience in 173 long term central venous accesses (a.v.c.) performed from January 1990 to December 1997 in 172 patients mostly affected by neoplastic disease is reported. The device used was totally implantable in 102 cases (59%): 82 Port (80....

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Valeri A,Borrelli A,Bontà M,Lucchese M,Tonelli P,Alessio F

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six patients submitted to surgery using BAR in intestinal anastomosis have been studied. The results were compared with data of the literature concerning this device of anastomosis and about mechanical staplers and manual suture. The following data were taken into consideration: type of operation, type of anast...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Bandettini L,Gattai R,Pace M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The use of steroids was recently extended to the various forms of ulcerative rectocolitis by the introduction of topical formulations, above all steroids with an hepatic "first pass" devoid of systemic interference. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of Beclomethason...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Arcidiacono R,Zanasi G,Pirone Z,Borzio M,Borzio F,Milano G,Cestari L,Ravelli P,Terraroli C,de Franchis R,Vecchi M,Galeone M,Toti GL,Cacioli D,Luminari L,Giannelli C,Gioiemi A,Russello D,Di Blasi M,Di Stefano A,Rus

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The surgical procedure in the haemorrhoidal disease, performed in one day surgery, using a local anaesthesia (posterior perineal block), where suggested and possible, presents many advantages: for the patient whose stay in the hospital is shorter, for the hospital which is facilitated in the organization and...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Bergantino A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to evaluate the biocompatibility of Angimesh mesh (polypropilene) in rats, usually used to replace or to strengthen the abdominal fasciae. METHODS:We made an abdominal longitudinal incision of skin and muscles in 20 rats was carried out and two muscular semilunae removed. The incisi...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Palmieri B,Gozzi G,Palmieri G,Marzona L

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori is known to be the pathogenic agent of atrophic gastritis and above all ulcer disease. It is also thought to play a role, together with other factors, in the development of stomach cancer and is currently the focus of numerous studies. In industrialised countries, infection is re...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Daturi R,Matti C,Nicolato A,Giacobone E,Cipolli PL,Romero E,Pannella A,Tattarletti L,Bonacasa R,Brunati S,Zambianchi M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical sites of bronchogenic carcinoma metastases are liver, brain, bones or adrenal glands. Rarely and in advanced dissemination phase it could involve the skeletal muscle. Two cases of metastases in the skeletal muscle from bronchogenic carcinoma, one of which revealed this neoplasia, are reported. ...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Di Giorgio A,Schiffino L,Canavese A,Arnone P,Scarpini M,Almansour M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Over the past decade the use of surgical staplers has resulted in a substantial change in both elective and emergency surgery for gastrointestinal pathologies. A large number of studies have now affirmed the safety, reliability, simplicity, rapidity and usefulness of these instruments. They offer man...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Vadalà G,Caragliano L,Bordonaro A,Castorina R,Caragliano P

更新日期：1999-05-01 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

authors： Armellino MF,Romano G,Imperato L,Rispoli G

更新日期：1999-05-01 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

authors： Siragusa G,Gelarda E,Geraci G,Albanese L,Di Pace G

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-secreting tumor, localized in the adrenal gland in 90% of the cases and in extra-adrenal site in the remaining 10%. It can be single or associated with other endocrine neoplasms. On the basis of the case presented, the several clinical manifestations, the treatment of the diseas...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Garritano A,Ceraudo E,De Rose F,Jantosca F,Santarelli E,Taccaliti F

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benign biliary strictures are a binding situation for clinicians when choosing the best treatment. This is a benign disease and needs safe, effective and lasting therapy. Up to day non surgical treatment have been suggested as the first therapeutical option but surgery seems to support the best late results....

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Liverani A,Correnti SF,Paganelli MT,Antonini G,Mercati U

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The finding of Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but important event owing to the highly aggressive nature of this neoplasm. The authors report three cases of Merkel cell carcinoma with different onsets which were representative of the possible range of clinical symptoms and the prognosis of this pathology. In two cases...

journal_title：Minerva chirurgica

authors： Del Rio P,Borgia GL,Lampugnani R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00