Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to A Bergantino.
The aim of this article was to review the main indications of laparoscopic colostomy. A series of 9 patients is reported, stressing the technical steps of laparoscopic colostomy. The laparoscopic approach in patients with unresectable colorectal cancer permit to avoidance mayor laparotomy. In conclusion this technique appears safe, feasible and effective.
A case of male breast carcinoma in a very young subject (seventeen years old) is described. Breast carcinoma in male is infrequent, and at a so young age it is really rare. The patient was subjected to "Patey" mastectomy with removing the lymph nodes of the breast with the tumor, and subcutaneous mastectomy at the opposite side breast. As agreed with the oncologist other therapy was carried out.
Although not rare, the ingestion of foreign bodies becomes uncommon when it is done with intent to cause self-damage. When used for this purpose, foreign bodies usually take the form of liquid substances, such as caustic agents, detergents, poisons, etc. It is less rare in certain situations like psychiatric and prison settings. The author reports two cases of foreign bodies voluntarily swallowed by patients in prison.
The authors present a clinical survey conducted to value the antiseptic and reparative properties of collagenasis (clostridiopeptidiasi A), in the topical treatment of skin lesions. The study presented 90 patients with burns, pressure sores, abrasions and trophic ulcers. The results obtained were highly positive in terms of the healing or cleansing of the wound, bearing further witness to the reliability of the product in question.
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 planning of admissions, for the surgeon who is gratified by results. Personal experience is reported and the operation performed during one year, the surgical, anaesthetic and therapeutic technique used, and the results obtained are analyzed. METHODS: 32 selected patients with haemorrhoidal disease affections: (haemorrhoidal nodules by third and fourth degree). We have been examined. The operation was performed in all patients in one day surgery. The technique used was haemorrhoidectomy according to Milligan Morgan modified Phillips, using a coagulator, and without ligation of the pedicles. Anaesthesia was performed by Back perineal block according to M. C. Marti; particular attention was paid to the post-operative control that, in personal opinion, must be done weekly, for at last 4 weeks. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Results, which seem satisfactory, and approval manifested by the patients, encourage to continue in this direction.
The authors report case of mucinous cysto-adenocarcinoma of the vermiform appendix which was not diagnosed during appendectomy but by routine histological tests. The patients was reoperated and underwent right hemicolectomy with lymphadenectomy, ending with the creation of an ileo-transverse stomy. At the follow-up after 1, 6 and 12 months, the patient showed no signs of recurrence of the disease. The authors examine this rare pathology which, owing to the difficulty of preoperative diagnosis, often results in the patient undergoing a second operation, and given the early diffusion of the disease frequently presents a severe prognosis.