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C Ottaviani

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PubMed1997

[Intramuscular hemangioma. Report of a case].

A case of intramuscular hemangioma (large vessel type) occurring in an eighteen year old woman is described. Medical history reported a pulled muscle in the same region 5 years earlier. By needle biopsy was performed the diagnosis of hematoma evolved to sclerosis. Since pain persisted the neoplasia was removed. Intramuscular hemangioma is a benign neoplasia. Recurrences are always due to incomplete excision. Angiosarcomas and liposarcomas are the two tumors to be differentiated from hemangiomas of skeletal muscle. The relative paucity of cases combined with widespread histological pictures make the diagnosis very difficult.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Effectiveness of nonsurgical treatment for idiopathic scoliosis. Overview of available evidence.

To define further the effectiveness of nonsurgical therapy for idiopathic scoliosis, predefined criteria were established for selection and data retrieval from studies of therapy and natural history, and the results were synthesized quantitatively. Only studies of patients with no more than a 50 degree Cobb angle scoliosis were considered. Twenty-four reports were eligible. There was a fivefold proportion of failures among patients with scoliosis greater than 30 degrees at the start of therapy but no difference in progression between different kinds of nonsurgical therapies or between treated and untreated patients; these were the main findings of this quantitative analysis. These data cannot be used to prove the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of nonsurgical therapy for idiopathic scoliosis, and experimental controlled studies of different therapies seem to be justified both on ethical and scientific grounds. The findings of this overview can be used for their planning.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

[Our experience in treating femoral neck fractures. Comments on cases treated from 1972 to 1984. A clinico-statistical study].

The Authors report the clinico-statistic results concerning 550 cases of femur neck fractures, representing the casuistry of 12 years' activity developed by the Ortopedico-Traumatological Department of the Hospital Institutes of the Association of the Bergamo Lowland Communes, USSL nr. 32 (from 1972 up to 1984). After considering the main etiologic factors of this injury, the Authors study the surgical techniques adopted, discuss the indications, state the results obtained, and do some remarks about the patients' functional and social recovery. The Authors emphasize the importance of an early and valid osteosynthesis allowing a quicker functional recovery, a reduction in the times of stay in bed and an extension in the average survival of such patients.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1980

[Fractures of the proximal end of the femur: clinico-statistical data on 246 cases treated in the period 1972-1978].

During the past seven years an increasing number of hip fractures were treated in the new orthopaedic division of the Treviglio-Caravaggio Hospital. A survey was made of 246 cases treated in the 1972-1978 period. The mean age of the patients was found to be 69,9 years, and 64,6 % of them were women. Lateral fractures accounted for 66,6% of the cases and the mean age of these patients was 78 years. The average hospitalization time of the operated patients was 21,6 days and the mortality after 3 months was 16%. The Authors emphasize that the extensive adoption of surgical treatment in these fractures has improved the survival rate and shortened the hospitalization time.

Adult↗
PubMed1978

[Osteosarcoma: current views on pathology and new therapeutic perspectives. II: Criteria of prognosis and treatment (author's transl)].

The authors review recent studies and trials concerning the treatment of osteosarcoma, with special attention to current trends in immunology, radiology, surgery, and chemotherapy. Progress in immunobiological research seems to promise interesting practical developments; even today, however, modern chemotherapy combined with suitable ablative surgery affords a remarkably better prognosis for this malignancy.

Antineoplastic Agents↗