Biomedical subjects

F Vitucci

Publications and source records attributed to F Vitucci.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1980

[The isolated thyroid nodule: notes on our personal experience].

An analysis of 255 patients operated for isolated thyroid nodes is made. Of these, 81% were cold nodes and 19% hot. Carcinomas were present in 21 cases. One carcinoma appeared as a scintigraphically hot node. The frequency of carcinomas, in relation to the nodules observed, was roughly the same in the two sexes. There is parallelism in behaviour of the rate in the two sexes as regards cold nodes, while this is not true for hot nodes. The importance of some recent diagnostic techniques is briefly discussed.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1978

[Incidence of recurrent nerve paralysis in personal cases of thyroid surgery].

The authors review their series of thyroid operations, totaling 383 cases in the last seven years. In that series the incidence of recurrent nerve lesions leading to permanent sequels was 1.07% (all treated without surgical preparation of the nerve); an additional 0.53% of the patients developed transient paralysis of the recurrent nerve--of which the authors discuss the possible etiology. The authors conclude by stating the need for careful recognition of the recurrent nerve in all surgical procedures involving the thyroid gland, except some enucleo-resections; they confirm the importance of branches of the inferior thyroid artery and the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage as reference points.

Humans↗

PubMed1978

[Behavior of calcemia in breast malignancy. Note I (author's transl)].

The authors report a statistical investigation conducted in 95 patients with mammary carcinoma, designed to show the behavior of calcemia in the course of this malignancy. The data were analyzed statistically by the binomial test, the scatter of values (F test of Snedecor), and the t test of Student. The authors confirmed the existence of a statistically significant alteration of calcemia only in the group of patients with metastasis to bone versus control subjects; conversely there was no significant difference of distribution in the various groups in regard to values beyond those given as normal.

Adult↗