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G Battistini

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Intraoperative radiofrequency ablation: intraductal cooling of the main bile ducts for the prevention of heat damage. A case report.

Intraoperative radiofrequency (RF) ablation has recently become a valid procedure in the treatment of liver primary or secondary malignancies in selected cases. This procedure can be used alone or in association with surgery in treating lesions not considered for curative surgery. Heat damage of the main bile ducts represents nowadays a limitation in the use of radiofrequency ablation of hepatic lesions. Up to now, in tumors proximal to a main bile duct or to the biliary bifurcation this procedure has been contraindicated. In order to preserve these structures from heat damage, a new technique consisting of intraductal cooling of the bile ducts has recently been introduced. We report a case of successful experience with this technique.

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Retroperitoneal infectious myositis.

A case of retroperitoneal infectious myositis is described. The symptoms of infectious myositis may be confused with those of other more frequent soft tissue pathologies (haematoma and sarcomata). This infection is more frequent in countries with a tropical climate. The most frequent aetiological agent is Staphylococcus aureus. This paper reports on the diagnostic and therapeutic problems of this disease as recently observed at the Division of Surgical Oncology of the National Cancer Institute in Genoa.

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