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L Visentin

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PubMed1991

[Prevention of infection and improvement of cenesthesia with thymostimulin during chemotherapy following mastectomy].

Eighty-five breast cancer patients who had been operated for mastectomy and were currently undergoing adjuvant or therapeutic chemotherapy were included in the study. Patients were divided into two matching groups of 50 (A) and 35 (B) subjects; group A was treated with CT and thymostimulin Serono and group B with CT alone. The difference between the two groups in relation to first-degree (24% vs 57%) and second-degree leucopenia (8% vs 14%), in addition to the difference in relation to infections and the regularity of chemotherapy cycles confirmed the value of immunotherapy with thymostimulin during chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Adjuvants, Immunologic↗
PubMed1991

[Antibiotic prophylaxis in obstetric surgery. Experience with a sulbactam-ampicillin combination].

Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the incidence of infections after some types of surgical interventions; in Obstetrics it can prevent infections in high risk situations. Infections can occur in particular situations, even in cesarean sections (CS) at low risk. The incidence of puerperal endometritis is variable in literature, while the incidence of pelvic or surgical wound infections is 3.8% in elective CS with respect to 7.5% in emergency CS. This study verifies the efficacy of the sulbactam-ampicillin association (Unasyn, Pfizer) in the prophylaxis of all cesarean sections, complicated or not. Unasyn was administrated one hour prior to CS and 8 and 16 hours after CS in 162 patients. Therapy was continued in 8 cases because of high risk for infection. The evaluation of the efficacy of the drug was based on clinical criteria. There were no complications or fever recorded and no toxic or allergic reactions occurred. Antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended for all patients undergoing CS.

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PubMed1988

Child abuse.

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PubMed1988

Coeliac disease.

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Celiac Disease↗
PubMed1988

Hysteroscopy in an IVF-ER program. Clinical experience with 360 infertile patients.

Three hundred and sixty patients underwent hysteroscopy before entering the IVF program. The procedure was successful in 332 patients; obstructive tubal disease was present in 247 (70%); 148 showed uterine abnormalities (44.5%) such as endometrial polyps, adhesions, hypoplasia, malformations, or severe cervical stenosis; 114 patients had normal hysterographic findings, in whom hysteroscopy revealed a false-negative rate of 36.8%. In 281 patients (84.6%) hysteroscopy was carried out under general anesthesia, in most cases associated with laparoscopy. There were no anesthetic complications, uterine perforations or other significant problems. In an IVF program, hysteroscopic evaluation can reduce the failure rate due to intra-uterine abnormalities. Hysteroscopy, which permits one to optimize an IVF attempt, becomes an essential procedure before introducing a patient into an IVF program.

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