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A novel robotic system for single-port laparoscopic surgery: preliminary experience
The concept of single-access procedures has gained greater attention from general surgeons during the past 5 years. Despite this wide momentum, these procedures pose several changes for the surgeon, such as im...
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Open AccessThe role of surgery for colorectal cancer in octogenarians
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Gallstone ileus in patient with Crohn’s disease
Gallstone ileus is an uncommon form of bowel obstruction, related in the majority of cases to a cholecystoenteric fistula. In patients with Crohn’s disease the stone can obstruct the diseased bowel. We report ...
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Laparoscopic treatment of pancreatic insulinoma
Laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasonography (LUS) have been proposed for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic insulinoma. We present for cases of pancreatic insulinoma approached by laparoscopy guided by...
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Laparoscopic left hemicolectomy in a patient with cirrhosis scheduled for liver transplantation
Hepatic cirrhosis is a negative prognostic factor for major abdominal surgery, with a greater risk of bleeding, infection, and ascites. The case of a 54-year-man with adenocarcinoma of the sigma affected by he...
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Is development of bronchial metastasis following laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for colon cancer related to pneumoperitoneum?
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Trocar site tumor recurrences
Background: Port site metastasis following laparoscopy for cancer is reported with increasing frequency and represents one of the most important limitations of the technique.
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Cost efficacy of laparoscopic vs open surgery
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Is laparoscopic sonography a reliable and sensitive procedure for staging colorectal cancer?
Background: Laparoscopic colectomy has developed rapidly with the explosion of technology. In most cases, laparoscopic resection is performed for colorectal cancer. Intraoperative staging during ...
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Radio-frequency thermal ablation of liver metastases with a cooled-tip electrode needle: results of a pilot clinical trial
The aim of this study was to evaluate feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of radio-frequency (RF) thermal ablation, performed by using a cooled-tip electrode needle, in the treatment of liver metastases. T...
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Endothoracic sonography with color Doppler availability during video assisted thoracic surgery (videothoracoscopic operative staging with ultrasound color Doppler) for lung cancer staging
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Appearance of Graves’ disease after percutaneous ethanol injection for the treatment of hyperfunctioning thyroid adenoma
In this report we describe an unusual patient with hyperfunctioning thyroid adenoma in whom percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) thera py was followed by typical Graves’ disease. His history revealed the prese...
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Ultrasound versus plain film in the detection of pneumoperitoneum
To evaluate ultrasound (US) versus conventional plain film radiography (CPF) in the detection of pneumoperitoneum, 30 patients with postsurgical pneumoperitoneum and a control group of 22 patients were studied...
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Presence of endothelin-1 in the normal and pathological human thyroid
An immunohistochemical study with two rabbit polyclonal antibodies I-AR76 and CA-08-351 against Endothelin-1 (ET-1) was performed in 133 human thyroid specimens: 5 normal thyroids, 30 multinodular goiters (15 ...
