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Facial behavior and cognitive processing in newborn infants: Sustained visual fixation and knitting of the brows
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Extraperitoneal rectal cancer surgery
No full textDespite recent advances in radiation and chemotherapy, surgical resection remains the only potentially curative procedure for rectal cancer. The introduction of total mesorectal excision with autonomic pelvic nerve sparing and new modalities in restoring bowel continuity has improved significantly the prognosis as well as life quality of rectal cancer patients. Better results will be achieved only with a correct multidisciplinary approach. The Authors report their experience with surgical treatment of extraperitoneal rectal cancer, examine some important technical innovation and emphasize the oncological principles of radical surgery
SMALL BOWEL STROMAL TUMORS. REPORT OF TWO CASES
No full textAIM OF THE STUDY: The Authors report on two cases of small bowel stromal tumours and underline more recent findings regard to histogenesis, etiopathogenesis and classification as well examine the problems related to diagnosis, surgical management and prognosis of these pathology. CONCLUSIONS: At present, surgical treatment is the best therapy even in patients with local relapse and/or metastasis. Whereas in unresectable patients a new therapeutic possibility is given to the use of Imatinib mesylate, nevertheless is still to prove its effectiveness in regard to survival or as adyuvant treatment in resectable patients with high risk of relapse
MODALITA' DI RICOSTRUZIONE DOPO RESEZIONE ANTERIORE DEL RETTO: IL RISPETTO DEGLI SFINTERI
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