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The use of defunctionalized loop of the small intestine in esophageal surgery.
No full textIntestinal loop in esophageal cancer surgery
Chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus with clinical evidence of adjacent organ invasion.
No full textBackground: The role of surgery for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)with clinical evidence of adjacent organ invasion (cT4) is a debated issue. This study was aimed at analyzing our experience with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery as treatment for non-metastatic cT4 SCC of the thoracic esophagus. Methods: The results of 51 patients consecutively treated at the First Department of General Surgery, University of Verona, from January 1987 to December 2004 were analyzed. Results: The most frequently clinically involved structures were the trachea (43.1%),the main left bronchus (17.6%), and the thoracic aorta (15.7%). CRT was completed in all but one of the patients (98.0%) without toxicity-related deaths. After completion of induction treatment 49 patients underwent surgery (96.1%), and resection was possible in 40 patients (78.4%) but R0 surgery was rarely obtained (39.2%).Pathologic downstaging was achieved in 18 cases (35.3%) while a major response(responders) was observed in 10 patients (19.6%) and a complete response (pT0N0) in7 (13.7%). The overall median survival time was 11.1 months with a 3-year survival rate of 8.8%. A significantly better survival (P < 0.001) was observed after a R0 resection (median: 22.3 months; 3-year survival: 25.4%; P < 0.001) and for responders (median: 33.1 months; 3-year survival: 25.7%; P 1⁄4 0.019). Conclusions: Aggressive multi-modal therapy with CRT followed by surgery in cT4SCC of the thoracic esophagus is feasible. Surgery should be limited to patients with significant response to induction treatment and a high probability of R0 resection
Surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm with concomitant renal cell carcinoma: a single-centre experience with review of the literature.
No full textLe lesioni iatrogene nella chirurgia esofagea
No full textComplicanze della chirurgia dell'esofago, le lesioni iatrogene
Per operative cholangiograpghy during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Results of 100 consecutive cases.
No full textResults of a series of 100 consecutive intra-operative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Acute cholecystitis - Update 2006
No full textThis update is based on a systemic literature search in Medline. Epidemiology, diagnosis, conservative and surgical treatment of acute cholecystitis are revisited
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