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A Rumi

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1989

Esophageal achalasia. Diagnostic and therapeutic implications.

Over an 11-year period, 15 patients underwent surgery for achalasia (Heller's operation with added antireflux procedure). Thereafter due to the use of manometry 25 other achalasic patients were diagnosed and 17 of them underwent the same surgical procedure. Manometry was done by means of a triple-lumen catheter as described by Arndorfer. Surgical results in the first group were good in 80% and moderate in 20% with no recurrence or organic complications due to acid reflux, while in the second group good results were 95%. In 16 cases of the second group, diagnosis was based on manometric recordings, since the radiological findings were lacking. Early diagnosis enabled to operate on selected patients according to the motor findings of the esophageal body. Follow-up by manometry revealed in some cases an increase in post-deglutitory motor activity and in two cases a return of a coordinated peristalsis. Clinical and functional results are discussed and the role of manometric studies is stressed in order to improve the knowledge of the pathophysiology of functional diseases of the esophagus.

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PubMed1988

[Clinical and endoscopic follow-up of gastrectomized patients Billroth II technic for benign pathology].

A follow up was performed in 109 patients primarily undergone Billroth II resection for benign gastric or duodenal diseases to analyze mucosal changes, possibility of premalignant lesions and importance of causal factors in aetiology of gastric stump cancer. Moreover, clinical status and haematological parameters for nutritional assessment are examined to identify indicators of postgastrectomy sequelas.

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PubMed1986

[Candida esophagitis simulating a neoplasm].

The authors report a case of Candida esophagitis developed like a malignant neoplasm. They explain the severe lesions according to the last physiopathological findings and emphasize the role of roentgenographic and endoscopic (biopsies and brushing) examinations in the differential diagnosis.

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PubMed1983

Prediction of all causes of death as a function of some factors commonly measured in cardiovascular population surveys.

A 20-year follow-up study for all causes of death has been conducted on two groups of men aged 40-59 at entry in two rural communities of northern and central Italy on a total of 1,712 subjects representing 98.9% of defined demographic samples. Personal characteristics or risk factors usually studied for coronary heart disease (CHD), as measured at entry, have been related to the risk of dying in 20 years (600 cases). By means of multivariate analysis, 11 out of 33 considered characteristics were shown to be significant predictors of any cause of death. These were mean blood pressure, age, arm circumference (protective), early death of parents, cigarette smoking, forced expiratory volume (protective), CHD, arcus senilis, vital capacity (protective), xanthelasma, and serum cholesterol. Discrimination between cases and noncases was satisfactory with about 40% of deaths in the upper quintile of the estimated distribution of risk and less than 7% in the lowest quintile (relative risk = 6.20).

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PubMed1983

[Passage from the thigh to the retroperitoneum through the obturator foramen of an enormous recurrent lipoma].

The authors refer to an enormous lipoma relapsing from the thigh and the retro-peritoneum space which they have observed. Underlying the rarity of the case, they reveal their reasons whereby one must consider the origin of this lipoma the medial region of the thigh, and the foramen obturatorium the passage-way of the same lipoma from the thigh to the retroperitoneum. Furthermore considering the frequent impossibility of complete removal of these extremely developed lipomas rendering a reserved quod vitam prognosis.

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PubMed1983

[Short-term effects of cimetidine in patients with bleeding duodenal ulcer. Presentation of cases].

The authors here present a work dealing pith two groups of subjects, both groups having the diagnose of bleeding duodenal ulcer; one group using therapy antacid alone, the other using cimetidine and antacid. This last is more affected in controlling bleeding then just using antacids alone. Moreover the use of cimetidine reduces the period of bleeding, increases the number of subject who stop bleeding and reduces the amount of blood transfused in these subjects. We are also convenced that the use of cimetidine even prolong in time, does not protect these subjects from having other relapse. Therefore propose the Billroth II and from own experience this is a good therapy to prevent other bleeding.

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PubMed1981

[Schwannoma of the rectum. Clinico-therapeutic study].

On the basis of a case of rectal Schwannoma and a review of the literature on this rare condition, stress is laid on the clinical features, diagnostic difficulties and indicated surgical therapy approaches. The need for radical operation, because of the tendency of the form to recur locally and because of the real possibility of malignant degeneration in this event, is stressed. Emphasis is also laid on the problem of making a certainly benign diagnosis even histologically.

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