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C Focacci

Publications and source records attributed to C Focacci.

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PubMed1976

Surgical indications in normotensive hydrocephalus. A retrospective analysis of the relations of some diagnostic findings to the results of surgical treatment.

Twenty two of fifty five patients initially suspected of suffering from normotensive hydrocephalus were surgically treated (CSF ventriculoatrial shunt). The results of surgery were related to the findings of the different diagnostic examinations (pneumoencephalography, isotope cisternography, transfer fron CSF to blood of isotope labelled serum albumin, constant infusion manometric test, long lasting intraventricular pressure recording). 1.Pneumoencephalography, intraventricular pressure recording, and, above all, isotope cisternography provided the most reliable data for diagnosis and surgical prognosis. 2. The combined use of pneumoencephalography and isotope cisternography was sufficient for a correct diagnosis and surgical prognosis in about 50% of the patients examined. 3. When the diagnostic information given by the combined results of the two above examinations was not sufficient, intraventricular pressure recording proved to be the most useful examination to supplement it. 4. The relation of the results of the study of transfer of istope labelled serum albumin from CSF to blood and of the constant infusion manometric test to the surgical outcome was uncertain.

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[Scintigraphic diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum using Tc-99m-pertechnetate].

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is a well-known cause of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage, particularly in the pediatric age group. The radionuclide 99mTc-pertechnetate has been found useful in visualizing MD which contain gastric mucosa. This test is predicated of the affinity of the isotope for the parietal cells of the gastric glands. In an attempt to evaluate the sensibility and specificity of pertechnetate, the clinical data and scintigrams of 27 patients with suspected MD were reviewed. The scintigram correctly identified MD before operation in 6 of 7 patients. The false negative study occurred in a MD without gastric mucosa.

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[Radioisotope study of urinary deformity pathology in childhood].

The role of radionuclide investigation of urinary tract pathology in pediatric patients (computerized radionuclide urography and radionuclide cystogram) is discussed. Advantages of reliable morphological and functional study with a non invasive, low radiation procedure are emphasized.

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