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G Sturniolo

Publications and source records attributed to G Sturniolo.

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PubMed1981

[Cholelithiasis and peptic ulcer surgery. Personal experience (author's transl)].

In veiw of the interest represented by the possible development of cholelithiasis after peptic ulcer surgery, the authors report their results in 848 patients undergoing surgery for peptic ulcer, 521 were followed up in order to determine whether the biliary complication developed and in how many cases. They conclude that their results showed nothing which might support the possibility of the development of cholelithiasis after any from of surgery for peptic ulcer.

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PubMed1980

A simple method for measuring zinc absorption in man using a short-lived isotope (69mZn).

Using a short-lived isotope of zinc (69mZn) with a half-life of 13.9 hr, we have developed a simple test of zinc absorption. After an oral dose of isotope (50 muCi) with 2 mg of elemental zinc a plasma appearance curve was constructed from radioactivity determined in blood samples taken sequentially over 8 hr. Two week later an iv dose of isotope (25 muCi) was administered and a plasma disappearance curve was constructed. Absorption was calculated by computer analysis of appearance and disappearance curves using a deconvolution programme. Mean absorption in five normal subjects was 61% (range 41 to 79%). In three subjects given food with, or 1 hr before the isotope, absorption was delayed and reduced to less than 20% of the oral dose at 8 hr. This test of zinc absorption is simple to perform and, because the isotope has a short half-life, has the advantage of subjecting patients to only limited radiation.

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[Indications for preventive tracheostomy in the surgical treatment of non-neoplastic thyroid disease].

In thyroid surgery, an emergency tracheostomy is mandatory, as is well known, in acute pre- and postoperative asphyxia due to obstruction of the upper airways, especially in cases of malignant tumours. In particular conditions, in the presence of benign thyroid disease and when there is no reduction in the laryngo-tracheal lumen, tracheostomy has an important precautionary function following total thyroidectomy. The authors describe their experience with 6 patients treated by precautionary tracheostomy after total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease, analysing the indications and the advantages of this method.

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[Surgery of inguinal hernia in the elderly].

The authors report their 14 years experiences with inguinal hernia repair in elderly. The result were compared with young (< 75 years old), and confirmed that there were no significant differences between the 2 groups. The study confirmed the safety and effectiveness of the "tension-free" technique under local anaesthesia, which is proposed as the treatment of choice in elderly.

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[Intestinal recanalization 16 years after Hartmann's operation].

The authors report a case of a surgical intestinal recanalization after 16 years since a Hartmann's intervention. After some considerations on the results they obtained in similar cases, the Authors call attention on this specific clinical case. They come to the conclusion that a successful surgical recanalization--although the difficult availability of the remaining rectal stump--is possible even if a long period has passed since a Hartmann's intervention was performed. In fact the rectal stump and the sphincter apparatus, even if excluded from the fecal transit for a long while, retain largely their specific functional activities and show a marked ability for an effective sensitive-motor restoration.

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[Voluntary ingestion of packages containing narcotic drugs. Diagnosis and treatment in a clinical case].

A case of intracorporeal concealment of narcotics is reported. Cocaine mixed with marihuana were the ingested drugs. Surgical treatment is, in selected cases, the safest method to remove such packages from the gastrointestinal tract also in subjects without mechanical obstruction. In fact, rupture of a packet threatens the patient's life, because of cocaine's high toxicity and lack of antidote.

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[Solitary and multiple thyroid nodular pathology (results of 1,300 surgical interventions)].

To evaluate the results of single and multinodular thyropathies surgical treatment, 1.300 cases operated on from january 1974 to december 1987 were reviewed. 842 patients (64.7%) were female; the average age was 41 +/- 2.4 year. Thyroid pathology was represented by solitary nodule in 643 cases (49.4%); multinodular goitre in 559 cases (43.0%) (377 euthyroid, with multinodular lesions extended to the entire gland; 182, hyperthyroid); retrosternal goitre in 78 cases (5.9%); recurrent goitre in 20 cases (1.5%). The patients underwent to: total thyroidectomy (525 cases); subtotal thyroidectomy (132 cases); total lobectomy (322 cases); subtotal lobectomy (321 cases). Post-operative follow-up (clinical exam; T3, T4, TSH, calcemia and phosphatemia) was performed at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after surgery). The overall mortality was 0.13 percent (two deaths, respectively after total = 0.1% and subtotal thyroidectomy = 0.7%). Immediate postoperative complications were: recurrent palsy (9 cases: 0.6%; acute respiratory failure with temporary tracheostomy (10 cases: 0.7%); hypoparathyroidism (3 cases: 0.2%). Late sequelae (1-3 year) were: recurrent nerve palsy in 7 patients (0.5%); hypoparathyroidism in one case (0.07%). 46 patients (34.8%) which underwent subtotal thyroidectomy were hypothyroid to T3, T4, TSH tests (1 year). Such sub-clinic pathology required levo-thyroxin treatment. New concepts on the pathogenesis of multinodular goitre (growth autonomy of goitre human tissue; the lack of levo-thyroxin therapy to prevent relapses after subtotal thyroidectomy) and the results drawed from the revision of this series seems confirm the indication to lobectomy for solitary "cold" nodules and thyroidectomy for treatment of normo and hyperthyroid multinodular goitre.

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[Current status of the overlapping suture in the treatment of aponeurotic and incisional hernias].

The authors report their results in a series of 213 patients affected by ventral hernia and operated with the overlapping suture technique, between 1970 and 1991. After having reported on the patients features and the circumstances of the treatment, they describe the different reconstructive times in their overlapping suture technique of the abdominal wall and the personal modifications brought about during their twenty years experience. According to the quality of the obtained results (< 5% of recurrence rate), the authors underline the efficiency of the technique that today in the time of the mesh prosthesis use, seems to guarantee good results even in the therapy of certain large eventrations.

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