Right-sided colon cancer therapy is based upon right hemicolectomy, which is a well established surgical technique. Considering the possibility of biological diversity in cancer arising from the caecum, ascending colon and transverse colon, this retrospective study analysed age, sex, grading, T, N, M and mortality to evaluate the biological characteristics of the cancers and their level of local and general diffusion with a view to establishing any correlation between these characteristics and the advisability of employing different surgical procedures for the different sites. Cancer arising from the sites considered does not seem to present different biological aspects and therefore a different surgical procedure is not authorized. Our data show that a significant majority of cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage as compared to earlier stages (P < 0.05) and that early detection of these cancers is the best way of improving the prognosis.

Adult↗

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[Cutaneous mechanical staplers. Our experience].

This paper reports the results of a trial, comparing the use of disposable skin staplers with conventional nylon or silk sutures in skin closure. This study began in 1986; 7274 patients undergoing elective and emergency operations were controlled during the postoperative period, 3 and 6 months after surgery. It was shown that skin clips instead of sutures decrease the operative time, produce wound healing with a good cosmetic results, and above all a significant lowering of the wound infection rate.

Dermatologic Surgical Procedures↗

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Complications in acetabuloplasty in the treatment of CHD during the growth age.

The authors analyze the complications of acetabuloplasty in the treatment of CHD during the growth age, evaluating the incidence and the possible causes, that emerged from a review of cases at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute including 238 patients treated from 1970 to 1986 using different methods. The techniques adopted were: acetabuloplasty for lowering in 100 cases, Salter osteotomy in 30 cases, triple pelvic osteotomy in 48 cases and acetabuloplasty according to the Chiari method in 50 cases. Complications of various types were observed in 9.6% of the cases after a mean follow-up of 5 years. It is the purpose of ths study to discuss the complications that are observed during each operation, and to compare them with those reported in the literature, as well as to present a pathogenetic interpretation. A study of complications influences indications and surgical technique.

Acetabulum↗

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"Carcinoid tumorlets". Case report and review of the literature.

It is reported a case of "carcinoid tumorlets" of the lung, in a 63-year-old woman, who underwent surgery for a breast cancer. These lesions are histologically similar with carcinoid, but different for clinical evolution. They are benign lesions generally without metastasis. The authors point out the importance of histological, clinical and diagnostical aspects, and the follow-up of patients in order to have evidence of the eventual malignant evolution.

Breast Neoplasms↗