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P Maggi

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[Assessment of biological risk of blood transmission among health workers at a Bari university hospital].

We have examined all occupational exposures to biological materials, occurred from September 2001 to December 2002, among health workers of Bari polyclinic. The reported exposures, through an appropriate questionnaire expressly predisposed, have been a total of 114. The nurses were the most exposed category (46.5%) followed by physicians (27.2%). The highest load of accidents happened in surgical area (53%) and at a greater extent after the first three hours of the work shift (60%). The instruments that have caused endermic lesions have been more frequently the hollow bone needles (53.2%). The serology for HBV, HCV, and HIV of source-patients was known in the 87.8% of cases: 13 patients were positive for HCV, 1 for HIV and 2 were HbsAg positive. All injured workers were submitted to serological screening for HBV, HCV, HIV; for nobody of them seroconversions were observed.

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[Biodegradable anastomotic rings in colonic emergency surgery].

In this work, the authors describe their own experience concerning emergency surgery on large bowel. Frequently, in emergency surgery, the primary disease is associated with a picture of heavy peritonitis that in most cases needs very difficult and immediate operation including intestinal derivation (temporary colostomy). The possibility of restoring the intestinal continuity during the first surgical operation, is the primary aim of the surgeon. Therefore, availability of tools such as BAR (Biodegradable Anastomotic Rings) in performing intestinal anastomosis characterized by strong reliability if compared to stapler suturations avoids temporary colostomy otherwise necessary. This work refers to retrospective study in a group of patients who underwent colic resection with immediate restoration of the intestinal continuity without a protection colostomy. Actually, using biodegradable anastomotic rings like BAR when performing the anastomosis, has some technical advantages, such as low incidence of intra and postoperative complications, short hospitalization period and better management of the patient.

Anastomosis, Surgical↗