Biomedical subjects

P Volpe

Publications and source records attributed to P Volpe.

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[Laparoscopic repair of chronic traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: case report and review of the literature].

The management of diaphragmatic injury would appear to be a simple matter of suturing the defect. However, preoperative diagnosis can be difficult and even at the time of surgery some diaphragmatic injuries can be overlooked if careful exploration in not done. Associated injuries tend to divert attention from the diaphragmatic injury. Laparoscopic diagnosis and repair have been described with successful.

Adolescent↗

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[Videolaparoscopic treatment of hepatic single cysts].

We report a study of 6 patients with simple hepatic cyst. All were underwent laparoscopic surgical treatment. The median age of patients was 66 years, 5 women and 1 man were in the series. Cyst diameters varied from 3 to 15 cm. The treatment of choice is laparoscopic fenestration and resection of external part. There were no complications in postoperative period and the follow-up results are encouraging.

Aged↗

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[Esophageal intubation for palliative treatment in advanced carcinoma of the esophagus and cardia].

This is a report of 121 cases of advanced esophageal and cardia cancer managed by endoscopic and surgical esophageal intubation. They were submitted to surgical intubation 69 (53%) patients, and 52 (47%) to endoscopic intubation. There were 32.5% of technical complications in endoscopic intubation and 26.5% in surgical intubation. Perfuration was more frequent (11.5%) in endoscopic intubation than surgical group. Mortality rate was 17.3% for endoscopic and 5.8% for surgical intubation. Perfuration was the main cause of death in endoscopic intubation. Survival rate was 3.5 months for endoscopic and 4.7 months for surgical intubation. The majority of patients died of cancer evolution--caquexia (55.5%), carcinomatosis (4.5%) and brain methastasis (1.1%). The results of endoscopic and surgical intubation in this group of patients recommend its use in patients with advanced esophageal and cardic cancer.

Adenocarcinoma↗