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R Fornaro

Publications and source records attributed to R Fornaro.

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PubMed1989

[Treatment of short bowel syndrome].

On the basis of personal experience and the latest reports in the literature on the treatment of short bowel syndrome, the clinical and therapeutic aspects of the malabsorption syndrome arising after removal of long segments of the small intestine are analysed with emphasis on the salient features and particularly the critical phase constituted by the transfer from parenteral to enteral and oral nutrition whose importance for the maintenance of life is objectively confirmed by the adaptive response of the remaining small bowel (compensatory hypertrophy).

Adaptation, Physiological↗
PubMed1988

Endometriosis and infertility: our experience over five years.

During a 5-year period, we diagnosed endometriosis by laparoscopy in 163 infertile patients (7.9% of the infertile population). Seventy-one women presented with minimal endometriosis, 32 women a mild form, 38 women a moderate form and 22 women a severe form. Only 40 patients (24.5%) were found to have endometriosis as the only abnormality in a complete fertility work-up. One hundred and twenty patients were treated with Danazol (600 mg daily for 4-6 months) and 33 of them conceived (27.5%). Twenty-eight patients received conservative surgical treatment associated with Danazol therapy and 11 of them conceived (39.2%). In the 15 patients with minimal endometriosis, who had no therapy but expectant management, there were two conceptions within one year (13.3%). The anticipation of minimal disease in patients with endometriosis as the only abnormality produced about the same results as achieved by active treatment (pregnancy rate of 33.3% after expectant management and 36.3% after treatment). These results suggest that minimal endometriosis can be anticipated only when there are no co-existing factors of infertility.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

[Use of vasopressin in the treatment of acute hemorrhagic lesions of the stomach. Our experience].

Since bleeding from acute lesions of the gastric mucosa can cease spontaneously and the mortality rate of emergency surgery is high, conservative treatment is always preferable. Satisfactory results were obtained with continuous infusions of vasopressin in low doses (0.2 U/kg/hr for 8 hours) so that this treatment appears a valid alternative to more recent techniques (somatostatin).

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1985

[Use of vasopressin in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices. Our experiences].

Results obtained in the control of oesophageal varix rupture haemorrhage by intravenous vasopressin perfusion or selective intraarterial administration are reported. This comparative study shows intravenous administration to be the best method since it produces the same therapeutic effects with fewer undesirable side-effects than when administered arterially. In view of the high level of complications caused by selective arterial catheters, this administration method would only appear justified in cases where selective arterial catheterisation is to be carried out in any case.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

[Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in angiodysplasias of the digestive tract].

After a review of recent literature on angiodysplasias of the digestive system, a diagnostic procedure based on personal experience is proposed for haemorrhagic patients. Criteria for the selection of treatment protocols are then proposed for cases where angiodysplasia is recognised as the cause of the bleeding.

Angiography↗
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[Renal hemangiopericytoma. Anatomo-pathologic and clinico-therapeutic considerations. A case report].

The Authors report a case of renal hemangiopericytoma, whose interest is related to the extreme rarity (24 cases reported until today), its insidious growth, the late in diagnosis, its uncertain clinical-biological evolution, not always predictable. Considering chemotherapy and radiotherapy ineffectiveness, an adequate treatment for such a neoplasm requires the surgical therapy, which must be followed by a careful follow-up.

Adult↗