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S Lucci

Publications and source records attributed to S Lucci.

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PubMed1984

Indications, procedures and results in the surgical treatment of hyperthyroidism: a follow-up of 336 cases.

A personal experience with the surgical treatment of hyperfunctioning thyroid diseases from 1970 throughout 1982 is reported. Data on 336 controlled cases are analyzed. The series reported is homogeneous as for indications, surgical procedures, pre and postoperative management. Total lobectomy has proved to be the therapy of choice for uninodular lesions: all followed patients (208) are euthyroid. Subtotal or "near-total" thyroidectomy was curative in 71,8% of multinodular and basedowified goiters, as well as in Graves' disease. For the latter, indications of total thyroidectomy in selected cases are being evaluated. Further studies to complete the follow-up of the series are in progress.

Calcium↗
PubMed1984

Thyrotoxicosis and thyroid cancer: a report on eight operated cases.

Eight cases of hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer, representing 0.96% of overall hyperfunctioning thyroid diseases (835), surgically treated are reported. Clinical and pathological data, and type of treatment are summarized. The etiopathogenic hypotheses about possible relations between thyrotoxicosis and thyroid cancer are discussed. In the presence of thyrotoxicosis, preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer is rather difficult, but awareness of the potential association and careful examination of any suspect nodularity make it possible to recognize minimal malignant foci and adequately treat them with total thyroidectomy and, when required, modified neck dissection.

Adolescent↗
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[Traditional cholecystectomy in a patient with situs viscerum inversus partialis].

The authors discuss the etiology of situs viscerum inversus partialis (SVIP), the associated anomalies and the malformations and the relative clinical problems, reviewing the international literature. The present a case of a 51 years old female with a diagnosis of umbilical hernia and cystocele. During hospitalization the patient complained a typical acute cholecystitis pain. The patient underwent ultrasonography, CT scan, and MNR that allowed us to diagnosis a calculous cholecystitis with SVIP and was elected for an open cholecystectomy. The Authors describe the surgical technique in relation to the anatomic anomalies, in particular vascular ones, that were discovered with the imaging studies and confirmed at laparotomy.

Cholecystectomy↗
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[An assessment of neuronal regeneration in neural anastomoses by synthetic guide and biological systems and insulin administration: an experimental study in the rat].

The synthetic and biological nerve guide regeneration gives interesting perspective of use in making artificial conduits for peripheral nerve reconstruction. In sixty Wistar rats, under general anesthesia and with microsurgical technique, the ischiatic nerve was isolated. On the right side a segment of the nerve was removed in order to create a 10 mm gap. The defect then repaired using the conduit. Control were performed at 20, 90, 180 days and consisted in histological microscopy and electromyography investigation. The regeneration of the nerve fibers in the lumen of the conduit was not significantly different on the contralateral nerve limb.

Administration, Topical↗
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[Synchronous and metachronous colorectal cancers: a case series contribution].

The Authors, on the basis of their experience with neoplastic colorectal pathology and after a review of the Literature, report a reappraisal of the problems related to colorectal multiple carcinomas. They emphasize the importance of routine preoperative pancolonoscopy for the identification of possible synchronous tumors (both benign and malignant) and periodic endoscopic follow-up (ideally a life-long one) for the detection and removal of all adenomatous polyps as well as early stage metachronous carcinomas, especially for patients with HNPCC. Besides, they stress the importance of sensibilization of the population about the heritability of colorectal carcinomas.

Adenocarcinoma↗
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[Current role of traditional endoscopy and prospects for virtual colonoscopy in the management of colorectal neoplastic lesions].

The Authors, reviewing their surgical experience with colo-rectal cancer in the last 13 years, conclude that, in the management of this condition, the routine use of traditional endoscopy will continue to have a crucial role in terms of prevention, cure and/or survival. It is possible that in the future present limits of endoscopic techniques will be seperated by routine use of endoscopic ultrasounds and virtual colonoscopy.

Adult↗
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[Current role of endoscopic ultrasonography in the treatment of colorectal neoplastic lesions].

The Authors examined the value of endoscopic ultrasounds in the tmanagement of colo-rectal lesions, particularly neoplastic ones, on the basis of their surgical experience, concluding that to date such technique cannot substitute traditional endoscopy, but surely can be a valid complementary tool for imaging diagnostics, expecially to study wall tumoral infiltration or extra-parietal relapses.

Colonoscopy↗
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Thyroid cancer: surgical experience with 322 cases.

From November 1970 to July 1983, a total of 322 thyroid cancers were treated surgically in our clinic. Total thyroidectomy was the treatment of choice. In 131 patients, modified neck dissection (unilaterally in 23 and bilaterally in 108) was added. Of the latter patients, 33 also required upper mediastinal lymph node dissection. There were no operative deaths. No recurrent laryngeal nerve iatrogenic palsy was observed. Permanent parathyroid insufficiency developed in only about 4% of patients. The low morbidity and good long-term results justify the use of this procedure in all patients with thyroid malignancies. Despite conservative arguments in the controversial issue of lobectomy versus total thyroidectomy, skilled surgeons should be able to perform total thyroidectomy safely. It is recommended as the treatment of choice because of the well-documented multicentricity of thyroid cancers and the good prognosis of differentiated cancers associated with a near-normal life expectancy, to permit radioactive iodine therapy of possibly functioning metastases and the easier control of hypothyroidism with thyroid supplement medication.

Adenocarcinoma↗
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[Sialomucins in the follow-up of patients surgically treated for colorectal cancer: preliminary results of a prospective study].

Preliminary results of a prospective study on sialomucin content found either at resection margins of colo-rectal cancer after curative surgery or in endoscopic biopsy specimens of colonic mucosa in thirteen patients selected for the follow up are reported. Though not statistically significant because of the small number of cases enrolled, preliminary data indicate that clinical application of differential mucin staining in colo-rectal neoplasms is potentially useful to predict subgroups of patients at risk for local recurrence as well as metachronous colo-rectal cancers.

Adult↗