Publications by authors named "A Lanzani"
The aneurysms of the celiac trunk are extremely rare. The authors describe a case of aneurysm of the celiac trunk dealt with aneu-rysmectomy and reconstruction by means of protesic graft made in Dacron. The patient was asymptomatic, and the aneurysm was discovered accidentally during abdominal computerized tomography (CT) for the stadiation of hepatic cirrhosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate if an asymmetry exists in the lateral distribution of obstructed hemivagina and renal agenesis in women with uterus didelphys.
Design: All English-language medical papers on uterus didelphys, obstructed hemivagina, and associated renal agenesis published from 1980 to 2005 and identified by Embase, Medline, and Pubmed database searches were retrieved. In addition, 41 institutional cases are described.
Background: Treatment strategies that abolish abnormal reflux could prevent long-term complications of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Aims: To compare the efficacy of laparoscopic fundoplication and lansoprazole in abolishing abnormal reflux in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Patients: Study population comprised 130 patients referred for possible antireflux surgery and with heartburn as the dominant symptom.
Background: A high compliance is an important scientific objective for a multicenter clinical trial and also an ethical responsibility. Some of non-compliance causes can be prevented during the enrollment phase by an accurate selection of subjects (quality of recruitment), other can be controlled after the recruitment, by a good organization of follow-up tests and visits (quality of organization).
Methods: The policy adopted in the Operative Center of the Delegazione Alto Lario della Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori di Gravedona (Como) for obtaining a high compliance of women recruited in the Italian Tamoxifen Prevention Study are illustrated.