[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Our experience].

Background And Aims: The authors analyse their first two years of experience regarding the use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and report the results of this series and their observations.

Methods: A total of approximately 200 cholecystectomies have been performed using a laparoscopic technique at S. Paolo Hospital in Naples (Department of Surgery; Head: Prof.

[Colonic angiodysplasia: an important cause of digestive hemorrhage].

Angiodysplasia of the colon is one of the most common causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly patients. The diagnosis can be made by colonscopy or angiography. The best treatment, endoscopic coagulation or surgical resection, is still being debated.

Postoperative gastric complications in vascular patients.

Although there is no etiopathogenetic correlation between arterial diseases and gastroduodenal ulcer, a chronic gastric disease can increase postoperative morbidity and mortality, in patients with arterial diseases. Furthermore, postoperative complications due to the development of acute hemorrhagic gastritis are frequent and dangerous, even in patients without any pre-existing gastric pathology. The experience of our Department in this field is reported here, and the risk and severity of hemorrhagic complications after administration of prophylaxis in patients with arterial diseases and gastroduodenal ulcer are evaluated.