Surgical treatment of intraperitoneal metastases from lung cancer: two case reports and a review of the literature.

Background: Peritoneal metastases are often reported in several abdominal tumors. Peritoneal diffusion from extra-abdominal tumors is thought to be rare. Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world with early metastases and it is associated with poor prognosis in advanced stages.

The impact of rotigotine on cardiovascular autonomic function in early Parkinson's disease.

Dysautonomia can occur in early stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) influencing tolerance to dopaminergic therapies. Rotigotine, a non-ergot dopamine agonist, has recently been developed as an effective alternative antiparkinsonian drug, but its influence on the autonomic nervous system was not investigated. Twenty subjects out of 34 consecutive de novo PD patients were submitted to full assessment of cardiovascular autonomic function before and after reaching a stable rotigotine regimen [6 mg/24 h (n = 3) or 8 mg/24 h (n = 17)].

Subclinical autonomic dysfunction in spinobulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy disease).

Introduction: Spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an inherited adult-onset motor neuron disease caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine tract within the androgen receptor. Autonomic nervous system involvement (ANS) is not considered part of SBMA. The aim of this study was to assess autonomic cardiovascular function in 5 SBMA patients.

Conservative and surgical treatment of chronic anal fissure: prospective longer term results.

Introduction: The aim of this prospective study was to assess the efficacy of different medical treatments and surgery in the treatment of chronic anal fissure (CAF).

Patients And Methods: From January 2004 to March 2009, 311 patients with typical CAF completed the study. All patients were initially treated with 0.