Publications by authors named "Antonio Buccellato"
Background: The role of prognostic variables in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) is controversial.
Aims: To evaluate the survival of patients with HCC on cirrhosis treated with TACE and to analyse the prognostic factors affecting survival.
Methods: From 1996 to 2006, 580 consecutive patients with HCC in cirrhosis were observed.
Purpose: To evaluate the current role of small bowel (SB) radiologic barium examinations in adult celiac disease (ACD).
Materials And Methods: Retrospective review of 61 SB barium examinations in 280 ACD patients. Sixty-one examinations in 61 patients were performed: 7/61 with small bowel ''follow-through'' (SBFT) method, and 54/61 with small bowel double-contrast enteroclysis (SBE).
Background: Small intestine contrast ultrasonography (SICUS), when performed after distention of the small bowel lumen with an iso-osmolar polyethylene glycol electrolyte-balanced solution, shows high sensitivity (100%) and specificity (97%) in detecting small bowel abnormalities in patients who have not received a diagnosis but in whom there is a suspicion of intestinal diseases. The diagnostic yield of SICUS remains to be established in detecting small bowel lesions in patients with proven Crohn's disease (CD) in comparison with transabdominal ultrasonography (TUS), and in relationship to the experience of the operator, using small bowel enema (SBE) as the "gold standard."
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of SICUS, when performed by a sonologist with 1 year of experience, and TUS, when performed by a sonologist with 10 years of experience, compared to SBE in the assessment of the site, extension, and stenosis of small intestinal lesions in CD patients.