Blood pressure variability (BPV) is an independent cardiovascular risk factor in hypertensive patients. The best method for quantifying BPV is still an object of debate. The existence of different BPV patterns, particularly age and arterial stiffness related, is postulated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReiki is a system of natural healing techniques administered by laying of hands and transferring energy from the Reiki practitioner to the recipient. We investigated the role of Reiki in the management of anxiety, pain and global wellness in cancer patients. Building on the results of a pilot project conducted between 2003 and 2005 by a volunteer association at our hospital, a wider, 3-year study was conducted at the same center.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has a 0.3% to 0.5% morbidity rate due to major biliary injuries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransvaginal evisceration is a rare complication of hysterectomy. We describe this event following adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma in a patient affected by neurofibromatosis. This is the first case reported in the literature following laparoscopic surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report the initial experience with videoscopic thyroidectomy using a cervical approach with median placement of the optical trocar and gas insufflation.
Patients And Methods: Retrospective study of the first 100 consecutive patients.
Results: Seven isthmectomies, 86 lobectomies, and 7 total thyroidectomies were performed.
Surgical treatment of femoro-popliteal atherosclerotic occlusion usually consists in a femoro-distal bypass. However, the associated presence of proximal lesions that reduce prosthesis inflow, or of distal lesions that increase resistances may be decisive factors in determining the outcome of the revascularisation. Frequently, an iliac or common femoral artery stenosis can be treated with an endovascular technique prior to surgery, thus increasing the bypass inflow that is going to be created.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the study was to assess the differences in postoperative outcome in two well-matched groups of patients undergoing suture of a perforated peptic ulcer. The first 10 patients were treated laparoscopically, and the second group of 10 in a traditional manner through a midline xipho-umbilical incision. Operative technique was the same, only via a different access.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLaparoscopic appendectomy (LA) is gaining favour as an alternative to the traditional laparotomic technique (OA) despite the persistence of controversy regarding indications, morbidity, hospital stay, costs and surgical time. We present a retrospective analysis of our first three years of experience with the procedure. During this period we performed 235 appendectomies (102 laparoscopic and 133 laparotomic).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Laringol Otol Rinol Faringol
May 1978