Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for fistulized diverticulitis.

Purpose: Nowadays laparoscopic colorectal surgery has demonstrated its advantages, including reduced postoperative pain, decreased duration of ileus, and shorter hospital stay. Few studies report results of laparoscopic surgery in complicated diverticulitis. This study was designed to analyze the results of laparoscopic sigmoidectomy in patients with fistulized sigmoiditis.

[Discordance between actual and radiologically estimated size of an incidentaloma. Delay in questions regarding operative decision-making criteria].

Aim Of The Study: The accurate assessment of tumour size is an important consideration during preoperative evaluation of adrenal tumors, particularly incidentaloma; however the "size criteria" is still a controversial topic in some respects: size is a bad indicator of malignancy, there is still a confusion in the "grey zone" for tumors between 3 and 6 cm, and no universal consensus on the exact cut-off value for resection has been agreed. Nowadays it is clearly accepted that the "size criteria" alone is extremely limited in the assessment of adrenal tumor, moreover some studies suggested the relative inaccuracy of conventional CT in evaluating the size: radiological examination underestimated consistently adrenal tumor size. The aim of this study was to confirm those suggested data.

Iatrogenic thyrotoxicosis: causal circumstances, pathophysiology, and principles of treatment-review of the literature.

Thyrotoxicosis is the clinical syndrome that results when tissues are exposed to high levels of circulating thyroid hormones. In most instances thyrotoxicosis is due to hyperthyroidism, a term reserved for disorders characterized by overproduction of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland. Nevertheless, thyrotoxicosis may also result from a variety of conditions other than thyroid hyperfunction.

[[Hypnosedation, a new method of anesthesia for cervical endocrine surgery. Prospective randomized study].

Unlabelled: Retrospective studies have confirmed the feasibility and safety of thyroid and parathyroid procedures performed under hypnoanesthesia (hypnosis, local anesthesia and minimal conscious sedation) as sole method of anesthesia. This very effective technique seems to provide physiological, psychological and economic benefits for the patient.

Study Aim: To assess, by means of a prospective randomized study, the advantages of hypnosedation as an alternative to general anesthesia in terms of clinical and laboratory parameters.

Early stage results after oesophageal resection for malignancy - colon interposition vs. gastric pull-up.

Objective: The aims of our study were to determine if using the colon as a digestive transplant after oesophagectomy for cancer was associated with increased postoperative complications, and to assess the impact of preoperative radiochemotherapy on postoperative hospital outcome.

Methods: From January 1990 to December 1998, 130 patients underwent oesophageal resection for malignancy. There were 103 males and 27 females (age: 61.