[Anterior inguinal hernioalloplasty by the modified Valenti's technique. Preliminary results of our experience].

The authors dwell upon the deep changes which the surgery of the inguinal hernia has recorded in the last years with the aim to reduce the rate of relapses and based on the philosophy tension free repair, particularly on the prosthetic patch and plug hernioplastics which represent the evolution of this concept and among these must be includes the D.SR.P.

[Blunt hernia trauma with ileal perforation and incidental finding of Taenia saginata infestation].

Taking as their starting point the observation of a patient with blunt trauma of a voluminous inguinoscrotal hernia and with peritonitis due to perforation of the small bowel within the hernia, the Authors illustrate the aetiological, pathogenetic and physiopathological mechanisms of "seat belt syndrome". In the case described, they postulate that the incidental presence of taenia saginata in the small bowel lumen contributed considerably to the rupture. They then go on to focus on the difficult clinical diagnosis of this pathology and analyze its treatment.

[Intestinal occlusion caused by an intramural ileo-cecal-colonic hematoma during treatment with oral anticoagulants].

The Authors report a case of bowel occlusion due to intramural ileocecocolic haematoma in a patient in treatment with oral anticoagulants. This case is interesting both to unusual etiology correlated to the localization and because there are many concomitant pathogenetic factors; this case was treated on urgency by bowel resection and it had a good prognosis. The Authors discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties and conclude that in patients with anticoagulant oral therapy an accurate clinical follow-up is required.