Treatment of acute appendicitis with one-port transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy: a six-year, single-centre experience.

Background: Laparoscopic appendectomy is a feasible and safe alternative to open appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis. In the past decade several laparoscopic procedures have been described using one or more ports. We report our experience in treating acute appendicitis with one-port transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy (TULAA).

The value of lung scintigraphy in the management of airways foreign bodies in children.

Aim: A retrospective analysis was made to evaluate our experience in the management of tracheobronchial foreign bodies (TFB) in children (age
Methods: The authors retrospectively reviewed all pediatric bronchoscopies performed by the bronchoscopic team at their Institution from July 2001 to December 2007 in the suspicion of TFB in children <14 years of age.

Results: A total of 32 TFB were identified in 25 boys and 7 girls with a mean age of 2.

[Conservative treatment of children constipation with Macrogol 4,000].

Aim: Macrogol 4,000 is one of the new generation's osmotic laxatives. It is constituted by a heavy molecular weight polymer without additional salts. In most of patients Macrogol 4,000 shows its efficacy in 48 hours from the beginning of treatment.

[Congenital cysts of the pancreas. A case report].

The authors report a clinical case of congenital cyst of the pancreas occurred in a female aged 15 months. They stress how this pathology is particularly rare in pediatric age (only 22 cases in the literature) and how it is extremely difficult to formulate a preoperative diagnosis. The young patient was in good general condition with an enormous abdominal tumefaction and without alterations of hematochemical markers.

[A gastric trichobezoar: a report of a clinical case with anomalous presentation].

The Authors describe a case of a voluminous trichobezoar in a girl 9 years old. The patient was referred for evaluation of abdominal pain that presented after a banal blunt abdominal trauma occurred some days earlier. On physical examination an epigastric mass was detected.