[Prevention of ischemic colitis following aortic reconstruction: personal experience of the role of transmural oximetry in the decision for inferior mesenteric artery reimplantation].

Background: The colonic ischemic necrosis is one of the most serious complication in the surgical reconstruction of abdominal aorta aneurysm (AAA) due to surgical inappropriate binding of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA).

Methods: A retrospective analyzed of a group of 118 infrarenal AAA surgically treated is presented.

Results: The most common cause of ischemic colitis (75% of cases) is the surgical binding of an opened IMA or its failed reimplantation.

[Adrenal synchronous metastasis from non small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC): combined surgical treatment? Case report and review of the literature].

The adrenal gland is a frequent site for metastases from non small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Surgical strategy in patients with operable NSCLC with adrenal synchronous metastases is yet unclear. On the basis of a literature survey and of a personal case report, the authors analyze the main indications and the best strategy for solitary synchronous metastases in the adrenal gland from NSCLC.

[Indications for the surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms].

Background: On the basis of a literature review and of personal experience, the authors analyze the main indications and the best strategy for elective surgical repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

Methods: Personal experience concerning elective surgical treatment of 110 patients with infrarenal AAA, is presented.

Results: No operative deaths have been observed and the postoperative recovery was regular in 108 patients.

Asymptomatic parasitic infections in renal transplant recipients and in haemodialysis patients.

One hundred and sixty-seven clinically asymptomatic renal transplant recipients and 119 patients on chronic haemodialysis were studied for the presence of intestinal parasites and for the prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies. Intestinal parasitic infections were more frequently found in transplant recipients than in haemodialysis patients and in controls. Among transplant recipients, the prevalence rate of T.

Epidemiology of imported malaria in a hospital in Milan, Italy.

The main epidemiological features of 47 cases of malaria imported into Italy and diagnosed in Milan during the period 1980-84 are reported. Plasmodium falciparum was the most frequently found species and caused two deaths. In P.