[Neuroendocrine response in surgery: comparison between inhalation anesthesia (isoflurane) and intravenous anesthesia (propofol)].

The objectives of the study: 1) comparison between the two anesthesiological techniques both of which were applied to the various surgical groups (patients undergoing emergency surgery for abdominal pathologies and patients undergoing bone marrow biopsy); 2) a comparison between pre- and intraoperative stress levels. The experimental design consists of a comparative survey aimed at ascertaining the existence of statistically significant differences in pre- and intraoperative hormone levels (objective 1) and differences in hormone profiles depending on the anesthesiological technique used (objective 2). Patients were artificially ventilated; intraoperative monitoring included: automatic non-invasive AP every 3 minutes; cardiac monitoring; ETCO2; SaO2; all patients showed a normal postoperative evolution.

[Bleeding duodenal leiomyoma with secondary pseudodiverticulum].

A personal case of bleeding leiomyoma with secondary pseudo-diverticulum is presented. Attention is drawn to the comparative rarity of this form in the world literature and the marked difficulty raised by its diagnosis, especially if its frequent complications are absent. When such complications are present, it is felt that simple resection should give way to more radical management, such as d.