[The Hartmann procedure in colorectal emergencies. Report of 76 cases].

The Hartmann procedure has, in emergency colo-rectal surgery, many implications. The decision is based on clinical, radiological, instrumental and pathological findings. The authors report the results of 76 Hartmann's procedures performed between 1986 and 1995 and compare their results with those found in the current medical literature on the topic.

[Colorectal reconversion after Hartmann procedure. Apropos of 26 cases].

The authors report the RCR results executed on 26 patients submitted to Hartmann operation for colo-rectal emergency at the Surgical Department of S. Giovanni Hospital during the period 1986-1995. The reconversion index (46.

[Age as a prognostic factor following excisional surgery for colorectal cancer].

On a series of 369 patients with colorectal cancer who underwent curative resections at the I Instituto di Clinica Chirurgica della Università "La Sapienza" of Rome between 1960 and 1980, age was related to survival. All patients were followed for a minimum of ten years; 79 of them were aged over 65 years and 290 under at the time of the operation. The survival was correlated to the age and to other prognostic parameters: post surgical stage (TNM UICC classification) degree of differentiation of the tumour (NG--Black classification), degree of lymphocytic infiltration of neoplasm (LI Black classification) as expression of immunological immune-response of the host.

[Tracheobronchial carcinoids: current therapeutic trends].

Tracheobronchial carcinoids are relatively uncommon neoplasms potentially curable with surgery. However, the extent of excision which results in the best long term local and distant tumour control is still controversial. A series of 522 patients who underwent surgical treatment for tracheobronchial carcinoids reported by the literature which included 52 cases of tracheobronchial neuroendocrine tumours observed between 1960 and december 1983 at the Institute of I Clinica Chirurgica of Università "La Sapienza" Rome was reviewed.

[Radical surgery and loco-regional chemotherapy in the treatment of liver metastases of stomach and colorectal cancer].

The results of surgical treatment of hepatic metastasis from stomach and colo-rectal cancer in a series of 28 patients have been assessed. 21 cases were subjected to hepatic resection (stomach cancer: 7 cases; colorectal: 14 cases) and 7 underwent locoregional chemotherapy through the gastroduodenal artery with fully implantable catheters (stomach ca.: 1 case; colorectal ca.