Publications by authors named "Gaia Russo"
Introduction: Bezoars are intraluminal conglomerates of indigestible foreign materials that accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract. We describe our experience with a patient with gastric perforation and concomitant gastric haemorrhage with severe anaemia, in whom we successfully extracted a giant gastric phytobezoar by cooperative laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old man was admitted with melena and septic shock.
Endometriosis is a disease affecting approximately 10% of women of fertile age. A particular presentation is deep infiltrating endometriosis of the rectosigmoid colon with symptoms that can mimic an intestinal obstruction or neoplasm. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman with pelvic pain during the menstrual cycle and significant anemia who presented an ectopic endometrial tissue in correspondence of the rectum.
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- RBL is more effective for resolving symptoms in second-degree hemorrhoids and is at least as good for third-degree ones, while IS has lower rates of severe pain and complications.
- A proposed treatment plan starts with IS using 3% polidocanol or aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid for fewer complications, moving to RBL only if needed for relapses.