Palliative Treatment of Bowel Obstruction With Colostomy Under Local Anesthesia in Frail Patients: A Single-Site Experience.

Introduction: Attendance of patients to the emergency department due to acute large bowel obstruction is a common phenomenon. Most of these patients are elderly, critically ill, and with high comorbidity. The literature suggests that more than 50% of these cases are due to colon cancer.

Anatomy and terminology of groin pain: Current concepts.

Groin pain is a common symptom in athletes. The complex anatomy of the area and the various terms used to describe the etiology behind groin pain have led to a confusing nomenclature. To solve this problem, three consensus statements have been already published in the literature: the Manchester Position Statement in 2014, the Doha agreement in 2015, and the Italian Consensus in 2016.

Art & anatomy: an everlasting relationship creating new insights in teaching surface anatomy.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. The purpose of this study is to briefly present the unique relationship between art and anatomy and propose the use of art in teaching surface anatomy, evaluating its effectiveness through a randomized control study.

Anatomical variations of the foramen transversarium in cervical vertebrae: findings, review of the literature, and clinical significance during cervical spine surgery.

Purpose: To describe certain anatomical variations of the foramen transversarium, in spine cervical vertebrae in a contemporary specimen of an Indo-European population and approach their clinical importance during cervical spine surgery.

Methods: 102 cervical vertebrae (C-C) from 17 different skeletons, intact without any degenerative or traumatic disorders, which belonged to the collection of the Department of Anatomy, were examined. The age of specimens at the time of their death was between 25 and 65 years.