Comparison between two different reconstruction techniques after pancreatic head resection. Technical feasibility and clinical benefits.

Background: The study aim was to evaluate if diverting drainage of bile and pancreatic secretions with an isolated Roux loop technique helps to decrease the rate of postoperative morbidity and mortality, in particular postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF).

Methods: A prospectively maintained database between 2006 and 2018 was reviewed. Patients who underwent primary elective pancreaticoduodenectomy were included.

Effectiveness and Tolerability of Repeated Courses of Viscosupplementation in Symptomatic Hip Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of High Molecular Weight Medium Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid No Viscosupplementation.

Nonsurgical management of symptomatic hip osteoarthritis needs real-world evidence. We evaluated the effectiveness and tolerability of US-guided intra-articular treatment of two hyaluronic acids (HAs) commercially available in Italy and investigated predictors of response. Outpatient records including three cohorts: 122 subjects treated with medium (1,500-3,200 kDa; Hyalubrix) molecular weight (MW) or high (hylan G-F20; Synvisc) MW HAs and 20 controls taking NSAIDs/analgesics on demand were retrospectively analyzed.

Improving diagnosis of early inflammatory arthritis : results of a novel triage system.

Objectives: Early treatment of inflammatory arthritis (IA) leads to reduced disease activity, reduced joint damage, decreased functional impairment and increased chance of remission. However, delay often occurs from referral to rheumatology appointment. This survey evaluated whether a preliminary triage carried out by healthcare workers without formal medical training could be effective in identifying patients with or without early IA.

[F.A.S.T. Ultrasound for emergency surgeon].

Introduction: FA.S. T (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) is an ultrasound investigation that can discover presence of peritoneal fluid.

[Post-traumatic acute appendicitis. A case report].

Acute appendicitis is a frequent abdominal pathology, more frequent in the childhood. The pathophysiology of acute appendicitis is obstruction of the appendix lumen and distension due to continued mucosal secretion. The second step is a rapid multiplication of resident bacteria, excretion of toxine and wall inflammation.

Gastric outlet obstruction due to inflammatory fibroid polyp.

Introduction: Inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. The lesion is characterized by spindle-shaped stromal cells and an inflammatory infiltrate rich in eosinophils.

Case Report: The AA.

Plasma cholecystokinin levels after vertical banded gastroplasty: effects of an acidified meal.

Background: Although cholecystokinin (CCK) is involved in the short-term regulation of satiety, it has not been investigated in obese patients subjected to bariatric restrictive operations.

Methods: 8 morbidly obese patients (BMI 49.1 +/- 6.

Plasma leptin levels after vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity: effects of an acidified meal.

Background: Leptin is considered one of the anorectic messengers to the central nervous system in lean subjects. Although it is secreted by the gastric mucosa, there are contradictory evidences of its involvement in mediating the acute satiety effect of the meal in obese patients. The effects of restrictive operations on meal-stimulated leptin secretion are unknown.