Laparoscopic treatment of obstructed internal supravesical hernia: A cases series and rewiev of the literature.

Introduction: internal supravesical hernia (ISH) is an exceptional subtype of internal hernia often presenting with small bowel obstruction (SBO). Its rarity makes preoperative suspicion and diagnosis very difficult in an emergency setting.

Methods: we retrospectively analyzed the database of patients admitted in a single center emergency unit for small bowel occlusion (SBO) in virgin abdomen and treated by surgery from August 2013 to October 2018.

End-stage renal disease is a risk factor for complex laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients waiting for renal transplantation.

Introduction: : To date, there are no studies investigating whether laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is technically more complex in patients waiting for kidney transplant. The aim of this study is to create a user-friendly score to identify high-risk cases for complex LC integrating end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analysed 321 patients undergoing LC during the period 2014-2016.

Eubacterium plautii infection in a kidney transplant recipient: a noteworthy case of pleural effusion and fever.

We report a noteworthy case of Eubacterium plautii infection after kidney transplantation. Our 33-yr-old transplant recipient received standard care; his post-transplant course was uneventful. However, on day 44 he underwent an emergency laparotomy for perforation of the ileum.

Non-transplant surgical approach to liver-based hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia: a first report.

A 55-year-old woman with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) underwent a left lateral liver bisegmentectomy (removal of segments 2 and 3) for hepatic-based arteriovenous malformations. This lesion determined a progressive fatigue and invalidating effort dyspnoea. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient is currently doing well at 4 years after surgery.