Publications by authors named "Luigi Scotti"
Introduction Inguinal hernioplasty (IH) is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures globally. Today, a variety of surgical techniques and prosthesis types are available for this procedure. Methods At our center, we performed 200 inguinal hernioplasties using the dynamic self-adjusting prosthesis (protesi autoregolantesi dinamica PAD) from May 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023.
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- IGB (Intragastric Balloon) is a safe device used for weight loss, but it can sometimes cause serious problems, like a tear in the stomach.
- In one case, a 55-year-old woman had to have emergency surgery to fix a tear caused by the IGB device.
- Even though there are risks, the IGB can help with weight loss when doctors are ready to handle complications.
Purpose: To describe the sonographic (US) appearances of endometriomas developed in the vicinity of a scar from Cesarean section and compare sonographic and clinical characteristics of large (> or =3 cm) scar endometriomas (LSEs) with small scar endometriomas (SSEs).
Method: Twenty-eight consecutive women (mean age, 31 years; range, 20-42) with 31 scar endometriomas (mean diameter, 2.7 cm; range, 0.
A case of tubercular peritonitis is illustrated in which the diagnosis is made thanks to the use of diagnostic imaging. Diagnostic certainty, however, can be obtained only by laparoscopy, which provides both a direct view of the lesions and biopsy samples of the peritoneal lesions.
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