Laparoscopic appendectomy for the treatment of acute appendicitis: A single center experience.

Aim: The aim of our study is to compare the pre, intra- and post-operative variables of the two surgical techniques, to demonstrate if laparoscopic appendectomy can be considered safer and associated to better outcome.

Material Of Study: A retrospective analysis of 175 patients has been carried out. Alvarado score, time of surgery, analgesic therapy and length of hospital stay calculated.

Laparoscopic and Open Surgical Treatment in Gastroduodenal Perforations: Our Experience.

Introduction: Peptic ulcer perforation (PPU) is a common surgical emergency and the mortality rate ranges 10% to 40%, especially in elderly patients. Laparoscopic repair achieved encouraging results.

Materials And Methods: We enrolled patients performing surgical repair for PPU from January 2007 to December 2015 in our surgical unit.

Surgical approach for ulcerated locally advanced breast cancer. A single Center experience: a retrospective study.

Aim: The aim of our retrospective study is to analyze surgical possibilities for the extended LABC in those cases not suitable for a neoadjuvant chemotherapy step and to consider various reconstruction techniques.

Material Of Study: Between 2009 and 2015 we enrolled 11 patients, admitted to the Emergency Department, presenting ulcerated LABC that needed palliative surgical demolitive procedures because of bleeding and anemia and in which was necessary to use natural tissues transposition or synthetic substitutes for the reconstruction of the skin flaps.

Results: The mean follow up was 12 months.

Intermittent pneumatic compression in laparoscopic surgery for prevention of deep vein thrombosis and cellular damage from iatrogenic compartment syndrome.

Aim: This study is aimed to evaluate the incidence of the postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and the cell damage from compartment iatrogenic syndrome, analyzing two groups of patients operated laparoscopically, one of which assisted with a Sequential Compression Device (SCD).

Material Of Study: A patients' series submitted to laparoscopic surgery over a period at least 90 minutes. The venous flow in the lower limbs was detected with the Echo Colour Doppler method, and only one of the two groups was assisted with the SCD.