Intussusception of the bowel in adult women due to bulky inflammatory fibroid polyp treated in emergency. A case report.

Introduction: Intussusception represents a rare form of bowel obstruction in the adult, which is defined as the telescoping of a proximal segment of the gastrointestinal tract into the lumen of the adjacent distal segment of the GI tract Case Report: We report the case of a 50-year-old woman was admitted in our hospital with acute bowel obstruction. CT showed intestinal occlusion secondary to intussusception. the patient underwent emergency surgery.

Management of oxygen saturation monitoring in preterm newborns in the NICU: the Italian picture.

Background: Although many studies emphasize the importance of using oxygen saturation (SpO) targets in the NICUs, there is a wide variability in used saturation ranges among centers. Primary aim was to draw a representative picture on how the management of oxygen monitoring is performed in the Italian NICUs. Second aim was to identify healthcare-professionals related factors associated with oxygen targeting in the preterm population.

[Carcinoid of Vater's papilla. The authors' own experience].

Carcinoid tumours of the papilla of Vater, like all those of the gastroenteric tract, belong to the PUD system: in fact they excrete different amines and polypeptidic hormones that cause articulated and complex clinical features. We describe the clinical picture of a non secreting carcinoid tumour in a patient suffering from cholelithiasis in who jaundice has appeared after video-laparocholecystectomy; ERCP detected a papillary neoplasia which proved to be a carcinoid tumour at immunohistochemical investigation. The patient was submitted to surgical removal of the neoplasia by the trans-duodenal way.

[Skin suture with skin stapler in general surgery].

The immediate and long term results of skin sutures using a skin stapler and silk stitches were compared. The series examined included 394 patients, on 193 of whom the stapler and APPOSE ULC metal stapler was used, the remaining 201 being given silk stitches using an atraumatic needle. The skin stapler produced less inflammation and a better aesthetic result over time than the silk stitches.