A Combined Open and Laparoscopic Technique for the Treatment of Umbilical Hernia: Retrospective Review of a Consecutive Series of Patients.

Purpose: To investigate the safety and outcomes of laparoscopic control of intraperitoneal mesh positioning in open umbilical hernia repair.

Methods: This study is a retrospective review of a series of adult patients with uncomplicated umbilical hernia who underwent elective open repair with a self-expanding patch with laparoscopic control from March 2011 to December 2018. The adequacy of mesh positioning was inspected with a 5-mm 30° scope in the left flank.

Laparoscopic management of pancreatic cancer. Our experience.

Aim: Minimally invasive techniques have a definite role in the surgical treatment of several gastrointestinal tract cancers but there is still no widespread use of the laparoscopic approach for cancers of the head of the pancreas. The aim of this retrospective study is to review our experience from 2003 to 2013 in the management of pancreatic cancer with particular emphasis on the clinical application of minimally invasive techniques.

Methods: One hundred fifty-eight pancreatic cancer patients (median age 69,7±12,6 years) with obstructive jaundice were enrolled in our study.

[Laparoscopic appendectomy. Our experience].

The advantages and applications of the videolaparoscopic technique (VL) versus open surgery in the treatment of acute and complicated appendicitis are not well defined. Our study examined 150 patients, 67 males and 83 females. They underwent surgery for acute appendicitis in emergency.

[The role of laparoscopy in surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer].

Aim: The authors reviewed their experience in surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer between 2003-2008.

Methods: Eighty two pancreatic cancer patients (median age 66.7 +/- 12.

Acute onset of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with bowel perforation in a patient with over 15 years' HIV positivity. A case report.

The authors report a rare case of acute onset of ileal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with acute abdomen due to bowel perforation. The patient, a man aged 36 years, had been HIV-positive for more than 15 years. The patient had been on continuous, differentiated pharmacological treatment for the previous 5 years, and in the last month had had repeated episodes of fever with no clear aetiopathogenesis.