A retrospective, Italian multicenter study of complex abdominal wall defect repair with a Permacol biological mesh.

Complex abdominal wall defects (CAWDs) can be difficult to repair and using a conventional synthetic mesh is often unsuitable. A biological mesh might offer a solution for CAWD repair, but the clinical outcomes are unclear. Here, we evaluated the efficacy of a cross-linked, acellular porcine dermal collagen matrix implant (Permacol) for CAWD repair in a cohort of 60 patients.

Diastematomyelia and tumor in adults: report of two cases and literature review.

Study Design: Case report and review of the literature.

Objective: To report on 2 rare cases of association of diastematomyelia with dysembryogenetic tumors and revision of the literature.

Summary Of Background Data: Diastematomyelia is an occult spinal diastrophism pathologically characterized by a clefting of the spinal cord with/without its overlying structures.

Spinal neurinomas: retrospective analysis and long-term outcome of 179 consecutively operated cases and review of the literature.

Background: We present a series of 179 spinal neurinomas consecutively observed at the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florence for a period of 30 years (between 1967 and 1997). We decided to limit the retrospective study to obtain at least 5 years of follow-up. Therefore, 20 additional neurinomas treated between 1997 and 2002 were excluded.