Comparison between AIR, Alvarado and RIPASA scores in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in a Western population. A retrospective cohort study.

Aim: The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate raja isteri pengiran anak saleha appendicitis (RIPASA) score in the italian population with histopathologic diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) compared to appendicitis response inflammatory (AIR) and Alvarado scores.

Material And Methods: Included were patients who had undergone appendectomy for AA from 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2019 in the General and Emergency Surgery of the San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital (Rome, Italy) in whome it was possible to calculate AIR, Alvarado and RIPASA scores at admission.

Results: We retrospectively analyzed 369 patients; a total of 320 patients (86.

Well-differentiated mesenteric liposarcoma: report of two cases.

Liposarcoma is a rare tumor that can be treated by surgery in the absence of distant metastases. Management of liposarcoma, including diagnosis and therapy, is challenging because it has no characteristic symptoms and no established effective treatment. Here, we report two rare cases of primary mesenteric liposarcoma.

Open abdomen closure methods for severe abdominal sepsis: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: The open abdomen (OA) procedure as part of damage control surgery represents a significant surgical advance in severe intra-abdominal infections. Major techniques used for OA are negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and non-NPWT. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the effects of different abdominal closure methods and their outcomes in patients presenting with abdominal sepsis treated with OA.

[Cavernous haemangioma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature].

Cavernous haemangioma is a rare benign vascular tumour rarely seen in the lung. A 73-year-old male complaining of haemoptysis and dyspnoea, with a solitary nodule of the left lower pulmonary lobe, underwent left lower wedge resection. Pathology showed a 3 cm cavernous haemangioma.

Classification of lymph node metastases from gastric cancer: comparison between N-site and N-number systems. Our experience and review of the literature.

The tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) system has become the principal method for assessing the extent of disease, determining prognosis in gastric cancer patients, and affecting the therapy strategies. The extent of lymph node metastasis is the most important prognostic factor. The aim of this study was to compare the N-classifications of the 4th and the 5th-6th TNM editions and to evaluate retrospectively the prognostic value of the 2002 TNM edition.

[Impact of new lymph node staging on lymphadenectomy and on the prognosis of patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer].

The TNM system has become the principal method for assessing the extent of disease, determining prognosis in gastric cancer patients, and influencing therapeutic strategies. The extent of lymph node metastases is the most important prognostic factor. The aim of the study was to compare the 4th and 6th TNM edition N-classifications and to retrospectively evaluate the prognostic value of the 2002 TNM edition.

Squamocellular carcinoma and chondrosarcoma: a true pulmonary carcinosarcoma. Report of a case.

Background: Carcinosarcoma is one of the less common tumors of the lung and is composed of a mixture of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements of the type ordinarily seen in malignancies of adults. The carcinomatous component is mostly epidermoid and sometimes adenomatoid or undifferentiated. The mesenchymal part is mostly a spindle cell sarcoma and sometimes a polymorphocellular sarcoma.

Prospective randomised study of cephalic vein cut-down versus subclavian vein puncture technique in the implantation of subcutaneous venous access devices.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the results of a prospective randomised trial comparing cephalic vein cut-down (CCD) versus percutaneous subclavian vein puncture with the Seldinger technique (PSP) in the implantation of subcutaneous permanent central venous access devices (SPCVAD) in order to better define the safer technique in outpatient surgery. Fifty patients were randomly divided into two groups: CCD--17 males, 8 females (age range: 35-75 years; mean: 60 years); PSP--17 males, 8 females (age range: 17-75 years; mean: 63 years). The two groups were compared in terms of implant morbidity, technical failure, operative time, patient acceptance, and healthcare costs.