Extraction of a foreign body in the liver using single incision laparoscopic surgery: a new application for minimally invasive surgical procedures.

Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common medical problem frequently observed in children, psychiatric patients and prisoners. Various cases have been found in the medical literature, with different diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. We report a case of a 41-year-old male inmate, hospitalized for right upper quadrant pain of the abdomen due to the ingestion of two syringe needles two weeks previously.

Primary omental torsion: A case report.

A patient presented with an acute abdomen at the Emergency Department. The patient, a 69-year-old man, was admitted and underwent surgery with a provisional diagnosis of acute appendicitis. During surgery, omental torsion was diagnosed and the involved omentum was removed.

Factors that influence 12 or more harvested lymph nodes in resective R0 colorectal cancer.

Background/aims: The number of lymph nodes required for accurate staging is a critical component in colorectal cancer (CRC). Current guidelines demand at least 12 lymph nodes to be retrieved. Results of previous studies were contradictory in factors, which influenced the number of harvested lymph nodes.

Colon and rectal surgery for cancer without mechanical bowel preparation: one-center randomized prospective trial.

Background: Mechanical bowel preparation is routinely done before colon and rectal surgery, aimed at reducing the risk of postoperative infectious complications. The aim of the study was to assess whether elective colon and rectal surgery can be safely performed without preoperative mechanical bowel preparation.

Methods: Patients undergoing elective colon and rectal resections with primary anastomosis were prospectively randomized into two groups.

Small bowel metastasis from primary neuroendocrine small cell lung carcinoma.

Small bowel metastases from a primary lung carcinoma are rare. We report a case of a 76-year-old male with a primary neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the lung, treated by chemotherapy, who developed fever and bowel symptoms (subocclusion and pain). On CT examination, he was found to have a tumour in the small bowel.

Urachal tumour: case report of a poorly understood carcinoma.

Background: Urachal carcinoma is an uncommon neoplasm associated with poor prognosis.

Case Presentation: A 45-year-old man was admitted with complaints of abdominal pain and pollakisuria. A soft mass was palpable under his navel.

Complicated small-bowel diverticulosis: a case report and review of the literature.

Here we report a case of a 60 years old woman who came to the Emergency Department of San Martino Hospital suffering from abdominal pain for about a week with high fever in the last 24 hours. The final histological examination led to the diagnosis of ileal diverticulosis associated with perforation and peritonitis with a fibrotic reaction involving the last ileal loop, the caecum and the appendix.