the Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
how to suspect a Pseudomixoma Peritonei based on the findings of the abdomen ultrasound
The Blues and Surgery
Interviewed by the magazine "Guitarist", the great guitarist Gary Moore when asked "What does it mean to play the Blues?" he replied like this:...
A Healthy Colon: How Should I Eat?
I talked about the role of the colon and the bacterial flora that lives there. Let's see now why it is important to choose how to eat.
A Healthy Colon: how to preserve It?
What does it mean to preserve colon health? Here is the premise. We have been taught that our colon has the function of absorbing water and some mineral salts from digestion residues, thus transforming them into solid waste that is eliminated as faeces.
Observe, question, draw
Although teaching is fundamental, much of the surgical art is learned by observing other surgeons. In particular, since it is not a lot of practice, but it is only perfect practice that leads to perfection, it is important to observe excellent surgery.
Peritoneal Carcinomatosis / 1
I am not interested here in giving a definition of peritoneal carcinosis, but in trying to explain its meaning, especially as regards its role in influencing the course of the disease and the life of those who suffer from it.
Paraganglioma: a personalized procedure
Paraganglioma surgery may require different approaches, depending on the different relationships of the paraganglioma with the surrounding vascular structures. The paraganglioma receives numerous collaterals from the blood vessels with which it comes into contact...
Reasons for a Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy
In 2015 I went to Prof. Walz in Essen, to learn the posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy technique. I had always performed laparoscopic adrenalectomy via the anterior transabdominal route, but when I was able to see the retroperitoneoscopic technique I was fascinated by it.
Ultrasonography and the Surgeon
One of the most valuable tips that I feel I can give to surgeons in training is to learn how to perform an ultrasound examination. It is important that the surgeon himself perform the ultrasound examination, as an integral part of the patient's clinical examination. Many reasons for doing it...
Surgical complications of intestinal COVID-19
In 2020, serving at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo (the Italian District most affected by the "first wave" of the SARS-CoV2 Pandemic) and, subsequently, at the Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Milan (the Italian District most affected by the "second wave"), I got to know and treat many people hospitalized for COVID-19.
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