Annali italiani di chirurgia
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Case Reports
Gallstone ileus: report of a case successfully treated by a laparoscopically-assisted enterolithotomy.
Gallstone ileus is an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction that occurs more frequently in elderly patients. The diagnosis is always very challenging and in most of cases this rare complication is misdiagnosed before surgery. The Authors report on a 81-year-old woman with small bowel obstruction who was laparoscopically diagnosed with gallstone ileus and successfully treated by a laparoscopically-assisted enterolithotomy.
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Editorial Comparative Study
[Multiple abdominal trauma: therapeutical options].
To revise a series of multiple abdominal trauma in order to evaluate the type of diagnosis process and therapy undertaken, the complication and patient survival rates. ⋯ Non operative management of multiple abdominal injury seems to be feasible in a small percentage and possibly only in selected cases.