Advances in Abdominal Surgery 2002

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Surgical Infections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. In Vitro Antimicrobial Activities of β-Lactams, Aminoglycosides, Quinolones, Glycopeptides and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Against Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Intraabdominal Infections

      • Giovanna Branca, Teresa Spanu, Fiammetta Leone, Patrizia Mazzella, Giovanni Fadda

      Pages 3-12

   3. Infected Necrosis and Pancreatic Abscess

      • Domenico Marrano, Vincenzo Maria Greco, Andrea Conti, Nicola Marrano

      Pages 13-35

   4. Effects of IL-2 Immunomodulation on Infectious Complications in Colorectal Surgery

      • A. Nespoli, F. Brivio, L. Fattori, M. Valerio, L. Nespoli, V. Arsena et al.

      Pages 37-51

3. Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Evaluation of Renal Tubular Damage in Rats with Biliary Obstruction

      • Attilio Maria Farinon, Francesco Rulli, Michele Grande, Marco Gallinella Muzi, Paolo De Sole, Mauro Piantelli et al.

      Pages 55-66

   3. The Evolutionary Pattern of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: From a Benign to Severe Disease

      • Sara D’Innocenzo, Francesca Russo, Lucia Miglioresi, Marco Bacosi, Giovanni L. Ricci

      Pages 67-84

   4. Multidisciplinary Management of Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer

      • Giuseppe Sigismondo Sica, Achille Lucio Gaspari

      Pages 85-94

   5. Morbidity and Survival in Liver Resection for Colorectal Metastases

      • Gennaro Nuzzo, Felice Giuliante, Maria Vellone, Ivo Giovannini

      Pages 95-113

   6. Hepatic Metastases from Non Colorectal Cancer: Which Ones Should be Resected?

      • Angelo Benevento, Luigi Boni, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Renzo Dionigi

      Pages 115-126

   7. Radiochemotherapy of Liver Metastases from Breast Cancer: Review of Literature and Personal Experience

      • Cefaro G. Ausili, L. Nardone, G. Marmiroli, S. Manfrida, G. Salvi

      Pages 127-139

   8. Carcinoma of the Papilla of Vater: Prognostic and Therapeutic Considerations

      • Giovanni Serio, Calogero Iacono, Luca Bortolasi, Ettore Montresor

      Pages 141-158

   9. Splenectomy in Haematological Patients

      • Roberto Vecchioni, Elda Baggio, Claudio Zardini

      Pages 159-172

4. Colo-Rectal Surgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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   2. Ischemic Colitis: An Attempt to Define the Spectrum of Disease

      • Attilio Maria Farinon, Michele Grande, Francesco Rulli, Italo Stroppa

      Pages 175-189

   3. Advances in Molecular Genetics and Clinical Implications of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer

      • Giuseppe Midiri, Fabrizio Consorti, Enrico Giarnieri, Alfredo Covotta, Lisa Luzzatto, Chiara Montana et al.

      Pages 191-201

   4. Analyses of the Prognostic Factors in Colorectal Cancer. Preliminary Results of a Possible New Prognostic Factor: Mesenteric and Antimesenteric Tumor Location

      • Renzo Dionigi, Angelo Benevento, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Luigi Boni, Luigi Albarello, Carlo Capella

      Pages 203-211

   5. Different Role of the Colonic Pouch after Low Anterior Resection or Coloanal Anastomosis

      • Francesco Tonelli, Alessandro Garcea, Iacopo Monaci, Giacomo Batignani

      Pages 213-223

   6. Primary Anorectal Reconstruction after Abdominoperineal Excision by Coloperineal Pull-Through and Electrically Stimulated Graciloplasty: Efficiency and Limitations of a Hard-to-Catch-on Procedure

      • Vincenzo Violi, Adamo S. Boselli, Renato Costi, Luigi Roncoroni

      Pages 225-246

Advances in Abdominal Surgery 2002 contains papers from a group of Italian academic surgeons who contribute to a national research program entitled `Progress in Abdominal Surgery'. The research is supported by the Italian Ministry of the University. The primary objective of the group is to combine experimental and clinical approaches in the study of several surgical abdominal diseases. The authors of the individual chapters were requested to present an update in their own fields of research. This volume summarizes several important updates in abdominal surgery and pathophysiology. The contributions are grouped into six sections, namely Surgical Infection, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic and Splenic Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Fecal Incontinence, Minimally-Invasive Surgery, and Transplantation.

• abdominal surgery
• colorectal cancer
• colorectal surgery
• liver
• minimally invasive surgery
• surgery
• transplantation
• surgical oncology

• Department of Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

  Attilio Maria Farinon

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