Ricerc@Sapienza

Aims The traditional technique for subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) implantation involves three incisions and a subcutaneous pocket. Recently, a two-incision and intermuscular (IM) technique has been adopted. The PRAETORIAN score is a chest radiograph-based tool that predicts S-ICD conversion testing. We assessed whether the S-ICD implantation technique affects optimal position of the defibrillation system according to the PRAETORIAN score. Methods We analysed consecutive patients undergoing S-ICD implantation.

Objectives: Vascular injuries are among the most severe causes of unplanned conversion during VATS lobectomies. The study aimed to analyse the incidence of vascular injuries and their risk factors during VATS lobectomy. Methods: The Italian VATS lobectomy Registry was used to collect data from 66 Thoracic Surgery Units. From 2013 to October 2016 (out of more than 3,700 patients enrolled) only information from Units with an enrollment >100 VATS lobectomies were retrospectively analysed. Logistic regression analysis was performed on selected variables of the univariate analysis.

Introduction: One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) demonstrated results similar to traditional Roux-en-Y procedures [1–3], in terms of weight loss and resolution of obesity-related comorbidities. The main controversy regarding OAGB is the concern for an association between biliary alkaline gastritis and esophageal or gastric cancer raised by some studies [4]. Methods: We present the case of a 51-year-old woman with a BMI of 41 kg/m2 who underwent a laparoscopic OAGB in 2014. One year later, she consulted for recurrent heartburns.

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is common in obese individuals in around 30%. While fundoplication is the treatment of choice in non-obese individuals with GERD resistant to medical treatment, the laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) is the most effective option in the setting of morbid obesity to treat at the same time both GERD and obesity. Methods: We present the case of a 31-year-old woman with a BMI of 37 kg/m2 who underwent an open Nissen fundoplication in 2010 and surgical revision in 2012 with redo of the Nissen fundoplication.

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Background: Laparoscopic gastric banding (LGB) is associated with high rate of failure (Stenard and Iannelli. World J Gastroenterol; 21:10348-57 2015, Lazzati et al. Ann Surg. 2016). In case of failure, conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is preferred (Noel et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis;10:1116-22; 2014, Schneck et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis;12:840-8, 2016). Methods: We present the case of a 63-year-old woman with a BMI of 57 kg/m2 who underwent LGB in 2011. In 2015, she consulted for intolerance of the banding and weight regain, with a BMI of 52.

Dans ce texte je me propose de sonder la limite ou l’illimité des frontières des Soixante-dix nations, nations au-delà de nations peut-être, afin de comprendre si cette locution utilisée par Levinas et par les docteurs talmudiques peut s’étendre, peut s’entendre au-delà de l'Europe.