[Carcinoma of the gastric stump. Considerations on 26 observed cases]. / Il carcinoma del moncone gastrico. Considerazioni su 26 casi osservati.

The authors report their experience concerning 26 cases of gastric stump carcinoma after gastric resection for benign pathology, observed in about 12 years. The incidence of such disease is 9,2% as regards the gastric neoplastic pathology and 5,2% as regards the benign ulcerous pathology, observed in the same period of time. The removal of the tumour was performed in 18 cases (69,2%), in spite of the stage, in most cases advanced, of the disease. In 7 cases (38,8%) the operation was extended to other organs. In 5 cases (27,7%) the removal was performed in spite of the presence of liver metastases. The survival amounts to 3 (16,6%) patients after 2, 4,5 and 5 years, one of whom suffers from liver metastases. In spite of the better knowledge of the histologic modifications and the phenomena caused by the biliopancreatic rebux and gastric hypochlorhydria, the etiopathogenesis of that disease is still unknown; the prognosis remains still unfavourable, due to the diagnostical delay and the particular aggressiveness of the neoplasm. Therefore, the Authors confirm the necessity for a precocious diagnosis, which only is suitable to improve the immediate and remote results.

[Our clinico-therapeutic attitude to fibrocystic mastopathy]. / Il nostro orientamento clinico-terapeutico di fronte alla mastopatia fibroso cistica.

The authors relate their experience about Chronic Cystic Disease. They emphasize the frequency of relapses and the risks that such a pathology involves. They finally suggest a surgical treatment plan that, in their opinion, should be applied whenever the patient is a peri-menopausal aged woman who has undergone, at least twice, an operation for a Chronic Mastopathy with a histologically proved epiteliosis. The operation suggests is a total glandulectomy with simultaneous breast reconstruction by means of a prosthesis.

[Surgical therapy of rectal prolapse. Our clinical experience of 12 years of observations]. / La terapia chirurgica del prolasso rettale. Nostra esperienza clinica di 12 anni di osservazioni.

AA. are reporting their experience on the subject of the surgical treatment of the rectal prolapse in all his clinical forms, during 12 years of activity that has taken place in the clinical surgery of the University of Ferrara. From their casuistry it is shown that usually this pathology is joined with other morbid forms of the small pelvis which vary according to the degree of the prolapse. They emphasize the excellent results obtained and support the surgical way of laparotomy adopted in the treatment of prolapse of II type (incomplete) and III type (complete).