[Open abdomen treatment in massive peritonitis. Our experience]. / Trattamento ad addome aperto delle peritoniti massive. Nostra esperienza.

Intractable intra-abdominal sepsis occurring in eight patients was managed by the authors with planned abdomen reexploration. Only the severity of illness can justify such aggressive surgical treatment. Mortality is still high.

[The diagnostic procedure in deep venous thrombosis. The authors' experience]. / Iter diagnostico nella trombosi venosa profonda. Esperienza personale.

Diagnostic flow chart of 101 patients admitted with suspected TVP between 1987 and 1991 is discussed. In all of them Doppler cw and radionuclide venography with pulmonary scanning with albumin Tc 99 were performed. Since the 90's a triplex scanner was employed, usually after Doppler cw examination. Phlebography was considered as a golden backup. Pulmonary embolism was detected in 15% of patients and 2/3 were completely asymptomatic.