[Study of the facial nerve in parotid surgery]. / La ricerca del nervo facciale nella chirurgia della parotide.

The Authors, basing on cadaveric dissections and 40 parotidectomies performed, accurately describe relations between facial nerve and surrounding tissues in its extracranial tract, with particular reference to parotid surgery. They underline Schwalbe's apophysis as the sole safe and constant anatomic landmark in the dissection of the facial nerve trunk.

[Surgical treatment of total rectal prolapse: Delorme's technique]. / Terapia chirurgica del prolasso totale del retto: l'intervento di Delorme.

Rectal total prolapsus is a cause of a permanent disablement more founded in old women. Many pathogenetic hypotheses are made up to date time, many surgical treatments were proposed for the treatments of this disease: through perineal, abdominal or combined way. The results are different, of course, in a short and a long time, whether in the matter of relapse of the prolapse, or in morbidity in connection to surgical treatment and his sequences. After a review of the most frequent techniques now in use, the Authors report their experience on 6 patients operated from 6 January 1988 to June 1993, giving reasons for their preference to Delorme's operation through perineal way.

[Gastric leiomyoblastomas: a clinical case report]. / Leiomioblastomi gastrici: contributo clinico.

Leiomyoblastomas are about the 10% of non epithelial gastric neoplasms. They are interesting for clinical, therapeutic and prognostic findings very different in comparison commonest epithelial tumours. The authors, after discussing aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical outline, diagnosis, histological and pathological features as well as therapeutic treatment of these neoplasms, report a case describing diagnostic and therapeutic management.