The organs of the abdominal cavity (stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, kidney, gallbladder, etc.) are surrounded and supported [held in place] by a 2-layer membrane called the peritoneum. The ...

THE combination of gallstone ileus, volvulus of the small intestine, incarcerated femoral hernia and diffuse peritonitis is sufficiently unusual to warrant a report. The probable sequence of events in ...

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The odyssey of Maurizio Zedda: wrong diagnosis at San Marcellino in Muravera and at Ss. Trinità in Cagliari, the surgeon from Lanusei identifies the problem (acute diffuse peritonitis) and operates on ...

ACUTE appendicitis in children displays certain features in its pathology, clinical course, diagnosis and treatment, which vary considerably from those of the disease in adults. The development of ...