Nicolosi A, Massidda B, Malloci A, Cabula C, Tarquini A
Istituto di Chirurgia e Oncologia, Università degli Studi di Cagiari.
Minerva Chir. 1990;45(13-14):929-32.
Sixteen onco-haematological patients with acute abdomen are presented. The diagnosis of acute abdominal conditions was: neutropenic enterocolitis, gastrointestinal perforation, bowel neoplastic obstruction hepatic abscess and strangulated tumoral hernia. The operative death was 31.2%; 62.5% died 2-24 months after surgery and 6.3% is alive at 72 months. The Authors conclude that in these patients the extended surgery should be performed only in prognostic all favourable cases.