Arena G

ORCID: 0000-0002-5293-2972 · 2 papers in corpus

case-report 2021

An Unusual Presentation of Crohn's Disease Diagnosed Following Accidental Ingestion of Fruit Pits: Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

Life (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/life11121415

The clinical course of Crohn's disease (CD) is often complicated by intestinal strictures, which can be fibrotic, inflammatory, or mixed, therefore leading to stenosis and eventually symptomatic obstruction. We report two cases of subclinic…

observational 2014

Outcomes and cost analysis of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for treatment of acute appendicitis: 4-years experience in a district hospital

BMC surgery ·doi:10.1186/1471-2482-14-14

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic appendectomy is not yet unanimously considered the "gold standard" in the treatment of acute appendicitis because of its higher operative time, intra-abdominal abscess risk, and costs compared to open appendectomy. …