Meet the editor

Vincenzo Neri was born in Bari, Italy, on March 15, 1946. He was Full Professor of General Surgery at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Foggia (2002–2016). He was also Director of the Division of General Surgery (1997–2016) and Director of Residency at the School of General Surgery, Policlinic University of Foggia (2008–2016). He retired on November 1, 2016. He graduated in 1970 in Med-

icine and Surgery at the University of Bari, where he carried out a great part of his academic activity. Vincenzo Neri was Assistant Professor from 1974 to 1982 and Associate Professor from 1982 to 2001, both at the University of Bari. He obtained the diploma of "Maitrise Universitaire en Pedagogie des Sciences de la Santé" from the Université Paris-Nord Bobigny. In the ERASMUS-Program 2010–2011 at the University of Gent, Belgium, he developed a seminary on "Cystic tumours of the pancreas." He was the President of the Course of the Degree of Medicine and Surgery, University of Foggia, from 1996 to 2002, and was Director of the Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, from 2002 to 2008. His research's interest and the object of his publications is hepatobiliarypancreatic surgery. Vincenzo Neri has authored more than 330 scientific papers and edited both national and international journals on the topic of sovramesocolic region surgery. He is a member of the following scientific associations: SIC, IHPBA, AISP, EASL, NESA, and SLS.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Vincenzo Neri*

Digestive Tract Rupture *by Masaki Fujioka*

Intestinal Ostomy Complications and Care

*and Borislav Georgiev Vladimirov*

Gastrointestinal Bleeding

*Alireza Shavakhi and Mehdi Ahmadian*

and Differential Diagnosis - Review

*by Ana Magdalena Bratu and Constantin Zaharia*

**Section 2**

Gastric Microbiota: Between Health and Disease

*by Francielle Profeta Rodrigues, Jane Andrea Vieira Novaes,* 

*by Hristo Ilianov Iliev, Mila Dimitrova Kovacheva-Slavova, Todor Asenov Angelov, Hristo Yankov Valkov, Ali Bedran* 

Full Colonoscopy in Patients under 50 Years Old with Lower

*by Mahsa Khodadoostan, Ahmad Shavakhi, Reihaneh Padidarnia,* 

**Preface III**

Stoma Care **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 53**

Stomas Prevention **69**

**Chapter 5 71**

**Chapter 6 79**

Radioimaging Diagnosis of Vaterian Ampulloma: Technique, Semiology,

Introductory Chapter: Role of Colostomy in the Colorectal Pathologies

Stoma Revision on the Flaps in Cases of Abdominal Wall Defect with

*Marcela Monteiro Pinheiro, Paula Martins and José Renan Cunha-Melo*
