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Angelucci M, Frascani F, Franceschelli A, Lusi A, Garo ML. Efficacy of intradermal hyaluronic acid plus polynucleotides in vulvovaginal atrophy: a pilot study. Climacteric 2022; 25:490-496. [PMID: 35389304 DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2022.2052840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of vulvovaginal intradermal injections of polynucleotides (PN) combined with hyaluronic acid (HA) in postmenopausal women affected by vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Postmenopausal women affected by VVA were treated with vulvar and vaginal intradermal injections of one prefilled syringe of 2 ml PN/HA every 2 weeks for four sessions. Patients were evaluated at T0 (baseline), T1 (after session 4) and T2 (1 month after session 4). Evaluation of the treatment was assessed by three international validated questionnaires: Vaginal Health Index (VHI), Vulvar Health Index (VuHI) and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The Wilcoxon matched-paired signed-rank test was used to compare the differences in VHI, VuHI, FSFI and FSFI domains within the groups. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. RESULTS Fifty patients were included in the study (mean age 59.9 ± 7.6 years). Overall, the VHI, VuHI and FSFI reported statistically significant differences between baseline and T1 (p < 0.001) and between baseline and T2 (p < 0.001). All FSFI domains registered a statistically significant increase between baseline and T2 (p < 0.001). No complications or side effects were observed. CONCLUSIONS Vulvovaginal intradermal injection of PN/HA is a safe, effective treatment, is not expensive and is a reproducible procedure in postmenopausal women with VVA.
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- M Angelucci
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Casa di cura Santa Famiglia, Rome, Italy
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- Aesthetic Medicine Center, Gruppo Bios, Rome, Italy
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- Aesthetic Medicine Center, Ospedale San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
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- Aesthetic Medicine Center, Ospedale San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
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- Mathsly Research, Brescia, Italy
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Calza N, Ciotti PM, Tranquillo ML, Notarangelo L, Zuffa S, Damiano G, Cipriani L, Dirodi M, Franceschelli A, Porcu E. P–098 Use of Dimethylxanthine Theophylline in surgical retrieved sperms that do not recover motility after thawing. Hum Reprod 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab130.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Study question
Can the use of Theophylline recover motility of frozen surgically retrieved sperms in case of absence of motility after thawing?
Summary answer
Theophylline allows to recover motility of thawed surgically retrieved sperms. The utilization of sperms with or without pharmacological activation gives comparable clinical outcomes.
What is known already
Testicular sperm motility is usually poor. A method is needed to detect viable sperm for ICSI when motility is totally absent after freezing/thawing. Hypo-osmotic swelling test, mechanical touch technique, laser-assisted immotile sperm selection, birefringence-polarization microscopy and exposure to pharmacological stimulation are techniques used for this purpose. Among pharmacological agents Dimethylxanthine Theophylline is a phosphodiesterase inibitor that improves sperm motility by promoting an increase in intracellular cyclic AMP levels. Few studies report that it is efficient for recovery of sperm motility in cases of thawed testicular and retrograde ejaculation samples improving reproductive outcomes.
Study design, size, duration
Retrospective analysis of sixty frozen surgical sperm cycles (45 patients) utilized from February 2018 to November 2020. After thawing, samples were divided in two Groups according to motility recovery. Group A: presence of motility, Group B: absence of motility. Group B was treated with Theophilline and motility was re-assessed after incubation. Activated sperms were utilized for ICSI when available. Sperm motility recovery, fertilization, pregnancy rate/transfer, implantation and miscarriage rate were evaluated in both Groups.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Surgical specimens were treated and concentrated in SpermRinse™ Medium (Vitrolife) and then cryopreservated in nitrogen vapor in TEST Yolk Buffer (Irvine Scientific). After thawing, only samples with no motility recovery were treated with a brief incubation in Theophylline (GM501 SpermMobil, Gynemed) and washed in Polyvinylpyrrolidone (ICSITM Vitrolife) before injection. ICSI was performed in all cases approximately 4–5 hours after sperm thawing. After fertilization check, transfer was scheduled in day 2.
Main results and the role of chance
Women’s age Group A (34,39±2,29 M±SD) and group B (35,87±4,34 M±SD) and men’s age Group A (37,31±5,12 M±SD) and group B (40,89±8.15 M±SD) were not significantly different (P= .328 and P=.218) respectively.
Group A: 13/60 cycles (21.7%) (9 patients). Pre freezing and post thawing total motility percentage were 34.0±19.0 (M±SD) and 13.5±15.6 (M±SD) respectively (39.8% recovery). Group B: 47/60 cycles (78.3%) (36 patients). Pre freezing total motility percentage was 5.3±8.5 (M±SD) and no motility was recovered post thawing (0%). After treatment with Theophylline total motility was 1.8±1.8 (M±SD) (33.5% recovery). Motile sperms were utilized in all cases except from two in the Group B.
Number of injected oocytes was 2.8±1.1 (M±SD) in Group A and 4.3±3.1 (M±SD) in Group B (P=.004) respectively.
Fertilisation rate (63.1% and 45.4%, P=.066), Number of embryos transferred (1.8±0.7 M±SD and 1.6±0.7 M±SD, P=.271), Pregnancy rate/Transfer (54.5% and 37.1%, P=.502), Implantation rate (30.0% and 27.8%, P=.919) and Miscarriage rate (33.3% and 30.7%, P=.675) were not statistically significant between Group A and B respectively.
In the two cases of group B injected with immotile sperm, fertilization rate was 0% (0/3) and 50% (2/4).
Limitations, reasons for caution
A larger study is needed to investigate the recovery of sperms motility (and/or their activation) and clinical outcomes, in particular referring to the origin of sampling (epididymal aspirate and testicular tissue) and type of azoospermia (obstructive and non-obstructive).
Wider implications of the findings: Theophylline is an effective tool for sperm motility recovery after thawing allowing to inject viable sperm and facilitating laboratory handling.
Trial registration number
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- N Calza
- Infertility and IVF Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
- University of Bologna - DIMEC- Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Bologna - DIMEC- Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- Andrology Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna- Italy, Department of Women- Children and Urological Diseases, Bologna, Italy
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Boeri L, Capogrosso P, Ventimiglia E, Preto M, Sibona M, Franceschelli A, Gentile G, Falcone M, Timpano M, Ceruti C, Gadda F, Colombo F, Rolle L, Gontero P, Sànchez-Curbelo J, Montanari E, Mirone V, Montorsi F, Salonia A. Rate of hypogonadism among Klinefelter patients at first presentation: A multicenter cross-sectional study. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33027-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Franceschelli A, Colombo F, Masetti M, Gentile G, Piazza P, Bianchi L, Droghetti M, Sadini P, Vagnoni V. PS-07-007 Comparison between two different xenografts in the surgical treatment of Peyronie's Disease: A single-center experience. J Sex Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.03.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Colombo F, Gentile G, Franceschelli A, Bianchi L, Sadini P. 127 Pericardial matrix for cavernous grafting: an effective procedure for increasing the penile girth. J Sex Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.04.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Colombo F, Gentile G, Franceschelli A, Vagnoni V, Angiolini A, Sadini P. 128 Surgical management of severe post-operative skin necrosis after penile lengthening corporoplasty. J Sex Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.04.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Franceschelli A, Sens J, Herchick S, Thelen C, Pitychoutis PM. Sex differences in the rapid and the sustained antidepressant-like effects of ketamine in stress-naïve and "depressed" mice exposed to chronic mild stress. Neuroscience 2015; 290:49-60. [PMID: 25595985 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Revised: 01/01/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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During the past decade, one of the most striking discoveries in the treatment of major depression was the clinical finding that a single infusion of a sub-anesthetic dose of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist ketamine produces a rapid (i.e. within a few hours) and long-lasting (i.e. up to two weeks) antidepressant effect in both treatment-resistant depressed patients and in animal models of depression. Notably, converging clinical and preclinical evidence support that responsiveness to antidepressant drugs is sex-differentiated. Strikingly, research regarding the antidepressant-like effects of ketamine has focused almost exclusively on the male sex. Herein we report that female C57BL/6J stress-naïve mice are more sensitive to the rapid and the sustained antidepressant-like effects of ketamine in the forced swim test (FST). In particular, female mice responded to lower doses of ketamine (i.e. 3mg/kg at 30 min and 5mg/kg at 24h post-injection), doses that were not effective in their male counterparts. Moreover, tissue levels of the excitatory amino acids glutamate and aspartate, as well as serotonergic activity, were affected in a sex-dependent manner in the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus, at the same time-points. Most importantly, a single injection of ketamine (10mg/kg) induced sex-dependent behavioral effects in mice subjected to the chronic mild stress (CMS) model of depression. Intriguingly, female mice were more reactive to the earlier effects of ketamine, as assessed in the open field and the FST (at 30 min and 24h post-treatment, respectively) but the antidepressant potential of the drug proved to be longer lasting in males, as assessed in the splash test and the FST (days 5 and 7 post-treatment, respectively). Taken together, present data revealed that ketamine treatment induces sex-dependent rapid and sustained neurochemical and behavioral antidepressant-like effects in stress-naïve and CMS-exposed C57BL/6J mice.
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- A Franceschelli
- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA.
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Franceschelli A, Cappello A, Cappello G. [Retrospective study on the effects of a whey protein concentrate on body composition in 262 sarcopenic tube fed patients]. Minerva Med 2013; 104:103-112. [PMID: 23392543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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AIM As pointed in ESPEN guidelines on the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), "body cell mass (BCM) is the protein rich compartment which is affected in catabolic states, and loss of BCM is associated with poor clinical outcome". Whey proteins are known to improve lean mass in many conditions. We retrospectively evaluated the effects of a WP concentrate with high cysteine content (WPHCC) on BCM of 262 sarcopenic tube fed patients (pts). METHODS Two hundred sixty-two sarcopenic tube fed pts (130 males, mean age 68,1±15,6 years) were given daily supplemental WPHCC (0.7±0.2 g/kg body weight) after their usual feeding formula, with the aim to improve their BCM. Each patient received a multifrequency impedance test before and after the beginning of WPHCC supplementation (mean follow-up: 4.2±2.8 months). Fifty percent of patients were affected by neurodegenerative diseases, 36% by cancer, 14% by other conditions. RESULTS BCM, body weight and fat mass significantly improved (P<0.01) after treatment. No severe side effects were recorded. A slight increase in blood urea was observed. CONCLUSION In our population WPHCC have been safe and effective in improving BCM. WPHCC could be useful to improve BCM in sarcopenic tube fed pts, although renal function should be monitored.
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- A Franceschelli
- Dipartimento di Chirurgia Paride Stefanini, Servizio di Nutrizione Enterale Domiciliare Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italia.
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Farsad M, Schiavina R, Franceschelli A, Sanguedolce F, Castellucci P, Bertaccini A, Brunocilla E, Manferrari F, Concetti S, Garofalo M, Rocca C, Borghesi M, Franchi R, Fanti S, Nanni C, Martorana G. Positron-emission tomography in imaging and staging prostate cancer. Cancer Biomark 2009; 4:277-84. [PMID: 18957716 DOI: 10.3233/cbm-2008-44-509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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With increasing application of positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging, familiarity with the applications of PET in genitourinary oncology, especially prostate-cancer (PCa) imaging, becomes important. PET studies provide functional information using radiolabeled tracers, with fluoro-dexoxy-glucose (FDG) being the most commonly used. Nevertheless FDG has limitations for evaluation of PCa patients and therefore alternative tracers are being investigated. To date, the best results have been obtained with 11C-choline and 11C-acetate PET, which seem to demonstrate similar values in this field. We review the current role of PET in PCa patients based on data published in the literature as well as our own experience. Most studies of PET imaging of PCa address three goals: a) detecting primary PCa; b) staging PCa; and c) assessing PCa recurrence. From available results, routine clinical use of 11C-choline PET cannot be recommended for detecting and staging primary PCa. At present, the only clinical indication for imaging PCa with 11C-choline-PET is evaluation of suspected recurrence after treatment.
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- M Farsad
- Nuclear Medicine-PET Center, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Ronci L, Viola D, Comerci F, De Stefano R, Emili E, Sanguedolce F, Franceschelli A, Marlia E, Martorana G. Renal and Lymph-Node Inflammatory Pseudotumor. Urologia 2005. [DOI: 10.1177/039156030507200146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Inflammatory pseudotumor (IP) is a benign uncommon tumour with uncertainly aetiology. Aetiology may be an inflammatory process due to small traumas, surgery, or malignancy. Some studies showed that patients affected by IP were also affected by wide vasculities and genetics abnormalities, strengthening the hypothesis of an aetiology of this disease from an autoimmune pathology or a true tumour respectively. The bladder localization is the most frequently localisation in the genital-urinary apparatus, while the kidney localization is very uncommon. The IP consist of inflammatory and myofibroblastic cells. Material and Methods A 69 years old affected with inhomogeneous mass in the right kidney of about 8 cm, calcify lymph-node of the mesentery of about 28 mm. Results The patient was undergone to right nephrectomy and removal of mesenteric lymph-node. Histological issue showed a renal cells carcinoma G2 associated to IP. Mesenteric lymph-node with ossification and associated to IP. Conclusions This case is interesting for the simultaneous finding of the IP placed to right kidney and mesenteric lymph-node. Similar wide IP have already described in other studies like true tumour with more biological aggressivity. The differential diagnosis of IP with other neoformations is still difficult. We consider an optimal indication to perform a radical surgery therapy in any case, because IP may be associated with a malignancy and because sometime IP may increases progressively its aggressiveness. The histological diagnosis achieved by bioptical sample may be risky because biopsy cannot exclude all doubt about the existence of a mixed neoformations with IP and malignancy like our case.
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- L. Ronci
- Clinica Urologica Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
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- Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Ospedale G. Dossetti Bazzano AUSL Bologna SUD
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- Clinica Urologica Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
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- Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Ospedale G. Dossetti Bazzano AUSL Bologna SUD
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- Clinica Urologica Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
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Viola D, Comerci F, Franceschelli A, Sanguedolce F, Ronci L, Brunocilla E, Concetti S, Bertaccini A, Martorana G. Rehabilitation Therapy and Urinary Incontinence Post Radical Prostatectomy. Urologia 2005. [DOI: 10.1177/039156030507200137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Urinary incontinence rates after radical retropubic prostatectomy vary widely among the different series and depending on the different scoring systems, from 2–10% up to 87%. Rehabilitation therapy is the safest and simplest treatment available so far, although a wide consensus on the efficacy of its results is still lacking. In our experience, treating post radical prostatectomy incontinent patients with rehabilitation therapy has been safe, reproducible and without side effects; nevertheless, our results suggest its use only in mild to moderate cases of post radical prostatectomy urinary incontinence.
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- D. Viola
- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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- Clinica Urologica, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna
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Fontana T, Siciliano M, Franceschelli A, Annicchiarico BE, Rossi P, Bigotti G, Bombardieri G. [An atypical bone metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: case report and review of the literature]. Clin Ter 2004; 155:447-51. [PMID: 15702658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Bone metastases are a quite frequent complication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). They are a substantial fraction (about 14-28%) of the metastatic locations of this neoplasm. Recent studies are indicative of the clinical usefulness of local therapy of HCC bone metastasis, expecially if they are single locations. The presence of a single bone metastasis does not seem to influence short term prognosis of the primary neoplasm and, furthermore, its treatment by radiation, chemio-embolization or surgery may obtain long-term pain control, without the side effects of analgesic drugs. Most frequently, bone metastases of HCC appear in the spine, femur, humerus or ribs. In the last years, some atypical locations, as jaws, gums and skull, were reported. In this paper, we report the case of a painful bone metastasis of HCC, localized at the second phalanx of the second finger of the right hand. To our knowledge, until now only two cases of HCC metastatic location at the bones of the hand have been reported. The lesion has been treated by surgical ablation, obtaining long-term pain remission and the withdrawal of the analgesic drugs. Few weeks later, another bone metastasis appeared, located at the second phalanx of the third finger of the same hand, indicating in this subject a peculiar "metastatic tropism".
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- T Fontana
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica e Semeiotica Medica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia
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Fantuzzi G, Aggazzotti G, Righi E, Cavazzuti L, Predieri G, Franceschelli A. Indoor air quality in the university libraries of Modena (Italy). Sci Total Environ 1996; 193:49-56. [PMID: 12858882 DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(96)05335-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We carried out a survey in 16 libraries of the University of Modena, Northern Italy, to assess the indoor exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including formaldehyde, and total dusts. Data were collected on the main structural characteristics of the buildings; indoor microclimate parameters, such as temperature, relative humidity and ventilation rate were measured and air samples taken inside and outside the libraries. The mean value of total dusts was 190 +/- 130 microg/m3 with a wide range of values. Formaldehyde was found in only ten out of 16 libraries and the indoor concentrations ranged from 1.70 to 67.8 microg/m3 with an average value of 32.7 +/- 23.9 microg/m3. On the whole, VOCs were present in all the libraries investigated with an average value was 433 +/- 267 microg/m3 (range 102-936 microg/m3). No correlation was found among VOCs, formaldehyde and total dusts nor was a significant association observed with microclimatic parameters or the structural characteristics of the buildings. The general situation found in this study suggests no major problems related to indoor pollution. However, some of the pollutants investigated such as total dust and total VOCs deserve further investigation. It is important to identify the possible sources of contaminants and to define the relationship between indoor and outdoor levels of pollutants more accurately, taking into account the effects of air recycling due to natural ventilation systems.
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- G Fantuzzi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Igiene e Microbiologia, Università di Modena, Via G. Campi, 287 41100 Modena Italy
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Zanardi S, Fontana A, Franceschelli A, Petei L. [Bronchopneumopathies due to cereals in grain silos workers: clinical, radiological and functional picture]. Med Lav 1975; 66:577-80. [PMID: 1226179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Franceschelli A, Zanardi S, Petei L, Ardoino V. [Bronchopneumopathies due to cereals in grain silos workers: etiological and pathogenetical aspects]. Med Lav 1975; 66:581-5. [PMID: 1226180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Franceschelli A. [Our experience on labor conducted under general anesthesia]. Minerva Ginecol 1972; 24:484-6. [PMID: 4671803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Petei G, Fontana L, Franceschelli A. [Fluorescence induced by tetracycline in oncology (new method of diagnosis)]. Pathologica 1969; 61:283-7. [PMID: 5404835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Bertorello G, Franceschelli A. [Malignant neoplasms of mesonephric origin of the female genital system, with special reference to those of the uterine cervix. Presentation of a case]. Quad Clin Ostet Ginecol 1965; 20:1004-20. [PMID: 5331362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Franceschelli A. [Pregnancy as a diabetogenic factor. (Clinical contribution)]. Quad Clin Ostet Ginecol 1965; 20:672-82. [PMID: 5884108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Bellone F, Stringa L, Franceschelli A. [On the presence and metabolism of glucose in the amniotic fluid]. Minerva Ginecol 1965; 17:908-10. [PMID: 5880588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Franceschelli A, Carnevale-Arella E. [On the action of some estrogenic preparations on the uterine musculature at term. (I: Electrohysterographic findings)]. Quad Clin Ostet Ginecol 1965; 20:386-98. [PMID: 5867223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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