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Perrone G, Giuffrida M, Abu-Zidan F, Kruger VF, Livrini M, Petracca GL, Rossi G, Tarasconi A, Tian BWCA, Bonati E, Mentz R, Mazzini FN, Campana JP, Gasser E, Kafka-Ritsch R, Felsenreich DM, Dawoud C, Riss S, Gomes CA, Gomes FC, Gonzaga RAT, Canton CAB, Pereira BM, Fraga GP, Zem LG, Cordeiro-Fonseca V, de Mesquita Tauil R, Atanasov B, Belev N, Kovachev N, Meléndez LJJ, Dimova A, Dimov S, Zelić Z, Augustin G, Bogdanić B, Morić T, Chouillard E, Bajul M, De Simone B, Panis Y, Esposito F, Notarnicola M, Lauka L, Fabbri A, Hentati H, Fnaiech I, Aurélien V, Bougard M, Roulet M, Demetrashvili Z, Pipia I, Merabishvili G, Bouliaris K, Koukoulis G, Doudakmanis C, Xenaki S, Chrysos E, Kokkinakis S, Vassiliu P, Michalopoulos N, Margaris I, Kechagias A, Avgerinos K, Katunin J, Lostoridis E, Nagorni EA, Pujante A, Mulita F, Maroulis I, Vailas M, Marinis A, Siannis I, Bourbouteli E, Manatakis DK, Tasis N, Acheimastos V, Maria S, Stylianos K, Kuzeridis H, Korkolis D, Fradelos E, Kavalieratos G, Petropoulou T, Polydorou A, Papacostantinou I, Triantafyllou T, Kimpizi D, Theodorou D, Toutouzas K, Chamzin A, Frountzas M, Schizas D, Karavokyros I, Syllaios A, Charalabopoulos A, Boura M, Baili E, Ioannidis O, Loutzidou L, Anestiadou E, Tsouknidas I, Petrakis G, Polenta E, Bains L, Gupta R, Singh SK, Khanduri A, Bala M, Kedar A, Pisano M, Podda M, Pisanu A, Martines G, Trigiante G, Lantone G, Agrusa A, Di Buono G, Buscemi S, Veroux M, Gioco R, Veroux G, Oragano L, Zonta S, Lovisetto F, Feo CV, Pesce A, Fabbri N, Lantone G, Marino F, Perrone F, Vincenti L, Papagni V, Picciariello A, Rossi S, Picardi B, Del Monte SR, Visconti D, Osella G, Petruzzelli L, Pignata G, Andreuccetti J, D'Alessio R, Buonfantino M, Guaitoli E, Spinelli S, Sampietro GM, Corbellini C, Lorusso L, Frontali A, Pezzoli I, Bonomi A, Chierici A, Cotsoglou C, Manca G, Delvecchio A, Musa N, Casati M, Letizia L, Abate E, Ercolani G, D'Acapito F, Solaini L, Guercioni G, Cicconi S, Sasia D, Borghi F, Giraudo G, Sena G, 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Goodbye Hartmann trial: a prospective, international, multicenter, observational study on the current use of a surgical procedure developed a century ago. World J Emerg Surg 2024; 19:14. [PMID: 38627831 PMCID: PMC11020610 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-024-00543-w] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Literature suggests colonic resection and primary anastomosis (RPA) instead of Hartmann's procedure (HP) for the treatment of left-sided colonic emergencies. We aim to evaluate the surgical options globally used to treat patients with acute left-sided colonic emergencies and the factors that leading to the choice of treatment, comparing HP and RPA. METHODS This is a prospective, international, multicenter, observational study registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. A total 1215 patients with left-sided colonic emergencies who required surgery were included from 204 centers during the period of March 1, 2020, to May 31, 2020. with a 1-year follow-up. RESULTS 564 patients (43.1%) were females. The mean age was 65.9 ± 15.6 years. HP was performed in 697 (57.3%) patients and RPA in 384 (31.6%) cases. Complicated acute diverticulitis was the most common cause of left-sided colonic emergencies (40.2%), followed by colorectal malignancy (36.6%). Severe complications (Clavien-Dindo ≥ 3b) were higher in the HP group (P < 0.001). 30-day mortality was higher in HP patients (13.7%), especially in case of bowel perforation and diffused peritonitis. 1-year follow-up showed no differences on ostomy reversal rate between HP and RPA. (P = 0.127). A backward likelihood logistic regression model showed that RPA was preferred in younger patients, having low ASA score (≤ 3), in case of large bowel obstruction, absence of colonic ischemia, longer time from admission to surgery, operating early at the day working hours, by a surgeon who performed more than 50 colorectal resections. CONCLUSIONS After 100 years since the first Hartmann's procedure, HP remains the most common treatment for left-sided colorectal emergencies. Treatment's choice depends on patient characteristics, the time of surgery and the experience of the surgeon. RPA should be considered as the gold standard for surgery, with HP being an exception.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gennaro Perrone
- Department of Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- General Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy.
- Department of General Surgery, Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, 29100, Piacenza, Italy.
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- General Surgery Department, UO Chirurgia Generale, ASST Cremona, Cremona, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- General Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Federico N Mazzini
- General Surgery Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Faculdade de Medicina, SUPREMA, Hospital Universitario Terezinha de Jesus de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, SUPREMA, Hospital Universitario Terezinha de Jesus de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Medical Course, Department of Surgery - Emergency Surgery and Trauma Sector, Padre Albino University Center, Catanduva, Brazil
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- UMHAT Eurohospital-Plovdiv/Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- UMHAT Eurohospital-Plovdiv/Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- UMHAT Eurohospital-Plovdiv/Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon Hospital Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia, San José, Costa Rica
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- General Hospital Zabok and Croatian War Veteran Hospital Bracak, Zabok, Croatia
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- General Hospital Zabok and Croatian War Veteran Hospital Bracak, Zabok, Croatia
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- General Hospital Zabok and Croatian War Veteran Hospital Bracak, Zabok, Croatia
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of General and Bariatric Surgery, American Hospital in Paris, Paris, France
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- Emergency and General Minimally Invasive Surgery, Poissy and St Germain Hospital, Poissy, France
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- Department of Emergency and General Minimally Invasive Surgery, Academic Hospital of Villeneuve St Georges, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France
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- Colorectal Center, Groupe Hospitalier Privé Ambroise Paré-Hartmann, Neuilly/Seine, France
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Pôle Des Maladies de L'Appareil Digestif (PMAD), Beaujon Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Department of Visceral Surgery CHU Angers, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933, Angers Cedex 9, France
| | - Marie Bougard
- Department of Visceral Surgery CHU Angers, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933, Angers Cedex 9, France
| | - Maxime Roulet
- Department of Visceral Surgery CHU Angers, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933, Angers Cedex 9, France
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- N.Kipshidze Central University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of General Surgery - University Hospital of Heraklion Crete, Crete, Greece
| | - Emmanuel Chrysos
- Department of General Surgery - University Hospital of Heraklion Crete, Crete, Greece
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- Department of General Surgery - University Hospital of Heraklion Crete, Crete, Greece
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- 4th Surgical Department "Attikon" University Hospital, Chaidari, Greece
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Athens Bioclinic Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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- Third Department of Surgery, Tzaneio General Hospital, Piraeus, GR, Greece
| | - Ioannis Siannis
- Third Department of Surgery, Tzaneio General Hospital, Piraeus, GR, Greece
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- Third Department of Surgery, Tzaneio General Hospital, Piraeus, GR, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Surgery, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Surgical Oncology Department of Agios Savvas Anticancer Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - Evangelos Fradelos
- Surgical Oncology Department of Agios Savvas Anticancer Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - George Kavalieratos
- Surgical Oncology Department of Agios Savvas Anticancer Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, Hippocration General Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, Hippocration General Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, Hippocration General Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, Hippocratio Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - Maximos Frountzas
- 1st Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, Hippocratio Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 4th Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital "George Papanikolaou", Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4th Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital "George Papanikolaou", Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4th Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital "George Papanikolaou", Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 2n, Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Chania "St George", Chania, Greece
| | - Georgios Petrakis
- 2n, Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Chania "St George", Chania, Greece
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- 2n, Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Chania "St George", Chania, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, India
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, India
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, India
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- General Surgery and Trauma Unit Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Surgery and Trauma Unit Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Chirurgia d'Urgenza Policlinico Universitario di MonserratoAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Mauro Podda
- Chirurgia d'Urgenza Policlinico Universitario di MonserratoAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Adolfo Pisanu
- Chirurgia d'Urgenza Policlinico Universitario di MonserratoAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Gennaro Martines
- Chirurgia "M.Rubino" Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Trigiante
- Chirurgia "M.Rubino" Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - Giuliano Lantone
- Chirurgia "M.Rubino" Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - Antonino Agrusa
- Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences (Di.Chir.On.S.), University Hospital Policlinico "P. Giaccone, University of Palermo - Palermo, Palermo, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Di Buono
- Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences (Di.Chir.On.S.), University Hospital Policlinico "P. Giaccone, University of Palermo - Palermo, Palermo, Italy
| | - Salvatore Buscemi
- Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences (Di.Chir.On.S.), University Hospital Policlinico "P. Giaccone, University of Palermo - Palermo, Palermo, Italy
| | - Massimiliano Veroux
- General Surgery Unit and Organ Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - Rossella Gioco
- General Surgery Unit and Organ Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - Gastone Veroux
- General Surgery Unit and Organ Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - Luigi Oragano
- SOC Chirurgia Generale - ASL VCO (Piemonte), Verbania, Italy
| | - Sandro Zonta
- SOC Chirurgia Generale - ASL VCO (Piemonte), Verbania, Italy
| | | | - Carlo V Feo
- Unità Operativa Chirurgia Generale ProvincialeAzienda USL di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - Antonio Pesce
- Unità Operativa Chirurgia Generale ProvincialeAzienda USL di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - Nicolò Fabbri
- Unità Operativa Chirurgia Generale ProvincialeAzienda USL di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - Giulio Lantone
- Surgery Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology 'S. de Bellis', Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy
| | - Fabio Marino
- Surgery Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology 'S. de Bellis', Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy
| | - Fabrizio Perrone
- Surgery Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology 'S. de Bellis', Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy
| | - Leonardo Vincenti
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari - Dept of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Bari, Italy
| | - Vincenzo Papagni
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari - Dept of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Bari, Italy
| | - Arcangelo Picciariello
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari - Dept of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Bari, Italy
| | - Stefano Rossi
- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
| | - Biagio Picardi
- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
| | | | - Diego Visconti
- Chirurgia Generale d'Urgenza e PS - AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio San Giovanni Battista - Molinette, Turin, Italy
| | - Giulia Osella
- Chirurgia Generale d'Urgenza e PS - AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio San Giovanni Battista - Molinette, Turin, Italy
| | - Luca Petruzzelli
- Chirurgia Generale d'Urgenza e PS - AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio San Giovanni Battista - Molinette, Turin, Italy
| | - Giusto Pignata
- Chirurgia Generale 2 ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Chirurgia Generale PO Valle d'Itria ASL TA, Martina Franca, Italy
| | | | - Carlo Corbellini
- Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Generale Ospedale di Rho - ASST Rhodense, Milan, Italy
| | - Leonardo Lorusso
- Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Generale Ospedale di Rho - ASST Rhodense, Milan, Italy
| | - Alice Frontali
- General Surgery Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, AAST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy
- General Surgery Unit, University of Milan, ASST Vimercate, Via Santi Cosma e Damiano 16, 20871, Vimercate, Italy
| | - Isabella Pezzoli
- General Surgery Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, AAST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy
| | - Alessandro Bonomi
- General Surgery Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, AAST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy
| | - Andrea Chierici
- General Surgery Unit, University of Milan, ASST Vimercate, Via Santi Cosma e Damiano 16, 20871, Vimercate, Italy
| | - Christian Cotsoglou
- General Surgery Unit, University of Milan, ASST Vimercate, Via Santi Cosma e Damiano 16, 20871, Vimercate, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Manca
- Unità Operativa Complessa di Chirurgia Generale, Presidio Ospedaliero "A. Perrino", Brindisi, Italy
| | - Antonella Delvecchio
- Unità Operativa Complessa di Chirurgia Generale, Presidio Ospedaliero "A. Perrino", Brindisi, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa di Chirurgia Generale, Presidio Ospedaliero "A. Perrino", Brindisi, Italy
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- Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele III Carate Brianza, Carate Brianza, Italy
| | - Emmanuele Abate
- Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele III Carate Brianza, Carate Brianza, Italy
| | - Giorgio Ercolani
- UOC Chirurgia Generale e Terapie Oncologiche Avanzate Ospedale Morgagni-Pierantoni AUSLRomagna, Via Carlo Forlanini 34, 47121, Forlì, Italy
| | - Fabrizio D'Acapito
- UOC Chirurgia Generale e Terapie Oncologiche Avanzate Ospedale Morgagni-Pierantoni AUSLRomagna, Via Carlo Forlanini 34, 47121, Forlì, Italy
| | - Leonardo Solaini
- UOC Chirurgia Generale e Terapie Oncologiche Avanzate Ospedale Morgagni-Pierantoni AUSLRomagna, Via Carlo Forlanini 34, 47121, Forlì, Italy
| | - Gianluca Guercioni
- UOC ChirurgiaOspedale Provinciale "C. E G. Mazzoni" Ascoli Piceno, Area Vasta 5, Regione Marche, Italy
| | - Simone Cicconi
- UOC ChirurgiaOspedale Provinciale "C. E G. Mazzoni" Ascoli Piceno, Area Vasta 5, Regione Marche, Italy
| | - Diego Sasia
- Santa Croce and Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy
| | | | | | - Giuseppe Sena
- Dipartimento di Specialità Chirurgiche, Azienda Ospedaliera "Pugliese-Ciaccio" di Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
| | - Pasquale Castaldo
- Dipartimento di Specialità Chirurgiche, Azienda Ospedaliera "Pugliese-Ciaccio" di Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
| | - Eugenia Cardamone
- Dipartimento di Specialità Chirurgiche, Azienda Ospedaliera "Pugliese-Ciaccio" di Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Portale
- Department of General Surgery, ULSS 6 Euganea, CittadellaPadua, Italy
| | - Matteo Zuin
- Department of General Surgery, ULSS 6 Euganea, CittadellaPadua, Italy
| | - Ylenia Spolverato
- Department of General Surgery, ULSS 6 Euganea, CittadellaPadua, Italy
| | | | | | | | - Romina Manunza
- Chirurgia d'Urgenza ospedale Brotzu - ARNAS, Palermo, Italy
| | | | - Marcello Agus
- Chirurgia d'Urgenza ospedale Brotzu - ARNAS, Palermo, Italy
| | | | | | | | - Davide Luppi
- Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale 2 e D'Urgenza dell'Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - Ausl RE IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
| | - Massimiliano Casadei
- Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale 2 e D'Urgenza dell'Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - Ausl RE IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
| | - Stefano Bonilauri
- Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale 2 e D'Urgenza dell'Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - Ausl RE IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
| | - Angela Pezzolla
- U.O. di Chirurgia Videolaparoscopica della AOU Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | | | - Rita Laforgia
- U.O. di Chirurgia Videolaparoscopica della AOU Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - Maurizio De Luca
- Department of General Surgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, AULSS5 Polesana - Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
| | - Monica Zese
- Department of General Surgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, AULSS5 Polesana - Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
| | - Dario Parini
- Department of General Surgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, AULSS5 Polesana - Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
| | - Elio Jovine
- Chirurgia A e d'Urgenza IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Bologna Largo, Bartolo Nigrisoli 2, 40133, Bologna, Italy
| | - Giuseppina De Sario
- Chirurgia A e d'Urgenza IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Bologna Largo, Bartolo Nigrisoli 2, 40133, Bologna, Italy
| | - Raffaele Lombardi
- Chirurgia A e d'Urgenza IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Bologna Largo, Bartolo Nigrisoli 2, 40133, Bologna, Italy
| | - Giovanni Aprea
- UOC Chirurgia Endoscopica - AOU Federico II Di Napoli, Naples, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Palomba
- UOC Chirurgia Endoscopica - AOU Federico II Di Napoli, Naples, Italy
| | - Marianna Capuano
- UOC Chirurgia Endoscopica - AOU Federico II Di Napoli, Naples, Italy
| | - Giulio Argenio
- UOC Chirurgia d'Urgenza AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno, Italy
| | - Gianluca Orio
- UOC Chirurgia d'Urgenza AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - Marina Troian
- SC Chirurgia Generale, ASUGI - Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Gorizia, Italy
| | - Martina Guerra
- SC Chirurgia Generale, ASUGI - Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Gorizia, Italy
| | - Carlo Nagliati
- SC Chirurgia Generale, ASUGI - Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Gorizia, Italy
| | - Alan Biloslavo
- Clinica Chirurgica, Cattinara University Hospital, ASUGI Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - Paola Germani
- Clinica Chirurgica, Cattinara University Hospital, ASUGI Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - Giada Aizza
- Clinica Chirurgica, Cattinara University Hospital, ASUGI Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - Igor Monsellato
- SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy
| | | | | | | | | | - Gabriele Sganga
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Roma - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
| | - Pietro Fransvea
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Roma - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
| | - Valentina Bianchi
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Roma - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
| | - Paolo Boati
- Department of Surgery, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy
| | - Francesco Ferrara
- Department of Surgery, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy
| | - Francesco Palmieri
- Department of Surgery, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy
| | - Pasquale Cianci
- Department of Surgery and Traumatology-General Surgery Unit, "Lorenzo Bonomo Hospital"-ASL BAT, Andria, Italy
| | - Domenico Gattulli
- Department of Surgery and Traumatology-General Surgery Unit, "Lorenzo Bonomo Hospital"-ASL BAT, Andria, Italy
| | - Enrico Restini
- Department of Surgery and Traumatology-General Surgery Unit, "Lorenzo Bonomo Hospital"-ASL BAT, Andria, Italy
| | - Nicola Cillara
- Chirurgia Generale PO Santissima Trinità - ASL Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | | | - Gabriela Elisa Nita
- Chirurgia GeneraleOspedale Sant'Anna di AUSL di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
| | - Jlenia Sarnari
- Chirurgia GeneraleOspedale Sant'Anna di AUSL di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
| | - Francesco Roscio
- Division of General Surgery, ASST Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio, Italy
| | - Federico Clerici
- Division of General Surgery, ASST Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio, Italy
| | - Ildo Scandroglio
- Division of General Surgery, ASST Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio, Italy
| | - Stefano Berti
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale, S. Andrea Hospital - ASL 5, La Spezia, Italy
| | - Alessandro Cadeo
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale, S. Andrea Hospital - ASL 5, La Spezia, Italy
| | - Alice Filippelli
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale, S. Andrea Hospital - ASL 5, La Spezia, Italy
| | - Luigi Conti
- Acute Care Surgery Unit, Ospedale G. Da Saliceto, Piacenza, Italy
| | - Carmine Grassi
- Acute Care Surgery Unit, Ospedale G. Da Saliceto, Piacenza, Italy
| | | | - Marina Pighin
- Chirurgia Generale dell'Ospedale Sant'Anna di San Fermo della Battaglia, San Fermo Della Battaglia, Italy
| | - Davide Papis
- Chirurgia Generale dell'Ospedale Sant'Anna di San Fermo della Battaglia, San Fermo Della Battaglia, Italy
| | | | | | | | - Daniela Prando
- Uoc Chirurgia Ospedale Santa Maria degli Angeli Adria, Adria, Italy
| | - Luisella Fogato
- Uoc Chirurgia Ospedale Santa Maria degli Angeli Adria, Adria, Italy
| | - Fabio Cavallo
- Uoc Chirurgia Ospedale Santa Maria degli Angeli Adria, Adria, Italy
| | - Luca Ansaloni
- U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale 1 IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - Roberto Picheo
- U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale 1 IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - Nicholas Pontarolo
- U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale 1 IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - Norma Depalma
- Department of General and Emergency Surgery - "Vito Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy
| | - Marcello Spampinato
- Department of General and Emergency Surgery - "Vito Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy
| | - Stefano D'Ugo
- Department of General and Emergency Surgery - "Vito Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy
| | - Luca Lepre
- General and Emergency Surgery Unit, Emergency Dept, Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, 00193, Rome, Italy
| | - Michela Giulii Capponi
- General and Emergency Surgery Unit, Emergency Dept, Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, 00193, Rome, Italy
| | - Rossella Domenica Campa
- General and Emergency Surgery Unit, Emergency Dept, Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, 00193, Rome, Italy
| | - Giuliano Sarro
- G.Fornaroli" Hospital, Magenta ASST Ovest Milanese, Milan, Italy
- Istituto Clinico San Gaudenzio - Novara, Novara, Italy
| | | | | | | | | | - Marco Inama
- Unità di Chirurgia GeneraleOspedale Pederzoli, Peschiera del Garda, VR, Italy
| | - Gianluigi Moretto
- Unità di Chirurgia GeneraleOspedale Pederzoli, Peschiera del Garda, VR, Italy
| | - Michele Fontana
- Unità di Chirurgia GeneraleOspedale Pederzoli, Peschiera del Garda, VR, Italy
| | - Francesco Favi
- Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
| | | | - Alessia Rampini
- Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
| | - Andrea Barberis
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale ed Epatobiliopancreatica, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Mura delle Cappuccine 14, 16128, Genoa, Italy
| | - Antonio Azzinnaro
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale ed Epatobiliopancreatica, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Mura delle Cappuccine 14, 16128, Genoa, Italy
| | - Alba Oliva
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale ed Epatobiliopancreatica, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Mura delle Cappuccine 14, 16128, Genoa, Italy
| | | | | | | | - Gabriella Teresa Capolupo
- Colorectal Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
| | - Filippo Carannante
- Colorectal Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
| | - Marco Caricato
- Colorectal Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
| | - Maurizio Ronconi
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale Ospedale Di Gardone Val Trompia - ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
| | - Silvia Casiraghi
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale Ospedale Di Gardone Val Trompia - ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
| | - Giovanni Casole
- S.C. Chirurgia Generale Ospedale Di Gardone Val Trompia - ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
| | - Desire Pantalone
- Unit of Critical Care Surgery and Trauma-Trauma Team University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy
| | - Giovanni Alemanno
- Unit of Critical Care Surgery and Trauma-Trauma Team University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy
| | - Maximilian Scheiterle
- Unit of Critical Care Surgery and Trauma-Trauma Team University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy
| | | | | | | | - Federico Zanzi
- Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci Ravenna Reparto di Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Ravenna, Italy
| | - Stefano Bolzon
- Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci Ravenna Reparto di Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Ravenna, Italy
| | - Enrico Guerra
- Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci Ravenna Reparto di Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Ravenna, Italy
| | - Francesca Lecchi
- UOC Chirurgia GeneraleOspedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy
| | - Paola Cellerino
- UOC Chirurgia GeneraleOspedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy
| | - Antonella Ardito
- UOC Chirurgia GeneraleOspedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy
| | - Rosa Scaramuzzo
- General Surgery Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Civitavecchia, Italy
| | - Andrea Balla
- General Surgery Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Civitavecchia, Italy
| | | | - Nicola Tartaglia
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - Antonio Ambrosi
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - Giovanna Pavone
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | | | | | | | - Claudio Ricci
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Beatrice Torre
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Iris Shari Russo
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Matteo Rottoli
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Marta Tanzanu
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Angela Belvedere
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Marco Milone
- University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
| | | | | | - Micaela Piccoli
- General Surgery,Emergencies and New Technologies, Baggiovara Civil Hospital Modena, Baggiovara, Italy
| | | | - Stefano Magnone
- General Surgery, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
| | - Paolo Bertoli
- General Surgery, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
| | - Michele Pisano
- General Surgery, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
| | - Paolo Massucco
- Chirurgia Generale e OncologicaOsp. Mauriziano - Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - Marco Palisi
- Chirurgia Generale e OncologicaOsp. Mauriziano - Torino, Turin, Italy
| | | | - Francesco Fleres
- General Surgery Unit - ASST Valtellina e Alto Lario, Sondrio Hospital - Sondrio, Sondrio, Italy
| | - Guglielmo Clarizia
- General Surgery Unit - ASST Valtellina e Alto Lario, Sondrio Hospital - Sondrio, Sondrio, Italy
| | - Alessandro Spolini
- General Surgery Unit - ASST Valtellina e Alto Lario, Sondrio Hospital - Sondrio, Sondrio, Italy
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Saulius Svagzdys
- Department of Surgery Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
| | - Henrikas Pauzas
- Department of Surgery Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
| | - Justas Zilinskas
- Department of Surgery Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
| | - Tomas Poskus
- Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology, and Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - Marius Kryzauskas
- Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology, and Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - Matas Jakubauskas
- Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology, and Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria
- Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia
| | - Zaidi Zakaria
- Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia
| | - Michael Pak-Kai Wong
- Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia
| | - Asri Che Jusoh
- Department of General Surgery, Hospital Sultan Ismail Petra, Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia
| | | | - Daniel Rios Cruz
- Departamento de Cirugía Gastrointestinal y Enfermedades Digestivas "DR DANIEL RIOS CRUZ". Hospital Center Vista Hermosa, Cuernavaca Morelos, México
| | - Aurea Barbara Rodriguez Elizalde
- Departamento de Cirugía Gastrointestinal y Enfermedades Digestivas "DR DANIEL RIOS CRUZ". Hospital Center Vista Hermosa, Cuernavaca Morelos, México
| | - Alejandro Bañon Reynaud
- Departamento de Cirugía Gastrointestinal y Enfermedades Digestivas "DR DANIEL RIOS CRUZ". Hospital Center Vista Hermosa, Cuernavaca Morelos, México
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Piotr Major
- Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
| | - Michał Pędziwiatr
- Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
| | | | - Maciej Walędziak
- Department of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Thoracic Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
| | - Andrzej Kwiatkowski
- Department of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Thoracic Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
| | - Łukasz Czyżykowski
- Department of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Thoracic Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - Bela Pereira
- Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, EPE, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | | | - Filipe Almeida
- Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
| | - Ricardo Rocha
- Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
| | - Carla Carneiro
- Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
| | - Diego Pita Perez
- Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste, EPE; Serviço de Cirurgia Geral, Bragança, Portugal
| | - João Carvas
- Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste, EPE; Serviço de Cirurgia Geral, Bragança, Portugal
| | - Catarina Rocha
- Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste, EPE; Serviço de Cirurgia Geral, Bragança, Portugal
| | | | | | | | - Pedro Leao
- General Surgery Grupo Trofa Saúde, Porto, Portugal
| | | | - Rita Gonçalves Pereira
- General Surgery Department, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, E.P.E., Barreiro, Portugal
| | | | | | | | | | | | - Valentin Calu
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest and Elias University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - Adrian Miron
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest and Elias University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - Elena Adelina Toma
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest and Elias University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - Mahir Gachabayov
- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Vladimir City Emergency Hospital, Vladimir, Russia
| | - Abakar Abdullaev
- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Vladimir City Emergency Hospital, Vladimir, Russia
| | - Andrey Litvin
- Department of Surgical Diseases No. 3, Gomel State Medical University, University Clinic, Gomel, Belarus
| | - Taras Nechay
- Pirogov Medical University Research Institute of Clinical Surgery, Moscow, Russia
| | - Alexander Tyagunov
- Pirogov Medical University Research Institute of Clinical Surgery, Moscow, Russia
| | - Anvar Yuldashev
- Pirogov Medical University Research Institute of Clinical Surgery, Moscow, Russia
| | | | | | - Arpád Panyko
- 4t, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - Zuzana Látečková
- 4t, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - Vladimír Lacko
- 4t, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - Dusan Lesko
- 1s, Department of Surgery, UPJS and UNLP Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
| | - Marek Soltes
- 1s, Department of Surgery, UPJS and UNLP Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
| | - Jozef Radonak
- 1s, Department of Surgery, UPJS and UNLP Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
| | - Victor Turrado-Rodriguez
- Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, C/Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Roser Termes-Serra
- Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, C/Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Xavier Morales-Sevillano
- Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, C/Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Pierfrancesco Lapolla
- Policlinico Umberto I University Hospital - Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Andrea Mingoli
- Policlinico Umberto I University Hospital - Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Gioia Brachini
- Policlinico Umberto I University Hospital - Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Maurizio Degiuli
- Division of Surgical Oncology and Digestive Surgery, Department of Oncology, San Luigi University Hospital, University of Turin, 10043, Orbassano (Turin), Italy
| | - Silvia Sofia
- Division of Surgical Oncology and Digestive Surgery, Department of Oncology, San Luigi University Hospital, University of Turin, 10043, Orbassano (Turin), Italy
| | - Rossella Reddavid
- Division of Surgical Oncology and Digestive Surgery, Department of Oncology, San Luigi University Hospital, University of Turin, 10043, Orbassano (Turin), Italy
| | | | | | | | | | | | - Mercedes Estaire-Gómez
- General and Colorectal Surgeon, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain
| | - Rebeca Vitón-Herrero
- General and Colorectal Surgeon, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain
| | | | - José Gil-Martínez
- General and Digestive Surgery. Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
| | - Felipe Alconchel
- General and Digestive Surgery. Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
| | - Tatiana Nicolás-López
- General and Digestive Surgery. Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
| | - Aida Cristina Rahy-Martin
- Emergency Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
| | - María Pelloni
- Emergency Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
| | - Raquel Bañolas-Suarez
- Emergency Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
| | | | | | - Manuel Díez-Alonso
- Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Silvia Salvans
- Emergency Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
| | | | - Pablo Sancho Pardo
- Department of Surgery, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Saragossa, Spain
| | | | - Jana Dziakova
- Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Juan Jesús Rubio García
- Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
| | - Silvia Sevila Micó
- Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
| | - Joaquín Ruiz López
- Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
| | | | | | | | - Alberto Titos-García
- Trauma and Emergency Surgery Unit General, Digestive and Transplantation Department, University Regional Hospital Málaga, Málaga, Spain
| | - Jose Manuel Aranda-Narváez
- Trauma and Emergency Surgery Unit General, Digestive and Transplantation Department, University Regional Hospital Málaga, Málaga, Spain
| | - Laura Romacho-López
- Trauma and Emergency Surgery Unit General, Digestive and Transplantation Department, University Regional Hospital Málaga, Málaga, Spain
| | - Luis Sánchez-Guillén
- Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Department Hospital General Universitario de Elche Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain
| | - Veronica Aranaz-Ostariz
- Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Department Hospital General Universitario de Elche Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain
| | - Marina Bosch-Ramírez
- Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Department Hospital General Universitario de Elche Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain
| | - Aleix Martínez-Pérez
- Department of General and Digestive Surgery. Hospital, Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain
| | - Elías Martínez-López
- Department of General and Digestive Surgery. Hospital, Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain
| | | | - Granada Jimenez-Riera
- Hepatobiliar and Pancreatic Surgery Unit General and Digestive Surgery University Hospital Virgen de Valme, Seville, Spain
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- Hepatobiliar and Pancreatic Surgery Unit General and Digestive Surgery University Hospital Virgen de Valme, Seville, Spain
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- Hepatobiliar and Pancreatic Surgery Unit General and Digestive Surgery University Hospital Virgen de Valme, Seville, Spain
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- Emergency Surgery Unit at Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain
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- General and Colorectal Surgeon, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- General and Colorectal Surgeon, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- General and Colorectal Surgeon, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- General Surgery Service of the University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Hospital Universtario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- HPB and Transplantation Unit, Head of Emergency Surgery Unit, Seville, Spain
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- General and Digestive Surgery Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain
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- General and Digestive Surgery Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain
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- General and Digestive Surgery Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain
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- Colorectal Surgery, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Sugery, Almoalem Medical City, Khartoum, Sudan
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- Colorectal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery and Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
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- Colorectal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery and Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
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- Department of General Surgery Bizerte Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of General Surgery Bizerte Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of General Surgery Bizerte Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sahloul Hospital, Sousse, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sahloul Hospital, Sousse, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Samsun Training and Research Hospital Colak, Samsun, Turkey
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- Samsun Training and Research Hospital Colak, Samsun, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Division of Upper GI Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Division of Upper GI Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Division of Upper GI Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey
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- General Surgery Clinic, School of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- General Surgery Clinic, School of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- General Surgery Clinic, Health Sciences University, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- General Surgery Clinic, Health Sciences University, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- General Surgery Clinic, Health Sciences University, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery Elazig, Elazig Health Practice and Research Center, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery Elazig, Elazig Health Practice and Research Center, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery Elazig, Elazig Health Practice and Research Center, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Bursa Kestel State Hospital, Kestel, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital University of Health Science, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital University of Health Science, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital University of Health Science, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, Brighton, UK
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- Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital - London North West NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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- Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital - London North West NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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- Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital - London North West NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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- Hospital de ClínicasClínica Quirúrgica ¨F¨, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA
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- Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA
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- Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA
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- Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, 29100, Piacenza, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, 29100, Piacenza, Italy
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Healthcare Administration, Santa Maria Delle Croci Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Ravenna, Italy
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- Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- General Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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Laforgia R, Tomasicchio G, Cavalera F, Sblendorio M, Spadone A, Anelli FM, Lobascio P, Marzaioli R, Panebianco A, Pezzolla A. Management and surgical treatment of parathyroid carcinoma: a 6-year experience of a single centre of endocrine surgery unit. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1278178. [PMID: 38027123 PMCID: PMC10656609 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1278178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Background Parathyroid carcinoma (PC) affects 0.1-0.3% of the general population and represents the rarest malignant neoplasms among endocrinological diseases, comprising less than 1%. The best therapeutic treatment and management methods are still debated in the literature. The aim of this study is to evaluate the management and surgical treatment of parathyroid carcinoma after 6 years of enrolment with the Endocrine Surgery Unit of the University Hospital of Bari. Materials and methods A retrospective observational study was carried out using a prospectively maintained database of patients affected by primary hyperparathyroidism between January 2017 and September 2022. Consecutive patients over 18 years old with a final histopathological finding of PC were included in the study. Patients with secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism, parathyroid hyperplasia, and parathyroid adenoma were excluded. All patients underwent follow-up every 6 months for the first 2 years, and annually thereafter. Results In this study, 9 out of 40 patients affected by hyperparathyroidism were included; 6 (66.6%) were female and 3 (33.3%) were male patients, with a median age of 59 years (IQR 46-62). None had a family history of PC. No mortality was recorded while the incidence of recurrence was 22.2%, with a disease-free survival of 8 and 10 months. Parathyroidectomy was performed in five patients, while four patients underwent parathyroidectomy with concurrent thyroidectomy for thyroid goitre. No intraoperative complications were recorded. Open parathyroidectomy was performed with a mini-cervicotomy in seven patients, while two patients underwent robotic surgery. All patients were discharged on the second postoperative day. Conclusion PC represents a great challenge in terms of preoperative diagnosis, management and treatment. A surgical approach represents the first best option for PC in referral endocrine surgery units. The early identification of risky patients should be the dominant goal to plan an appropriate therapy and to perform adequate en bloc surgery.
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- Rita Laforgia
- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Jonic Area (DiMePRe-J), Section of Surgery, Laparoscopic and Emergency General Surgery Unit, Hospital University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Brillantino A, Renzi A, Talento P, Iacobellis F, Brusciano L, Monaco L, Izzo D, Giordano A, Pinto M, Fantini C, Gasparrini M, Schiano Di Visconte M, Milazzo F, Ferreri G, Braini A, Cocozza U, Pezzatini M, Gianfreda V, Di Leo A, Landolfi V, Favetta U, Agradi S, Marino G, Varriale M, Mongardini M, Pagano CEFA, Contul RB, Gallese N, Ucchino G, D'Ambra M, Rizzato R, Sarzo G, Masci B, Da Pozzo F, Ascanelli S, Foroni F, Palumbo A, Liguori P, Pezzolla A, Marano L, Capomagi A, Cudazzo E, Babic F, Geremia C, Bussotti A, Cicconi M, Di Sarno A, Mongardini FM, Brescia A, Lenisa L, Mistrangelo M, Sotelo MLS, Vicenzo L, Longo A, Docimo L. The Italian Unitary Society of Colon-proctology (SIUCP: Società Italiana Unitaria di Colonproctologia) guidelines for the management of anal fissure. BMC Surg 2023; 23:311. [PMID: 37833715 PMCID: PMC10576345 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-023-02223-z] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The aim of these evidence-based guidelines is to present a consensus position from members of the Italian Unitary Society of Colon-Proctology (SIUCP: Società Italiana Unitaria di Colon-Proctologia) on the diagnosis and management of anal fissure, with the purpose to guide every physician in the choice of the best treatment option, according with the available literature. METHODS A panel of experts was designed and charged by the Board of the SIUCP to develop key-questions on the main topics covering the management of anal fissure and to performe an accurate search on each topic in different databanks, in order to provide evidence-based answers to the questions and to summarize them in statements. All the clinical questions were discussed by the expert panel in different rounds through the Delphi approach and, for each statement, a consensus among the experts was reached. The questions were created according to the PICO criteria, and the statements developed adopting the GRADE methodology. CONCLUSIONS In patients with acute anal fissure the medical therapy with dietary and behavioral norms is indicated. In the chronic phase of disease, the conservative treatment with topical 0.3% nifedipine plus 1.5% lidocaine or nitrates may represent the first-line therapy, eventually associated with ointments with film-forming, anti-inflammatory and healing properties such as Propionibacterium extract gel. In case of first-line treatment failure, the surgical strategy (internal sphincterotomy or fissurectomy with flap), may be guided by the clinical findings, eventually supported by endoanal ultrasound and anal manometry.
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- Antonio Brillantino
- Deparment of Surgery, "A. Cardarelli" Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli 9, Naples, 80131, Italy.
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- "Buonconsiglio-Fatebenefratelli" Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Pelvic Floor Center, AUSL-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Radiology, "A. Cardarelli" Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- "Pineta Grande" Hospital, "Villa Esther" Clinic, Avellino, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, AORN dei Colli Monaldi-Cotugno-CTO, CTO Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, University of Salerno, Hospital of Mercato San Severino, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, "Dei Pellegrini" Hospital, ASL Napoli 1, Naples, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases Center, "Santa Maria Dei Battuti" Hospital, Conegliano, TV, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Pelvic Floor Center, AUSL-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Pelvic Floor Center, AUSL-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Azienda Sanitaria Friuli Occidentale (ASFO), Pordenone, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, "S. Maria Degli Angeli" Hospital, Putignano (Bari), Italy
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- Unit of Colonproctologic and Pelvic Surgery, "M.G. Vannini" Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of General and Minivasive Surgery, "San Camillo" Hospital, Trento, Italy
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- Department of General and Specalist Surgery, AORN "S.G. Moscati", Avellino, Italy
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- Unit of Proctology and Pelvic Surgery, "Città di Pavia" Clinic, Pavia, Italy
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- Humanitas Gavazzeni/Castelli Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, "Santa Marta e Santa Venera" Hospital of Acireale, Catania, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, "Sandro Pertini" Hospital, Asl Roma 2, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Proctologic Surgery, "Sant'Antonio" Clinic, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of General and Oncologic-Minivasive Surgery, "Federico II" University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Hospital of Conegliano AULSS 2, Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, University of Padova, "Sant'Antonio" Hospital, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, "Santa Maria dei battuti" Hospital, San Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Deparment of Surgery, "A. Cardarelli" Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli 9, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Deparment of Surgery, "A. Cardarelli" Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli 9, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Academy of Applied Medical and Social Sciences - AMiSNS: Akademia Medycznych i Spolecznych Nauk Stosowanych, Elbląg, Poland
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- Department of Surgery, Pelvic Floor Center, AUSL-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of Cattinara, ASUGI Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Unit of Proctology and Pelvic Surgery, "Città di Pavia" Clinic, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, "Sant'Omero-Val Vibrata" Hospital, Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Oncologic Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital S. Andrea, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Humanitas San Pio X, Surgery Unit, Pelvic Floor Centre, Milano, Italy
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- Deparment of Surgery, "A. Cardarelli" Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli 9, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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Gurrado A, Pasculli A, Avenia N, Bellantone R, Boniardi M, Merante Boschin I, Calò PG, Camandona M, Cavallaro G, Cianchi F, Conzo G, D’Andrea V, De Crea C, De Pasquale L, Del Rio P, Di Meo G, Dionigi G, Dobrinja C, Docimo G, Famà F, Galimberti A, Giacomelli L, Graceffa G, Iacobone M, Innaro N, Lombardi CP, Materazzi G, Medas F, Mullineris B, Oragano L, Palestini N, Perigli G, Pezzolla A, Prete FP, Raffaelli M, Renzulli G, Rosato L, Scerrino G, Sgaramella LI, Sorrenti S, Testini C, Veroux M, Gasparri G, Testini M, pTRANI Study Group. Parathyroid Retrospective Analysis of Neoplasms Incidence (pTRANI Study): An Italian Multicenter Study on Parathyroid Carcinoma and Atypical Parathyroid Tumour. J Clin Med 2023; 12:6297. [PMID: 37834940 PMCID: PMC10573774 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12196297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Parathyroid cancer (PC) is a rare sporadic or hereditary malignancy whose histologic features were redefined with the 2022 WHO classification. A total of 24 Italian institutions designed this multicenter study to specify PC incidence, describe its clinical, functional, and imaging characteristics and improve its differentiation from the atypical parathyroid tumour (APT). METHODS All relevant information was collected about PC and APT patients treated between 2009 and 2021. RESULTS Among 8361 parathyroidectomies, 351 patients (mean age 59.0 ± 14.5; F = 210, 59.8%) were divided into the APT (n = 226, 2.8%) and PC group (n = 125, 1.5%). PC showed significantly higher rates (p < 0.05) of bone involvement, abdominal, and neurological symptoms than APT (48.8% vs. 35.0%, 17.6% vs. 7.1%, 13.6% vs. 5.3%, respectively). Ultrasound (US) diameter >3 cm (30.9% vs. 19.3%, p = 0.049) was significantly more common in the PC. A significantly higher frequency of local recurrences was observed in the PC (8.0% vs. 2.7%, p = 0.022). Mortality due to consequences of cancer or uncontrolled hyperparathyroidism was 3.3%. CONCLUSIONS Symptomatic hyperparathyroidism, high PTH and albumin-corrected serum calcium values, and a US diameter >3 cm may be considered features differentiating PC from APT. 2022 WHO criteria did not impact the diagnosis.
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- Angela Gurrado
- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University Medical School of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy; (A.G.); (G.D.M.); (A.P.); (F.P.P.); (L.I.S.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University Medical School of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy; (A.G.); (G.D.M.); (A.P.); (F.P.P.); (L.I.S.); (M.T.)
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- General and Endocrine Surgery Unit, S. Maria University Hospital, University of Perugia, 05100 Terni, Italy;
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- Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy;
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- General Oncology and Mini-Invasive Surgery Department, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, 20162 Milan, Italy;
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, 35143 Padua, Italy; (I.M.B.); (M.I.)
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy; (P.G.C.); (F.M.)
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Molinette Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy; (M.C.); (G.G.)
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy;
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- Digestive Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy; (F.C.); (G.P.); (C.T.)
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- Division of General, Oncological, Mini-Invasive and Obesity Surgery, Department of Medical and Traslational Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy;
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- UOC Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy; (C.D.C.); (M.R.)
- Centro di Ricerca in Chirurgia delle Ghiandole Endocrine e dell’Obesità, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of General and Specialist Surgery, Parma University Hospital, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy;
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University Medical School of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy; (A.G.); (G.D.M.); (A.P.); (F.P.P.); (L.I.S.); (M.T.)
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- Division of Surgery, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, 20122 Milan, Italy;
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34125 Trieste, Italy;
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, University Hospital “G. Martino”, 98125 Messina, Italy;
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- Department of General and Speciality Surgery, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy; (G.G.); (G.S.)
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, 35143 Padua, Italy; (I.M.B.); (M.I.)
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- Unit of Endocrine Surgery, AOU “Dulbecco”, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy;
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- Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy;
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University Hospital of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, Italy;
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy; (P.G.C.); (F.M.)
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- Unit of General Surgery, Emergency and New Technologies, Modena Hospital, 41126 Modena, Italy;
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- Surgical Unit of General Surgery, “San Biagio” Hospital, 28845 Domodossola, Italy;
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute, Fondazione Piemontese per l’Oncologia, 10060 Candiolo, Italy;
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- Digestive Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy; (F.C.); (G.P.); (C.T.)
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University Medical School of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy; (A.G.); (G.D.M.); (A.P.); (F.P.P.); (L.I.S.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University Medical School of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy; (A.G.); (G.D.M.); (A.P.); (F.P.P.); (L.I.S.); (M.T.)
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- UOC Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy; (C.D.C.); (M.R.)
- Centro di Ricerca in Chirurgia delle Ghiandole Endocrine e dell’Obesità, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University Medical School of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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- Department of Surgery-ASL TO4, Ivrea Hospital, 10015 Ivrea, Italy;
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- Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy; (G.G.); (G.S.)
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University Medical School of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy; (A.G.); (G.D.M.); (A.P.); (F.P.P.); (L.I.S.); (M.T.)
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- Digestive Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy; (F.C.); (G.P.); (C.T.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Molinette Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy; (M.C.); (G.G.)
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University Medical School of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy; (A.G.); (G.D.M.); (A.P.); (F.P.P.); (L.I.S.); (M.T.)
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Del Rio P, Polistena A, Chiofalo MG, De Pasquale L, Dionigi G, Docimo G, Graceffa G, Iacobone M, Medas F, Pezzolla A, Sorrenti S, Spiezia S, Calò PG. Management of surgical diseases of thyroid gland indications of the United Italian Society of Endocrine Surgery (SIUEC). Updates Surg 2023; 75:1393-1417. [PMID: 37198359 PMCID: PMC10435599 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-023-01522-7] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A task force of the United Italian society of Endocrine Surgery (SIUEC) was commissioned to review the position statement on diagnostic, therapeutic and health‑care management protocol in thyroid surgery published in 2016, at the light of new technologies, recent oncological concepts, and tailored approaches. The objective of this publication was to support surgeons with modern rational protocols of treatment that can be shared by health-care professionals, taking into account important clinical, healthcare and therapeutic aspects, as well as potential sequelae and complications. The task force consists of 13 members of the SIUEC highly trained and experienced in thyroid surgery. The main topics concern clinical evaluation and preoperative workup, patient preparation for surgery, surgical treatment, non-surgical options, postoperative management, prevention and management of major complications, outpatient care and follow-up.
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- P Del Rio
- Unit of General Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Surgery Pietro Valdoni, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department Head and Neck, Thyroid Surgery Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy
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- Thyroid and Parathyroid Service, Otolaryngology Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Division of Surgery, Istituto Auxologico Italiano Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milan, Italy
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- Division of Thyroid Surgery, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Division of Videolaparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplanatation, University of Bari "A. Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Endocrine and Ultrasound-guided Surgery, Ospedale del Mare, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Lobascio P, Laforgia R, Pezzolla A. Results of sclerotherapy and mucopexy with haemorrhoidal dearterialization in II and III degree haemorrhoids. A 4 years' single centre experience. Front Surg 2023; 10:1151327. [PMID: 37405058 PMCID: PMC10317504 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1151327] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Introduction Haemorrhoidal disease (HD) affects a considerable portion of the adult population. The aim of this study is to confirm the safety and efficacy of the treatments and to report the long-term outcomes of Sclerotherapy (ST) and Mucopexy and Haemorrhoidal Dearterialization (MHD) performed over the last 4 years in a single tertiary centre. The secondary outcome is to evaluate the usefulness of both techniques and to demonstrate how those can be associated as a bridge to surgery. Materials and methods Patients affected by second-third-degree haemorrhoids and undergoing ST or non-Doppler guided MHD between 2018 and 2021 were enrolled. Safety and efficacy, recurrence rate, Haemorrhoid Severity Score (HSS) and pain resulting from both techniques were evaluated. Results Out of 259 patients, 150 underwent ST. Further, 122 (81.3%) patients were male and 28 (18.7%) were female. The mean age was 50.8 (range 34-68) years. Most of the patients (103, 68.6%) were affected by second-degree HD, while 47 (31.4%) were affected by third-degree HD. The overall success rate was 83.3%. The median pre-operative HSS score was 3 (IQR 0-4, p = 0.04) and at 2 year the median HSS was 0 (IQR 0-1, p = 0.03). No intraoperative complications and no drug-related side effects occurred. The mean follow-up for ST was 2 years (range 1-4; SD ±0.88). MHD was performed on 109 patients. In detail, 80 patients (73.4%) were male while 29 patients (26.6%) were female. The mean age in this group was 51.3 (range 31-69). Further, 72 patients (66.1%) were affected by third-degree HD and 37 (33.9%) by second-degree HD. The median HSS score was 9 (IQR 8-10, p = 0.001) preoperatively two years after treatment was 0 (IQR 0-1, p = 0.004). Major complications occurred in three patients (2.75%). The overall success rate was 93.5% (second degree 89.2% vs. third degree 95.8%). The mean follow-up for MHD was 2 years (range 1-4; SD ±0.68). Conclusions The results confirm the usefulness of those techniques, which can be considered safe and easily repeatable procedures, with a low recurrence rate after 2 years of median follow-up.
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Lagouvardou E, Martines G, Tomasicchio G, Laforgia R, Pezzolla A, Caputi Iambrenghi O. Laparo-endoscopic management of chole-choledocholithiasis: Rendezvous or intraoperative ERCP? A single tertiary care center experience. Front Surg 2022; 9:938962. [PMID: 36117813 PMCID: PMC9470774 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.938962] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction The management of chole-choledocholithiasis remains a matter of debate to preserve minimal invasive management and different options have been proposed, with single- or two-stage approaches. Two techniques of single-stage approach are intraoperative ERCP and laparoscopic rendezvous, which have the great advantage of reducing the length of hospital stay with increased patient compliance. This retrospective study aims to evaluate and compare the efficacy and safety of intraoperative ERCP and rendezvous technique for more than 15 years. Materials and methods Clinical records of 113 patients who underwent single-stage management for chole-choledocholithiasis between January 2003 and December 2020 were retrospectively reviewed using a prospectively maintained database. Patients were separated into two groups: those managed with intraoperative ERCP and those with rendezvous, and their intraoperative and postoperative parameters were compared. All patients were followed up for 6 months in an outpatient setting. Results A total of 68 (60%) patients were treated with intraoperative ERCP, while the remaining 45 (40%) were treated with rendezvous. There were no significant differences in terms of comorbidities. ERCP was performed with a median operative time of 145 min (104–168) and an endoscopic time of 27 min (15–36). Meanwhile, rendezvous was performed with a significantly lower operative [120 min (94–147)] and endoscopic time [15 min (12–22)]. No intraoperative complications were recorded. Patients treated with rendezvous had a significantly shorter median hospitality stay [4 (3–5) vs. 3 (2–4) days, p < 0.05]. No hospital readmissions or mortalities were observed in either group after 30 days. Ten mild pancreatitis cases were observed, mainly in the intraoperative ERCP group (9 vs. 1, p < 0.05), and all were treated conservatively. Only two patients treated with intraoperative ERCP developed biliary complications later on. Conclusion Laparoscopic rendezvous should be considered a preferable alternative to intraoperative ERCP for the treatment of patients with concomitant CBD stones and gallstones.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Correspondence: Giovanni Tomasicchio
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- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Volpi A, Laforgia R, Panebianco A, Paterno A, Lozito C, Punzo C, Mancarella R, Marzaioli R, De Giorgi C, L'Episcopia G, Rizzi A, Della Porta M, Tomasicchio G, Pezzolla A. 201 cases of foreign body ingestion in a Surgical Emergency Unit A 16-year retrospective study. Ann Ital Chir 2022; 92:9-15. [PMID: 35124664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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AIM The aim of this study is to analyse clinical characteristics of FB ingestion and predictive factors for complications, in order to reduce mortality and morbidity. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study of emergency surgical consultation records has been carried out from June 2005 through June 2015 yielded 201 episodes with the diagnosis of ingestion of foreign objects at the Surgical Unit of the University of Bari. RESULTS Natural Removal in 44,8% of cases; Endoscopic retrieval in 42,4%, Surgical Procedures 4,4%. Statistical analysis was based on multivariate analysis and the model R2 of the Naegelkerke value. DISCUSSION First of all, the approach to ingestion should be endoscopic. The second approach is surgical in selected cases. The most frequent site of impaction were oesophagus, stomach and right colon. An EGD proved to be the most used procedure with a no morbidity and no mortality. CONCLUSION The ingestion of foreign bodies is a frequent, complex and expensive condition to treat. Observation and endoscopy are the most appropriate procedures to be considered to manage the ingestion of FB in Emergency Surgery Unit. KEY WORDS Emergency surgery, Foreign bodies, Ingestion.
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Balzanelli MG, Distratis P, Dipalma G, Vimercati L, Catucci O, Amatulli F, Cefalo A, Lazzaro R, Palazzo D, Aityan SK, Pricolo G, Prudenzano A, D’Errico P, Laforgia R, Pezzolla A, Tomassone D, Inchingolo AD, Pham VH, Iacobone D, Materi GM, Scarano A, Lorusso F, Inchingolo F, Nguyen KCD, Isacco CG. Immunity Profiling of COVID-19 Infection, Dynamic Variations of Lymphocyte Subsets, a Comparative Analysis on Four Different Groups. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9102036. [PMID: 34683357 PMCID: PMC8540733 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9102036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background: A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)-induced pneumonia (COVID-19) emerged in December 2019 in China, spreading worldwide. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the immunological response and the clinical subset of peripheral lymphocyte subset alteration in COVID-19 infection. Methods: the study was conducted on four different clinical groups (n = 4; total n = 138). Each individual was assigned to different groups based on specific criteria evaluated at the admission such as fever, dyspnea, arterial blood gas analysis (ABG), oral-nasopharyngeal swab/RT-PCR, and thoracic CT-scan. Treatment was performed only after blood samples were collected from each patient (PP and PP) at day 1. The blood samples were analyzed and tested the same day (CBC and Flowcytometry). The positive–positive group (PP n = 45; F = 18/ M = 27; median age = 62.33), comprised individuals affected by COVID-19 who showed fever, dyspnea (ABG = pO2 < 60), confirmed positive by oral-nasopharyngeal swab/RT-PCR and with CT-scan showing ground-glass opacities. The negative–positive (NP; n = 37; F = 11/M = 26; median age = 75.94) or “COVID-like” group comprised individuals with fever and dyspnea (ABG = pO2 < 60), who tested negative to nasopharyngeal swab/RT-PCR, with CT-scans showing ground-glass opacities in the lungs. The negative–affected group (NA; n = 40; F = 14/M = 26; median age = 58.5) included individuals negative to COVID-19 (RT-PCR) but affected by different chronic respiratory diseases (the CT-scans didn’t show ground-glass opacities). Finally, the negative–negative group (NN; n = 16; F = 14/M = 2) included healthy patients (NN; n = 16; median age = 42.62). Data and findings were collected and compared. Results: Lymphocytes (%) cells showed a decline in COVID-19 patients. The subsets showed a significant association with the inflammatory status in COVID-19, especially with regard to increased neutrophils, T-killer, T-active, T-suppressor, and T-CD8+CD38+ in individuals belong to the either COVID-19 and Covid-like NP group. Conclusions: Peripheral lymphocyte subset alteration was associated with the clinical characteristics and progression of COVID-19. The level of sub-set cells T-lymphocytes (either high or low) and B-lymphocytes could be used as an independent predictor for COVID-19 severity and treatment efficacy.
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- Mario Giosuè Balzanelli
- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, SG Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (M.G.B.); (P.D.); (O.C.); (F.A.); (A.C.); (R.L.); (D.P.)
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- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, SG Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (M.G.B.); (P.D.); (O.C.); (F.A.); (A.C.); (R.L.); (D.P.)
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.D.); (L.V.); (F.I.); (K.C.D.N.)
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.D.); (L.V.); (F.I.); (K.C.D.N.)
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- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, SG Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (M.G.B.); (P.D.); (O.C.); (F.A.); (A.C.); (R.L.); (D.P.)
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- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, SG Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (M.G.B.); (P.D.); (O.C.); (F.A.); (A.C.); (R.L.); (D.P.)
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- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, SG Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (M.G.B.); (P.D.); (O.C.); (F.A.); (A.C.); (R.L.); (D.P.)
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- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, SG Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (M.G.B.); (P.D.); (O.C.); (F.A.); (A.C.); (R.L.); (D.P.)
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- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, SG Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (M.G.B.); (P.D.); (O.C.); (F.A.); (A.C.); (R.L.); (D.P.)
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- Department of Hematology, SS. Annunziata, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (G.P.); (A.P.); (P.D.)
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- Department of Hematology, SS. Annunziata, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (G.P.); (A.P.); (P.D.)
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- Department of Hematology, SS. Annunziata, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (G.P.); (A.P.); (P.D.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (R.L.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (R.L.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.D.); (L.V.); (F.I.); (K.C.D.N.)
- Correspondence: (A.D.I.); (F.L.); (C.G.I.)
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- Department of Microbiology, “Phan Chau Trinh” University of Medicine and Nam-Khoa Biotek, Ho Chi Minh 50000, Vietnam;
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- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, BAT, 76121 Barletta, Italy;
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Emergency, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy;
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- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy;
- Correspondence: (A.D.I.); (F.L.); (C.G.I.)
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.D.); (L.V.); (F.I.); (K.C.D.N.)
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.D.); (L.V.); (F.I.); (K.C.D.N.)
- American Stem Cells Hospital, Ho Chi Minh 70000, Vietnam
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- SET-118, Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, SG Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, 74100 Taranto, Italy; (M.G.B.); (P.D.); (O.C.); (F.A.); (A.C.); (R.L.); (D.P.)
- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.D.); (L.V.); (F.I.); (K.C.D.N.)
- Department of Microbiology, “Phan Chau Trinh” University of Medicine and Nam-Khoa Biotek, Ho Chi Minh 50000, Vietnam;
- American Stem Cells Hospital, Ho Chi Minh 70000, Vietnam
- Correspondence: (A.D.I.); (F.L.); (C.G.I.)
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Dobrinja C, Samardzic N, Giudici F, Raffaelli M, De Crea C, Sessa L, Docimo G, Ansaldo GL, Minuto M, Varaldo E, Dionigi G, Spiezia S, Boniardi M, Pauna I, De Pasquale L, Testini M, Gurrado A, Pasculli A, Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Calò PG, Graceffa G, Massara A, Docimo L, Ruggiero R, Parmeggiani D, Iacobone M, Innaro N, Lombardi CP, de Manzini N. Hemithyroidectomy versus total thyroidectomy in the intermediate-risk differentiated thyroid cancer: the Italian Societies of Endocrine Surgeons and Surgical Oncology Multicentric Study. Updates Surg 2021; 73:1909-1921. [PMID: 34435312 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-021-01140-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The surgical treatment of the intermediate-risk DTC (1-4 cm) remains still controversial. We analyzed the current practice in Italy regarding the surgical management of intermediate-risk unilateral DTC to evaluate risk factors for recurrence and to identify a group of patients to whom propose a total thyroidectomy (TT) vs. hemithyroidectomy (HT). Among 1896 patients operated for thyroid cancer between January 2017 and December 2019, we evaluated 564 (29.7%) patients with unilateral intermediate-risk DTC (1-4 cm) without contralateral nodular lesions on the preoperative exams, chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, familiarity or radiance exposure. Data were collected retrospectively from the clinical register from 16 referral centers. The patients were followed for at least 14 months (median time 29.21 months). In our cohort 499 patients (88.4%) underwent total thyroidectomy whereas 65 patients (11.6%) underwent hemithyroidectomy. 151 (26.8%) patients had a multifocal DTC of whom 57 (10.1%) were bilateral. 21/66 (32.3%) patients were reoperated within 2 months from the first intervention (completion thyroidectomy). Three patients (3/564) developed regional lymph node recurrence 2 years after surgery and required a lymph nodal neck dissection. The single factor related to the risk of reoperation was the histological diameter (HR = 1.05 (1.00-1-09), p = 0.026). Risk stratification is the key to differentiating treatment options and achieving better outcomes. According to the present study, tumor diameter is a strong predictive risk factor to proper choose initial surgical management for intermediate-risk DTC.
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- C Dobrinja
- UOC Clinica Chirurgica di Trieste, Dipartimento Universitario Clinico di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e della Salute, Trieste, Italy
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- UOC Clinica Chirurgica di Trieste, Dipartimento Universitario Clinico di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e della Salute, Trieste, Italy. .,Division of General Surgery, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Cattinara Hospital, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
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- UOC Clinica Chirurgica di Trieste, Dipartimento Universitario Clinico di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e della Salute, Trieste, Italy
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- UNITÀ OPERATIVA COMPLESSA Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Dipartimento Scienze mediche e chirurgiche, Policlinico Gemelli, Roma, Italy
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- UNITÀ OPERATIVA COMPLESSA Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Dipartimento Scienze mediche e chirurgiche, Policlinico Gemelli, Roma, Italy
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- UNITÀ OPERATIVA COMPLESSA Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Dipartimento Scienze mediche e chirurgiche, Policlinico Gemelli, Roma, Italy
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- UOSD Chirurgia Tiroidea Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy
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- U.O.S. di Chirurgia Endocrina, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- U.O.S. di Chirurgia Endocrina, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- U.O.S. di Chirurgia Endocrina, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- UOSD di Chirurgia Endocrina e Mininvasiva, Policlinico Gaetano Martino MESSINA Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Messina, Italy
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- Chirurgia Endocrina-Chirurgia Oncologica e Mininvasiva, Ospedale Niguarda di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Chirurgia Endocrina-Chirurgia Oncologica e Mininvasiva, Ospedale Niguarda di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Servizio di Chirurgia di Tiroide e Paratiroidi, U.O. ORL Asst Santi Paolo e Carlo, Ospedale Polo Universitario San Paolo, Via A. di Rudinì, 8, 20142, Milano, Italy
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- U.O.C. di Chirurgia Generale Universitaria "V. Bonomo", Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico di Bari. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi "A. Moro" di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- U.O.C. di Chirurgia Generale Universitaria "V. Bonomo", Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico di Bari. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi "A. Moro" di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- U.O.C. di Chirurgia Generale Universitaria "V. Bonomo", Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico di Bari. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi "A. Moro" di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Policlinico di Bari, UOS Videolaparoscopica, Bari, Italy
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- Policlinico di Bari, UOS Videolaparoscopica, Bari, Italy
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- Chirurgia Generale Polispecialistica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- UO CH ONCOLOGICA, Policlinico P. Giaccone di Palermo, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- UO CH ONCOLOGICA, Policlinico P. Giaccone di Palermo, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- XI Chirurgia Generale, Universita' della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Pansini 5, Naples, Italy
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- XI Chirurgia Generale, Universita' della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Pansini 5, Naples, Italy
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- XI Chirurgia Generale, Universita' della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Pansini 5, Naples, Italy
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- Endocrinochirurgia- Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Unità Operativa di Endocrinochirurgia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa Chirurgia Endocrina, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Clinica Chirurgica di Trieste, Dipartimento Universitario Clinico di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e della Salute, Trieste, Italy
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Picciariello A, Lobascio P, Spazzafumo L, Rinaldi M, Dibra R, Trigiante G, Laforgia R, Pezzolla A, Altomare DF. The REALISE score: a new statistically validated scoring system to assess the severity of anal fissures. Tech Coloproctol 2021; 25:935-940. [PMID: 33987779 PMCID: PMC8289784 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-021-02459-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Anal fissure (AF) is a common, painful disease that strongly affects patients' quality of life, however, no scoring system to assess the severity of AF is available in the literature. The aim of this study was to set up and validate a reliable scoring system to quantify the severity of AF, to be used in prospective trials comparing the efficacy and the outcomes of surgical or medical treatments. METHODS The study was conducted on patients with acute or chronic AF and a control group in a tertiary centre for coloproctology in June 2020-September 2020. Two researchers independently carried out a structured interviewer-led questionnaire at two different time points (T1/T2). The questionnaire consisted of five items selected according to the most commonly reported symptoms for AF: the item pain, was scored from 0 to 10 using a visual analogue scale, and quality of life, duration of pain, use of painkillers, and bleeding were scored from 1 to 5 using Likert-scale questions. The scoRing systEm for AnaL fIsSurE (REALISE) score was the sum of the points. Patients with AF and a control group of patients with haemorrhoids, anal fistula, or obstructed defecation syndrome entered the study. Main outcome measures were reliability, inter-/intraobserver agreement, and repeatability. RESULTS One hundred and fifty well-matched patients (75 with AF and 75 controls) were enrolled. A significant difference was found between the mean REALISE score for patients with AF and controls (p < 0.001). The two REALISE scores were highly correlated (r = 0.99). The coefficient of repeatability was 1.45 in T1 and 1.18 in T2. CONCLUSIONS The REALISE score may have an important role in the assessment and management of AF, in grading the severity of AF and comparing results of different treatments.
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- A Picciariello
- Surgical Unit "M. Rubino" Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy. .,Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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- Surgical Unit "M. Rubino" Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Agenzia Regionale Sanitaria (The Regional Agency for Health), Marche Region, Ancona, Italy
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- Surgical Unit "M. Rubino" Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Surgical Unit "M. Rubino" Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Surgical Unit "M. Rubino" Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Surgical Unit "M. Rubino" Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Surgical Unit "M. Rubino" Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Surgical Unit "M. Rubino" Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Medas F, Ansaldo GL, Avenia N, Basili G, Bononi M, Bove A, Carcoforo P, Casaril A, Cavallaro G, Conzo G, De Pasquale L, Del Rio P, Dionigi G, Dobrinja C, Docimo G, Graceffa G, Iacobone M, Innaro N, Lombardi CP, Novelli G, Palestini N, Pedicini F, Perigli G, Pezzolla A, Pezzullo L, Scerrino G, Spiezia S, Testini M, Calò PG. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgery for thyroid cancer in Italy: nationwide retrospective study. Br J Surg 2021; 108:e166-e167. [PMID: 33659983 PMCID: PMC7989577 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- F Medas
- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- General Surgery and Surgical Specialties Unit, Santa Maria University Hospital Terni and University of Perugia, Medical School, Terni, Italy
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- General Surgery Department, Endocrine Surgery Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Nord-Ovest, Pontedera, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Pietro Valdoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Dentistry and Biotechnology, University 'G. D'Annunzio', Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Unit of General Surgery, University Hospital of Ferrara and University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Pietro Valdoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Division of General and Oncological Surgery, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- General Surgery Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Division for Minimally Invasive and Endocrine Surgery, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Thyroid Surgery, Department of Medical and Advanced Surgical Sciences, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrine Surgery, AOU Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Division of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Gastroenterological, Endocrine-Metabolic and Nephro-Urologic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Oncological-Mininvasive Surgery, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Head and Neck Oncological Surgery, Candiolo Cancer Institute, Candiolo, Italy
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- Thyroid Endocrine Surgery, Sant'Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Videolaparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari 'A. Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Thyroid Surgery Unit, INT IRCSS Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Oncology and Oral Sciences, Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Endocine and Ultrasound-Guided Surgery Operative Unit, Ospedale del Mare, Naples, Italy
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- Unit of Academic General Surgery 'V. Bonomo', Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari 'A. Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Medas F, Ansaldo GL, Avenia N, Basili G, Boniardi M, Bononi M, Bove A, Carcoforo P, Casaril A, Cavallaro G, Chiofalo MG, Conzo G, De Pasquale L, Del Rio P, Dionigi G, Dobrinja C, Docimo G, Graceffa G, Iacobone M, Innaro N, Lombardi CP, Palestini N, Pedicini F, Perigli G, Pezzolla A, Scerrino G, Spiezia S, Testini M, Calò PG. The THYCOVIT (Thyroid Surgery during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy) study: results from a nationwide, multicentric, case-controlled study. Updates Surg 2021; 73:1467-1475. [PMID: 33861400 PMCID: PMC8050989 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-021-01051-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a disruption of surgical care. The aim of this multi-centric, retrospective study was to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on surgical activity for thyroid disease among the Italian Units of Endocrine Surgery. Three phases of the pandemic were identified based on the epidemiological situation and the public measures adopted from the Italian Government (1st phase: from 9th March to 3rd May 2020; 2nd phase: from 4th May to 14th June; 3rd phase: from 15th June to 31st). The patients operated upon during these phases were compared to those who underwent surgery during the same period of the previous year. Overall, 3892 patients from 28 Italian endocrine surgical units were included in the study, 1478 (38%) operated upon during COVID-19 pandemic, and 2414 (62%) during the corresponding period of 2019. The decrease in the number of operations was by 64.8%, 44.7% and 5.1% during the three phases of COVID-19 pandemic, compared to 2019, respectively. During the first and the second phases, the surgical activity was dedicated mainly to oncological patients. No differences in post-operative complications were noted between the two periods. Oncological activity for thyroid cancer was adequately maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Fabio Medas
- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Università 40, 09124, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- General Surgery and Surgical Specialties Unit, Medical School, S. Maria University Hospital Terni and University of Perugia, Terni, Italy
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- General Surgery Department, Endocrine Surgery Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Nord-Ovest, Pontedera, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Oncological-Mininvasive Surgery, Niguarda Hospital-Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Pietro Valdoni, Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Dentistry and Biotechnology, University ``G. D'Annunzio'', Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Unit of General Surgery, University Hospital of Ferrara and University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy
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- Pietro Valdoni, Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Traslational Medical Sciences, University of Campania ``Luigi Vanvitelli'', Naples, Italy
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- General Surgery Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Division for Minimally Invasive and Endocrine Surgery, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina (ASUGI), Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Thyroid Surgery, Department of Medical and Advanced Surgical Sciences, University of Campania ``Luigi Vanvitelli'', Naples, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University Of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrine Surgery, A.O.U. Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Division of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Gastroenterologic, Endocrine-Metabolic and Nephro-Urologic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Head and Neck Oncological Surgery, Candiolo Cancer Institute, Candiolo, Italy
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- Division of Videolaparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari ``A.Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Oncology and Oral Sciences, Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, University of Palermo, Via L. Giuffré, 5, 90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Endocrine & US Guided Surgery OU, Ospedale del Mare, Napoli, Italy
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- Unit of Academic General Surgery ``V. Bonomo'', Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari ``A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Università 40, 09124, Cagliari, Italy
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Fortarezza F, Pezzuto F, Cazzato G, Punzo C, d’Amati A, Lettini T, Gentile M, Buonadonna AL, Mariano M, Pezzolla A, Serio G. Bilateral Phyllodes Giant Tumor. A Case Report Analyzed by Array-CGH. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 10:diagnostics10100825. [PMID: 33076253 PMCID: PMC7602371 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10100825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The breast phyllodes tumor is a biphasic tumor that accounts for less than of 1% of all breast neoplasms. It is classified as benign, borderline, or malignant, and can mimic benign masses. Some recurrent alterations have been identified. However, a precise molecular classification of these tumors has not yet been established. Herein, we describe a case of a 43-year-old woman that was admitted to the emergency room for a significant bleeding from the breast skin. A voluminous ulcerative mass of the left breast and multiple nodules with micro-calcifications on the right side were detected at a physical examination. A left total mastectomy and a nodulectomy of the right breast was performed. The histological diagnosis of the surgical specimens reported a bilateral giant phyllodes tumor, showing malignant features on the left and borderline characteristics associated with a fibroadenoma on the right. A further molecular analysis was carried out by an array-Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) to characterize copy-number alterations. Many losses were detected in the malignant mass, involving several tumor suppressor genes. These findings could explain the malignant growth and the metastatic risk. In our study, genomic profiling by an array-CGH revealed a greater chromosomal instability in the borderline mass (40 total defects) than in the malignant (19 total defects) giant phyllodes tumor, reflecting the tumor heterogeneity. Should our results be confirmed with more sensitive and specific molecular tests (DNA sequencing and FISH analysis), they could allow a better selection of patients with adverse pathological features, thus optimizing and improving patient's management.
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- Francesco Fortarezza
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Pathology Unit, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy; (F.F.); (F.P.)
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Pathology Unit, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy; (F.F.); (F.P.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Pathology Section, Breast Unit Care, University of Bari, Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.C.); (A.d.); (T.L.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Surgery Section, Breast Unit Care, University of Bari, Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy; (C.P.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Pathology Section, Breast Unit Care, University of Bari, Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.C.); (A.d.); (T.L.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Pathology Section, Breast Unit Care, University of Bari, Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.C.); (A.d.); (T.L.); (M.M.)
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- Medical Genetics, “Di Venere” Hospital, 70131 Carbonara (Bari), Italy; (M.G.); (A.L.B.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Pathology Section, Breast Unit Care, University of Bari, Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.C.); (A.d.); (T.L.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Surgery Section, Breast Unit Care, University of Bari, Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy; (C.P.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Pathology Section, Breast Unit Care, University of Bari, Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy; (G.C.); (A.d.); (T.L.); (M.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-080-5474368
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Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Milella M, Disabato M, Ciampolillo A, Fabiano G, Palasciano N. The Association between Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis. Am Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/000313481207801238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Angela Pezzolla
- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation University of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation University of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation University of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation University of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation University of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation University of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation University of Bari Bari, Italy
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Lobascio P, Laforgia R, Novelli E, Perrone F, Di Salvo M, Pezzolla A, Trompetto M, Gallo G. Short-Term Results of Sclerotherapy with 3% Polidocanol Foam for Symptomatic Second- and Third-Degree Hemorrhoidal Disease. J INVEST SURG 2020; 34:1059-1065. [PMID: 32290709 DOI: 10.1080/08941939.2020.1745964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Background: Hemorrhoidal disease (HD) is defined as the symptomatic enlargement and/or distal displacement of anal cushions and is one of the most common proctological diseases. Sclerotherapy (ST) with 3% polidocanol foam induces an inflammatory reaction with sclerosis of the submucosal tissue and consequent suspension of the hemorrhoidal tissue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term effectiveness and safety of ST with 3% polidocanol foam for the treatment of symptomatic second- and third-degree HD.Methods: A total of 66 patients with symptomatic second- and third-degree HD underwent a single ST session between March 2017 and July 2018. A visual analog scale score was used to assess post-operative pain and patient satisfaction. The symptoms severity and anal continence were investigated through the Hemorrhoid Severity Score (HSS) and Vaizey score, respectively, at baseline, at 4 weeks and after 1 year.Results: Fifty-seven out of 66 patients were male (86.3%), and the mean age was 52 (29-75; SD ± 12) years. The mean operative time was 4.5 (2-6; SD ± 1.23) minutes. No intraoperative complications and no drug-related side effects occurred. The overall success rate was 78.8% (52/66 patients) after a single ST session and 86% after two ST sessions (57/66 patients). The mean treatment effect, obtained comparing preoperative and 12 months symptom scores in each patient, showed a median change of 8 (p < 0.001). All patients resumed their normal daily activities the day after the procedures.Conclusions: ST with 3% polidocanol foam is a safe, cost-effective and repeatable conservative treatment.
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- Pierluigi Lobascio
- Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Medical School "A. Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Medical School "A. Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biostatistics, S. Gaudenzio Clinic, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Medical School "A. Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Medical School "A. Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Medical School "A. Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, S. Rita Clinic, Vercelli, Italy
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, S. Rita Clinic, Vercelli, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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Panebianco A, Laforgia R, Volpi A, Punzo C, Vacca G, Minafra M, Di Salvo M, Pezzolla A. Preoperative fasting - "nihil per os" a difficult myth to break down: a randomized controlled study. G Chir 2020; 41:84-93. [PMID: 32038017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION For several years the scientific anaesthesia societies declared a preoperative fast of 6 hours for solid foods and 2 hours for clear liquids before elective surgical interventions to be sufficient. The aim of this study is to identify the extent of the gap that exists between the preoperative fasting time required and that actually encountered in operating rooms. PATIENTS AND METHODS The safety and clinical applicability of a reduction of the preoperative fasting time was investigated through the use of oral solutions enriched with maltodextrin and their effects on the pre- and postoperative well-being that this may have on patients who are candidates for elective abdominal surgery. The study was conducted in two successive phases (I and II) and patients divided into two groups (A and B). DISCUSSION Clinical practice is slow to change, in fact, in our study the duration of fasting was an average of 19 hours for solids and 13 hours for liquids. The duration of the fasting did not show differences in the various surgical departments, demonstrating that it is a transversal practice and is not only limited to abdominal surgery in which the utility of fasting would theoretically be greater. Among Group patients A, the fasting time for liquids was about 9 hours. This shows that the time is certainly shorter but not much different when compared to the fasting time for liquids in group B which was on average 14 hours. It is important how difficult it is to achieve good compliance from patients when trying to reduce the time of preoperative fasting based on scientific evidence that is now well established. CONCLUSION The use of carbohydrate-enriched drinks up to 2 hours after induction of anaesthesia appears to be a safe procedure. The use of these solutions reduces the catabolic response to surgery and contributes to maintaining a pre-operative state of well-being by reducing feelings of hunger and thirst and the state of preoperative anxiety.
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Testini M, Girardi A, Isernia RM, De Palma A, Catalano G, Pezzolla A, Gurrado A. Correction to: Emergency surgery due to diaphragmatic hernia: case series and review. World J Emerg Surg 2019; 14:48. [PMID: 31636694 PMCID: PMC6796325 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-019-0269-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Mario Testini
- 1Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- 1Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- 1Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- 2Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- 1Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- 3Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Medical School "A. Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- 1Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Maruccia M, Pezzolla A, Nacchiero E, Dicillo P, Macchia L, Fiore P, Giudice G, Elia R. Efficacy and early results after combining laparoscopic harvest of double gastroepiploic lymph node flap and active physiotherapy for lower extremity lymphedema. Microsurgery 2019; 39:679-687. [DOI: 10.1002/micr.30511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Michele Maruccia
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ TransplantationUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy
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- Division of Videolaparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ TransplantationUniversity of Bari Bari Italy
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ TransplantationUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sensory OrgansUniversity of Bari "Aldo Moro" Bari Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sensory OrgansUniversity of Bari "Aldo Moro" Bari Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sensory OrgansUniversity of Bari "Aldo Moro" Bari Italy
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ TransplantationUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ TransplantationUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy
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Prete FP, Marzaioli R, Lattarulo S, Paradies D, Barile G, d’Addetta MV, Tomasicchio G, Gurrado A, Pezzolla A. Transaxillary robotic-assisted thyroid surgery: technique and results of a preliminary experience on the Da Vinci Xi platform. BMC Surg 2019; 18:19. [PMID: 31074396 PMCID: PMC7402570 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-019-0473-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Robotic thyroidectomy by transaxillary approach (RATS) is regarded as a feasible and safe alternative procedure in selected patients with benign disease or thyroid cancer of low risk, facilitating thyroidectomy with respect to conventional endoscopic approach and offering improved cosmetic results. The Da Vinci Xi surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) presents technical advantages over its previous generations, including overhead docking, more compact robotic arms, extended range of motion, and ability for camera to be docked in any arm. This construct supports dissection in smaller spaces with less arm interference and improved view. We present an initial experience of RATS on DVSS Xi in an academic Centre in Italy. METHODS We conducted a prospective observational study, involving patients with thyroid disease and treated between April 2016 and January 2018. A modified thyroidectomy retractor (Modena retractor, CEATEC Medizintechnik, Germany) was used to lift a musculocutaneous flap and operate gasless. Instrument placement was recorded for each procedure. Each procedure description was broken down into three phases, creation of working space, machine docking with instrument positioning and endoscopic operating technique. Duration of cases was recorded. Patients selected were young women, BMI < 30, thyroid nodule < 5 cm, cytology TIR2 to TIR4 (TIR4:only nodules < 1 cm diameter). RESULTS Twelve RATS were performed within the learning curve for the robotic technique, 10 lobectomies and 2 total thyroidectomies. No patients required reintervention. Mean duration of surgery was 198.9 min for lobectomy and 210 for thyroidectomy. The same surgical team performed all procedures. No patients presented surgery-related complications, mean stay was 3 days. Decrease in operating time was observed after 8 cases along with more precise preparation of working space. Four arms were used in the first 10 procedures then only three. No recurrent laryngeal nerve dysfunction, no seroma or haematoma were recorded. One patient had transient hypocalcaemia after total thyroidectomy. CONCLUSIONS Since the early phases of a preliminary experience RATS appeared a safe alternative to open thyroidectomy. Uptake of technique was quick on Xi platform with few technical tweaks over techniques described for Si machines. Careful patient selection is crucial. TRIAL REGISTRATION Retrospectively registered on 20 july 2018 . TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER researchregistry4272. The Research Registry: https://www.researchregistry.com/browse-the-registry#home/registrationdetails/5b517f08dbc2045aefd7f9b4/.
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- Francesco Paolo Prete
- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant - Minimally invasive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant - Minimally invasive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant - Minimally invasive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant - Minimally invasive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant - Minimally invasive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Department of Surgical Oncology – IRCCS Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant - Minimally invasive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant - Minimally invasive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology - Emergency, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant - Minimally invasive and Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Gurrado A, Pasculli A, Pezzolla A, Di Meo G, Fiorella ML, Cortese R, Avenia N, Testini M. A method to repair the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy. Can J Surg 2019. [PMID: 30067187 DOI: 10.1503/cjs.010317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Summary Vocal cord palsy (VCP) is one of the most frequent complications following thyroidectomy. We evaluated the outcomes of intraoperative reconstruction of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN). Of 917 patients who underwent thyroid surgery in a single high-volume general surgery ward between 2000 and 2015, 12 (1.3%) were diagnosed with RLN injury and were retrospectively categorized into 2 groups: group A (n = 5), with intraoperative evidence of iatrogenic transection or cancer invasion of the RLN, and group B (n = 7), with postoperative confirmation of VCP. In group A, immediate microsurgical primary repair of the RLN was performed. Postoperative assessment included subjective ratings (aspiration and voice quality improvement) and objective ratings (perceptual voice quality according to the grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia and strain [GRBAS] scale, and direct laryngoscopy). In group A, roughness, breathiness and strain were significantly lower at 9 months than at 3 months (p < 0.05). Although larger, multicentre studies are needed, the results suggest potentially excellent postoperative phonatory function after immediate RLN reconstruction.
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- Angela Gurrado
- From the Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (Gurrado, Pasculli, Di Meo, Testini), the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, (Pezzolla), the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (Fiorella) and the Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences (Cortese), University Medical School "A Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy; and the Unit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, Santa Maria Hospital of Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Avenia)
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- From the Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (Gurrado, Pasculli, Di Meo, Testini), the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, (Pezzolla), the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (Fiorella) and the Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences (Cortese), University Medical School "A Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy; and the Unit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, Santa Maria Hospital of Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Avenia)
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- From the Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (Gurrado, Pasculli, Di Meo, Testini), the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, (Pezzolla), the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (Fiorella) and the Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences (Cortese), University Medical School "A Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy; and the Unit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, Santa Maria Hospital of Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Avenia)
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- From the Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (Gurrado, Pasculli, Di Meo, Testini), the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, (Pezzolla), the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (Fiorella) and the Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences (Cortese), University Medical School "A Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy; and the Unit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, Santa Maria Hospital of Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Avenia)
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- From the Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (Gurrado, Pasculli, Di Meo, Testini), the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, (Pezzolla), the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (Fiorella) and the Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences (Cortese), University Medical School "A Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy; and the Unit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, Santa Maria Hospital of Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Avenia)
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- From the Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (Gurrado, Pasculli, Di Meo, Testini), the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, (Pezzolla), the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (Fiorella) and the Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences (Cortese), University Medical School "A Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy; and the Unit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, Santa Maria Hospital of Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Avenia)
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- From the Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (Gurrado, Pasculli, Di Meo, Testini), the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, (Pezzolla), the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (Fiorella) and the Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences (Cortese), University Medical School "A Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy; and the Unit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, Santa Maria Hospital of Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Avenia)
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- From the Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (Gurrado, Pasculli, Di Meo, Testini), the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, (Pezzolla), the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (Fiorella) and the Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences (Cortese), University Medical School "A Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy; and the Unit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, Santa Maria Hospital of Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (Avenia)
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Gurrado A, D'Ambra L, Sgaramella LI, Prete FP, Fragassi F, De Luca GM, Cavallaro G, Berti S, Falco E, Simone M, Ceccarelli G, Pezzolla A, Testini M. A Novel Technique of Digestive Anastomosis Reinforcement Using Bovine Pericardium Patch. Am Surg 2019; 85:e79-e82. [PMID: 30819311] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Gurrado A, D'Ambra L, Sgaramella LI, Prete FP, Fragassi F, De Luca GM, Cavallaro G, Berti S, Falco E, Simone M, Ceccarelli G, Pezzolla A, Testini M. A Novel Technique of Digestive Anastomosis Reinforcement Using Bovine Pericardium Patch. Am Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/000313481908500205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Angela Gurrado
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery “Sant'Andrea” Hospital La Spezia, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery “Sant'Andrea” Hospital La Spezia, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery “Sant'Andrea” Hospital La Spezia, Italy
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- Surgical Oncology Unit Cancer Institute “Giovanni Paolo II” Bari, Italy
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- Division of General Surgery Department of Surgery Hospital of Arezzo Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari Bari, Italy
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Iorio O, Gazzanelli S, D'Ermo G, Pezzolla A, Gurrado A, Testini M, De Toma G, Cavallaro G. A Prospective, Comparative Evaluation on Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices by External Jugular Vein versus Cephalic Vein Cutdown. Am Surg 2018; 84:841-843. [PMID: 29981612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The request for totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) has rapidly grown up through the last decades. TIVADs are implanted by direct vein puncture or by surgical approach with vein cutdown. The authors present a comparative prospective study evaluating external jugular vein (EJV) and cephalic vein cutdown techniques. Two hundred and fifteen patients were consecutively submitted to TIVAD implantation to perform chemotherapy. Patients were divided in two groups, depending on the implantation technique. Group A patients (106) underwent implantation via EJV cutdown and group B (109) patients underwent implantation by cephalic vein cutdown. The following variables were investigated: operating time, need for conversion to other approaches, complications, and intraoperative and postoperative pain. In Group A patients, the success rate of the procedure was 100 per cent, whereas in 11 patients (10.1%) of Group B, a modification of the initial approach was needed. Mean operative time was 23.9 ± 9.2 minutes in Group A and 35.4 ± 11.9 in Group B, and this was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Complication rates at 30 days were similar. Considering intraoperative pain, a difference was found between the two groups because the mean value of pain in Group A was lower than that in Group B (4.13 ± 0.3 vs 5.22 ± 1.24), even if not significant. External jugular vein cutdown approach is quick and safe and allows a very high success rate with very low risk of complications. For these reasons, this approach could be considered as a first choice in TIVAD placement.
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Iorio O, Gazzanelli S, D'ermo G, Pezzolla A, Gurrado A, Testini M, Toma GD, Cavallaro G. A Prospective, Comparative Evaluation on Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices by External Jugular Vein versus Cephalic Vein Cutdown. Am Surg 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/000313481808400629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The request for totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) has rapidly grown up through the last decades. TIVADs are implanted by direct vein puncture or by surgical approach with vein cutdown. The authors present a comparative prospective study evaluating external jugular vein (EJV) and cephalic vein cutdown techniques. Two hundred and fifteen patients were consecutively submitted to TIVAD implantation to perform chemotherapy. Patients were divided in two groups, depending on the implantation technique. Group A patients (106) underwent implantation via EJV cutdown and group B (109) patients underwent implantation by cephalic vein cut-down. The following variables were investigated: operating time, need for conversion to other approaches, complications, and intraoperative and postoperative pain. In Group A patients, the success rate of the procedure was 100 per cent, whereas in 11 patients (10.1%) of Group B, a modification of the initial approach was needed. Mean operative time was 23.9 ± 9.2 minutes in Group A and 35.4 ± 11.9 in Group B, and this was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Complication rates at 30 days were similar. Considering intraoperative pain, a difference was found between the two groups because the mean value of pain in Group Awas lower than that in Group B (4.13 ± 0.3 vs 5.22 ± 1.24), even if not significant. External jugular vein cutdown approach is quick and safe and allows a very high success rate with very low risk of complications. For these reasons, this approach could be considered as a first choice in TIVAD placement.
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- Olga Iorio
- General Surgery Unit, Aprilia Hospital, Aprilia, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery “P. Valdoni”, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Surgery “P. Valdoni”, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Gurrado A, Isernia RM, De Luca A, Ferraro V, Virgintino D, Napoli A, Cavallaro G, Maiorano E, Pezzolla A, Testini M. Congenital diaphragmatic disease: An unusual presentation in adulthood. Case report. Int J Surg Case Rep 2018; 48:34-37. [PMID: 29783140 PMCID: PMC6026686 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Congenital diaphragmatic disease is a quite common condition that usually occurs in the neonatal period, and the diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic disease in adulthood is rare. CASE PRESENTATION A 64-years-old Caucasian woman was admitted in emergency at our Department, due to a bowel obstruction and dyspnea. A CT-scan showed a diaphragmatic herniation in the left area, with malposition of dilated transverse and descending colon in the chest. An emergency laparatomy was performed, showing a toxic megacolon, in the absence of a true diaphragmatic hernia, and a left diaphragm and left liver hypoplasia. An intraoperative bronchoscopy revealed concomitant hypoplasia of the left lung. A subtotal colectomy with ileo-rectal anastomosis was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. Histological examination demonstrated hyperplasia of the muscularis mucosae of the colon and cytoplasmic vacuolization of the Auerbach plexus ganglia. The karyotype genetic analysis excluded concomitant microdeletion or duplication syndromes. DISCUSSION To our knowledge, this seems to be the first reported case of toxic megacolon in a patient with congenital hypoplasia of the left bronchial-lung system, of the left liver, and of the left diaphragm. CONCLUSION The correct development of the diaphragm is essential for the neighboring organs. The observed clinical pattern could be related to a partial modification of neural crest cell detachment or migration, which could be responsible for bowel and diaphragm defects, even though it was not included in typical neural crest cell syndromes. Further researches should be performed in order to define the sporadic or syndromic source of these multiorgan defects.
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- Angela Gurrado
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences, and Sensory Organs, Human Anatomy and Histology Unit, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Endocrine, Digestive and Emergency Surgery, University Medical School "A. Moro'', Bari, Italy
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Maruccia M, Pezzolla A, Elia R, Vestita M, Nacchiero E, Giudice G. LETTER TO THE EDITOR. J Surg Oncol 2018; 117:1344-1345. [DOI: 10.1002/jso.24958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Michele Maruccia
- Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation; University of Bari; Bari Italy
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- Section of Videolaparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation; University of Bari; Bari Italy
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- Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation; University of Bari; Bari Italy
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- Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation; University of Bari; Bari Italy
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- Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation; University of Bari; Bari Italy
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- Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation; University of Bari; Bari Italy
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Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Barile G, Paradies D, Pentassuglia G, Prete F, Marzaioli R. Incidental thyroid carcinoma in patients with TIR1, TIR2 and TIR3 FNA. Ann Ital Chir 2018; 89:113-117. [PMID: 29424371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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AIM The aim of our study was to evaluate the presence of incidental differentiated thyroid carcinomas, at final histological examination, in patients undergoing thyroidectomy or lobectomy for presumed benign pathology or in those with cytological diagnosis of indeterminate nodules (TIR3). MATERIAL OF STUDY 457 patients who underwent surgery for benign disease and 179 patients with indeterminate FNA were included in our study. RESULTS 77 out of 457 patients had the diagnosis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. 29 out of 179 patients had the same diagnosis as previous ones, but not on the undetermined FNA nodule. In the most of the cases, the istotype was follicular variant of papillary carcinoma. DISCUSSION The incidence of incidental carcinomas, approximately the same in the two groups of patients, respectively 16.8% and 16.2%, shows that there is still a group of patients with benign thyroid disease escaping a careful ultrasound evaluation and therefore a targeted FNA. Even in patients with indeterminate cytology, the presence of an incidental carcinoma suggests that on the one hand there has been an overestimation and on the other a non-recognition of the really suspect nodule. Although in most cases it is a microcarcinoma, we must not overlook the presence of many tumors at stage T3. CONCLUSIONS Surely the analysis of the set of risk factors with a wider application of molecular biology surveys will in the future lead to better selection of patients to undergo surgery sooner than those that can be followed in follow up even for a longer period of time. KEY WORDS Differentiated thyroid carcinoma, Fine needle aspiration, Incidental carcinoma.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma, Follicular/chemistry
- Adenocarcinoma, Follicular/diagnosis
- Adenocarcinoma, Follicular/epidemiology
- Adenocarcinoma, Follicular/pathology
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Biopsy, Fine-Needle
- Carcinoma, Papillary/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Papillary/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Papillary/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Papillary/pathology
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Incidental Findings
- Male
- Thyroid Diseases/complications
- Thyroid Diseases/surgery
- Thyroid Nodule/chemistry
- Thyroid Nodule/epidemiology
- Thyroid Nodule/pathology
- Thyroidectomy
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Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Madaro A, Docimo G, Lacalendola E, Prete F, Marzaioli R. How many patients with TIR3 FNA really have a thyroid neoplasm? MINERVA ENDOCRINOL 2017; 42:401-402. [PMID: 28914044 DOI: 10.23736/s0391-1977.16.02569-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Angela Pezzolla
- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, Policlinic of Bari, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, Policlinic of Bari, University of Bari, Bari, Italy -
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, Policlinic of Bari, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, Policlinic of Bari, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, Policlinic of Bari, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, Policlinic of Bari, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Ferorelli D, Giandola T, Laterza M, Solarino B, Pezzolla A, Zotti F, Dell'Erba A. Handover checklist: testing a standardization process in an Italian hospital. Risk Manag Healthc Policy 2017; 10:87-93. [PMID: 28579841 PMCID: PMC5449138 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s129652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objectives This study aimed to standardize and rationalize the handover, a critical and essential moment in common health care practices, through the realization of an efficient and standardized checklist, which could be used daily to ensure complete, thorough and effective handover. The principal purpose of the implementation of the handover is to reduce errors due to superficial and insufficient communication. Methods The “operative group” defined the phases to the realization of the delineated aims: at first, the direct observation and the consequent realization of a handover checklist model and then, the experimental phases (trials). The handover checklist model was used for a month and it was daily and duly completed by the doctors who took part in the trial. To prove the success of the study, three questionnaires were distributed on different occasions. Results Analyzing the answers to the questionnaires, the importance of the handover has come to light and that for the most part, the doctors consider it an essential and irreplaceable moment in daily health care work. Moreover, it became obvious that the use of the handover checklist guaranteed a considerable improvement in the traditional handover in terms of security, completeness, care continuity and clarity. The handover checklist was completely appreciated by the majority of the participant doctors who agree with the definitive introduction of it in their unit. Conclusions Our study indicated the consistency of the handover checklist as an instrument to implement the handover and, indirectly, to improve the quality of the care.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Testini M, Girardi A, Isernia RM, De Palma A, Catalano G, Pezzolla A, Gurrado A. Emergency surgery due to diaphragmatic hernia: case series and review. World J Emerg Surg 2017; 12:23. [PMID: 28529538 PMCID: PMC5437542 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-017-0134-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital abnormality, rare in adults with a frequency of 0.17–6%. Diaphragmatic rupture is an infrequent consequence of trauma, occurring in about 5% of severe closed thoraco-abdominal injuries. Clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic cases to serious respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms. Diagnosis depends on anamnesis, clinical signs and radiological investigations. Methods From May 2013 to June 2016, six cases (four females, two males; mean age 58 years) of diaphragmatic hernia were admitted to our Academic Department of General Surgery with respiratory and abdominal symptoms. Chest X-ray, barium studies and CT scan were performed. Results Case 1 presented left diaphragmatic hernia containing transverse and descending colon. Case 2 showed left CDH which allowed passage of stomach, spleen and colon. Case 3 and 6 showed stomach in left hemithorax. Case 4 presented left diaphragmatic hernia which allowed passage of the spleen, left lobe of liver and transverse colon. Case 5 had stomach and spleen herniated into the chest. Emergency surgery was always performed. The hernia contents were reduced and defect was closed with primary repair or mesh. In all cases, post-operative courses were uneventful. Conclusion Overlapping abdominal and respiratory symptoms lead to diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia, in patients with or without an history of trauma. Chest X-ray, CT scan and barium studies should be done to evaluate diaphragmatic defect, size, location and contents. Emergency surgical approach is mandatory reducing morbidity and mortality.
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- Mario Testini
- Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Medical School "A. Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Conzo G, Avenia N, Ansaldo GL, Calò P, De Palma M, Dobrinja C, Docimo G, Gambardella C, Grasso M, Lombardi CP, Pelizzo MR, Pezzolla A, Pezzullo L, Piccoli M, Rosato L, Siciliano G, Spiezia S, Tartaglia E, Tartaglia F, Testini M, Troncone G, Signoriello G. Surgical treatment of thyroid follicular neoplasms: results of a retrospective analysis of a large clinical series. Endocrine 2017; 55:530-538. [PMID: 27075721 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-016-0953-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The most appropriate surgical management of "follicular neoplasm/suspicious for follicular neoplasm" lesions (FN), considering their low definitive malignancy rate and the limited predictive power of preoperative clinic-diagnostic factors, is still controversial. On behalf of the Italian Association of Endocrine Surgery Units (U.E.C. CLUB), we collected and analyzed the experience of 26 endocrine centers by computerized questionnaire. 1379 patients, surgically treated after a FN diagnosis from January 2012 and December 2103, were evaluated. Histological features, surgical complications, and medium-term outcomes were reported. Total thyroidectomy (TT) was performed in 1055/1379 patients (76.5 %), while hemithyroidectomy (HT) was carried out in 324/1379 cases (23.5 %). Malignancy rate was higher in TT than in HT groups (36.4 vs. 26.2 %), whereas the rates of transient and definitive hypoparathyroidism following TT were higher than after HT. Consensual thyroiditis (16.8 vs. 9.9 %) and patient age (50.9 vs. 47.9 %) also differed between groups. A cytological FN diagnosis was associated to a not negligible malignancy rate (469/1379 patients; 34 %), that was higher in TT than in HT groups. However, a lower morbidity rate was observed in HT, which should be considered the standard of care in solitary lesions in absence of specific risk factors. Malignancy could not be preoperatively assessed and clinical decision-making is still controversial. Further efforts should be spent to more accurately preoperatively classify FN thyroid nodules.
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- Giovanni Conzo
- Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Anesthesiologic, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, Via Gen.G.Orsini 42, 80132, Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Unit of Endocrine Surgery, S. Maria University Hospital, Terni, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche, Morfologiche e Metodologie Integrate, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Chirurgia Generale A, Policlinico Universitario di Monserrato, AOU di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- General Surgery and Endocrine Surgical Unit, AORN A. Cardarelli, Naples, Italy
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- UCO Chirurgia Generale, Cattinara Teaching Hospital, Strada di Fiume, 34100, Trieste, Italy
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- Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Anesthesiologic, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, Via Gen.G.Orsini 42, 80132, Naples, Italy
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- Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Anesthesiologic, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, Via Gen.G.Orsini 42, 80132, Naples, Italy
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- General Surgery and Endocrine Surgical Unit, AORN A. Cardarelli, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Clinica Chirurgica 2, University School of Padova, Padova University, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Oral Transplantation-DETO, Bari University Hospital Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Via Mariano Semmola, Naples, Italy
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- Chirurgia Generale d'Urgenza e Nuove Tecnologie - NOCSAE di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Anesthesiologic, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, Via Gen.G.Orsini 42, 80132, Naples, Italy
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- Ultrasound Guided and Neck Pathologies Surgery Operative Unit, Department of Surgery, S. Maria del Popolo degli Incurabili ASLNA1 Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Anesthesiologic, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, Via Gen.G.Orsini 42, 80132, Naples, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrine, Digestive, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomorphologic and Functional Sciences, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health and Preventive Medicine, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
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Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Madaro A, Renzulli G, Docimo G, Lacalendola E, Prete F, Marzaioli R. Thy3A and Thy3B nodules: is surgery the best treatment? MINERVA CHIR 2017; 72:89-90. [PMID: 28102067 DOI: 10.23736/s0026-4733.16.07216-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Angela Pezzolla
- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, A. Moro University of Bari, Polyclinic Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, A. Moro University of Bari, Polyclinic Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy -
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, A. Moro University of Bari, Polyclinic Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, A. Moro University of Bari, Polyclinic Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, A. Moro University of Bari, Polyclinic Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, A. Moro University of Bari, Polyclinic Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, A. Moro University of Bari, Polyclinic Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Pezzolla A, Pascazio B, Milella M, Lattarulo S, Fabiano G, Palasciano N. Approccio laparotomico vs. laparoscopico nella terapia chirurgica della malattia diverticolare del colon. Chirurgia (Bucur) 2017. [DOI: 10.23736/s0394-9508.16.04611-8] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Pezzolla A, Pezzuto F, Lattarulo S, Barile G, Milella M, Piscitelli D, Fiore M, Fabiano G, Palasciano N. Adenocarcinomi del digiuno in maschi adulti con preesistenti malattie intestinali non neoplastiche. Chirurgia (Bucur) 2016. [DOI: 10.23736/s0394-9508.16.04551-4] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Ferorelli D, Zotti F, Tafuri S, Pezzolla A, Dell’Erba A. Patient Safety Walkaround: a communication tool for the reallocation of health service resources: An Italian experience of safety healthcare implementation. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e4956. [PMID: 27741109 PMCID: PMC5072936 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000004956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The study aims to evaluate the use of Patient Safety Walkaround (SWR) execution model in an Italian Hospital, through the adoption of parametric indices, survey tools, and process indicators.In the 1st meeting an interview was conducted to verify the knowledge of concepts of clinical risk management (process indicators). One month after, the questions provided by Frankel (survey tool) were administered.Each month after, an SWR has been carried trying to assist the healthcare professionals and collecting suggestions and solutions.Results have been classified according to Vincent model and analyzed to define an action plan. The amount of risk was quantified by the risk priority index (RPI).An organizational deficit concerns the management of the operating theatre.A state of intolerance was noticed of queuing patients for outpatient visits. The lack of scheduling of the operating rooms is often the cause of sudden displacements. A consequence is the conflict between patients and caregivers. Other causes of the increase of waiting times are the presence in the ward of a single trolley for medications and the presence of a single room for admission and preadmission of patients.Patients victims of allergic reactions have attributed such reactions to the presence of other patients in the process of acceptance and collection of medical history.All health professionals have reported the problem of n high number of relatives of the patients in the wards.Our study indicated the consistency of SWR as instrument to improve the quality of the care.
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- Davide Ferorelli
- Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Legal Medicine
- Correspondence to Davide Ferorelli, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Legal Medicine, Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy (e-mail: )
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- Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Legal Medicine
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Ruggiero R, Docimo L, Tolone S, De Palma M, Musella M, Pezzolla A, Gubitosi A, Parmeggiani D, Pirozzi R, Gili S, Parisi S, D'Alessandro A, Docimo G. Effectiveness of an advanced hemostatic pad combined with harmonic scalpel in thyroid surgery. A prospective study. Int J Surg 2015; 28 Suppl 1:S17-21. [PMID: 26708861 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.12.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 04/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Hemostasis during thyroidectomy is essential; however the most efficient and cost-effective way to achieve this is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of total thyroidectomy (TT) performed with the combination of harmonic scalpel (HS) and an advanced hemostatic pad (Hemopatch). METHODS Patient undergone TT were divided into two groups: HS + hemopatch and HS + traditional hemostasis groups. The primary endpoint was 24-h drain output and blood-loss requiring reintervention. Secondary endpoints included surgery duration, postsurgical complications and hypocalcemia rates. RESULTS Between September 2014 and March 2015, 60 patients were enrolled (30 to Hs + Hemopatch, 30 to Hs and standard hemostasis); 71.4% female; mean age 48.5 years. The 24-h drain output was lower in the HS + hemopatch group compared with standard TT. HS and hemopatch also had a shorter mean surgery time (p < 0.0001) vs standard TT. CONCLUSION combination of hemopatch plus HS is effective and safe for TT with a complementary hemostatic approach.
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- Roberto Ruggiero
- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Ferorelli D, Zotti F, Tafuri S, Pezzolla A, Dalfino L, Brienza N, Dell'Erba A. Good medical practices in the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in a surgery ward: Results of a 2013 Apulian study. Am J Infect Control 2015; 43:e79-81. [PMID: 26315057 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This study describes the changes in the performance of health care workers regarding the control of health care-associated infection in a surgical ward of University Hospital Policlinico, Bari, Italy, before and after a training program and adoption of bundles on antibiotic therapy. There were 194 patients recruited (pre: n = 98; post: n = 96), of which 149 (76.8%) had undergone surgery. We documented a change in the proportions of patients who received in-ward prophylactic antibiotics (from 46/98 to 22/96, P < .05), surgical patients undergoing antibiotic prophylaxis in the operating room (from 18/64 to 36/85, P < .05), and average duration of prophylaxis (from 5.9 ± 4.9 to 2.9 ± 2.7 days, P < .0001). Results confirmed correspondence between the intervention and results recorded.
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- Davide Ferorelli
- Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Docimo G, Tolone S, Conzo G, Limongelli P, Del Genio G, Parmeggiani D, De Palma M, Lupone G, Avenia N, Lucchini R, Monacelli M, Gulotta G, Scerrino G, Pasquali D, Bellastella G, Esposito K, De Bellis A, Pezzolla A, Ruggiero R, Docimo L. A Gelatin-Thrombin Matrix Topical Hemostatic Agent (Floseal) in Combination With Harmonic Scalpel Is Effective in Patients Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy: A Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial. Surg Innov 2015; 23:23-9. [PMID: 26243629 DOI: 10.1177/1553350615596638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hemostasis during thyroidectomy is essential; however, the safest, most efficient, and most cost-effective way to achieve this is unclear. This randomized, multicenter, single-blind, prospective study evaluated the efficacy and safety of using different hemostatic approaches in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy. METHODS Patients aged ≥18 to 70 years were randomized to Floseal + a harmonic scalpel (HS), Floseal alone, HS alone, or standard total thyroidectomy. Primary endpoint was 24-hour drain output. Secondary endpoints included surgery duration and complications. RESULTS Two hundred and six patients were randomized to Floseal + HS (n = 52), Floseal alone (n = 54), HS alone (n = 50), and standard total thyroidectomy (n = 50). The 24-hour drain output was lower in the Floseal + HS group compared with standard thyroidectomy. Floseal + HS also had a shorter surgery time (P < .0001) versus the other 3 treatments. CONCLUSION Floseal + HS can be effective at reducing postsurgical drain output and provides a complementary hemostatic approach in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy.
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Fuzio P, Napoli A, Ciampolillo A, Lattarulo S, Pezzolla A, Nuzziello N, Liuni S, Giorgino F, Maiorano E, Perlino E. Clusterin transcript variants expression in thyroid tumor: a potential marker of malignancy? BMC Cancer 2015; 15:349. [PMID: 25934174 PMCID: PMC4422431 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1348-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Clusterin (CLU) is a ubiquitous multifunctional factor involved in neoplastic transformation. The CLU transcript variants and protein forms play a crucial role in balancing cells proliferation and death. METHODS We investigated the regulation of CLU transcript variants expression in an in vivo model system consisting of both neoplastic tissues and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) samples isolated from patients undergoing thyroidectomy. RESULTS The immunohistochemical analyses showed an overall CLU up-regulation in papillary carcinoma. A specific CLU2 transcript variant increase was registered using qPCR in papillary carcinomas while CLU1 decreased. In addition, the analysis of CLU transcripts expression level showed an increase of the CLU2 transcript in the TIR 3 patients with histologically confirmed thyroid cancer. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest the existence of a specific alteration of CLU2:CLU1 ratio towards CLU2, thus providing the first circumstantial evidence for the potential use of CLU transcript variants as effective biomarkers for a more accurate assessment of the so called "indeterminate" thyroid nodules.
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- Paolo Fuzio
- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Via G. Amendola, 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Pathological Anatomy, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Endocrinology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Endocrinology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Endocrinology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124, Bari, Italy.
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Via G. Amendola, 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy.
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Via G. Amendola, 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Endocrinology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Pathological Anatomy, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124, Bari, Italy.
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Via G. Amendola, 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy.
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Prete F, Pezzolla A, Nitti P, Prete F. Laparoscopic primary repair and isoperistaltic endoluminal drain for Boerhaave's Syndrome. Ann Ital Chir 2015; 86:261-266. [PMID: 25868483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Spontaneous oesophageal rupture, also known as Boerhaave syndrome (BS), is a rare and potentially lethal pathological condition. BS recognition is difficult, while rapidity of diagnosis, along with extension of the lesion, affects type and outcome of treatment. BS was classically treated by thoracotomy, but laparoscopic (LS), thoracoscopic (TS) surgery, and nonsurgical procedures as endoscopic stent positioning or use of glues have been described. Still, there is no model treatment, and selection of the most appropriate therapeutic procedure is complex in the absence of standardised criteria. We successfully managed a patient affected with BS by LS approach and present our experience along with a review of treatment options so far described. Our treatment integrated positioning of an oesophageal isoperistaltic endoluminal drain (IED), that we routinely use in oesophageal sutures at risk of leakage, and of which there is no previous report in the setting of BS. A 68 year old man presented to our attention with true BS, suspected on chest-abdominal CT scan and confirmed by upper GI contrast swallow test, showing leakage of hydro-soluble contrast from the lower third of the oesophagus. Of note, pleural cavities appeared intact. We performed an urgent laparoscopy 12 hours after the onset of symptoms. Laparoscopic toilet of the inferior mediastinum and dual layer oesophageal repair with pedicled omental flap were complemented by positioning of IED, feeding jejunostomy and two tubular drains. The patient had a slow but consistent recovery where IED played as a means of oesophageal suture protection, until he could be discharged home. We think that, when integrity of the pleura is documented, LS should be priority choice to avoid contamination of the pleural cavities. We have to consider every type of oesophageal repair in BS at risk of failure, and every means of protection of the suture is opportune. In our patient the oesophageal suture, covered with a flap of omentum isolated on a pedicle, has also been protected from excessive oesophageal endoluminal pressures by means of a multi-fenestrated two way endooesophageal drain (IED, two way tube type Salem). Oesophageal drain has the finality of relieving tension and monitoring the healing of the oesophageal repair.
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- Angela Pezzolla
- Department of Emergency and Oral Transplantation–DETO Bari University Hospital Policlinico Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Oral Transplantation–DETO Bari University Hospital Policlinico Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Oral Transplantation–DETO Bari University Hospital Policlinico Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Oral Transplantation–DETO Bari University Hospital Policlinico Bari, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Bari University Hospital Policlinico Bari, Italy
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Pezzolla A, Paradies D, Lattarulo S, Ciampolillo A, Madami L. Thyroglossal duct carcinoma. Am Surg 2015; 81:E25-E27. [PMID: 25569054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- Angela Pezzolla
- Department of Emergency and Oral Transplantation-DETO, Bari University Hospital Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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Conzo G, Pasquali D, Gambardella C, Della Pietra C, Esposito D, Napolitano S, Tartaglia E, Mauriello C, Thomas G, Pezzolla A, De Bellis A, Santini L, Sinisi AA. Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for Cushing disease. Int J Surg 2014; 12 Suppl 1:S107-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Pezzolla A, Marzaioli R, Lattarulo S, Docimo G, Conzo G, Ciampolillo A, Barile G, Anelli FM, Madaro A. Incidental carcinoma of the thyroid. Int J Surg 2014; 12 Suppl 1:S98-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Mancusi Materi G, Labellarte C, Madaro A, Spinelli S, Corciulo R. [Management of a symptomatic acute severe hyponatremia recovered by its neurological sequelae. A case report]. Clin Ter 2014; 165:e216-8. [PMID: 24999577 DOI: 10.7417/ct.2014.1722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hyponatremia is a common condition in hospitalized patients, with an incidence rate of about 30%. Acute severe hyponatremia is frequently acquired in hospital, due to surgery or an injudicious use of fluid infusions, or the use of nephrotoxic drugs or those stimulating excessive natruresis. A 59 year old male was hospitalized under emergency conditions in General Surgery for abdominal pain. The patient's anamnesis included: hypertension, diabetes, suspected Crohn's disease all in pharmacological treatment. During the recovery rehydration and antibiotic therapy (imipenem+cilastatin and metronidazole) was made and beclomethasone was suspended. On the seventh day from the recovery, the patient had a symptomatic acute severe hyponatremia with neurological severe symptoms (loss of consciousness, seizures). After the immediate diagnosis of the severe sodium loss, the patient underwent to an aggressive intravenous therapy for the electrolytic disorder during the first 24 hours, followed by a target-guided therapy until the level of serum sodium was in the normal values range. The patient, despite the neurological symptoms due to hyponatremia and the rapid and aggressive electrolytic therapy, had no neurological damage with a complete "restitutio ad integrum" of his neurological activity.
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- A Pezzolla
- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo (DETO), Università "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italia
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- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo (DETO), Università "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italia
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- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo (DETO), Università "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italia
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- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo (DETO), Università "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italia
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- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo (DETO), Università "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italia
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- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo (DETO), Università "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italia
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- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo (DETO), Università "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italia
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Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Fiore MG, Piscitelli D, Fabiano G, Palasciano N. Extra-genital endometriosis. Ann Ital Chir 2014; 85:341-346. [PMID: 24401195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Even if endometriosis is usually an exclusively gynecological issue, atypical locations fall within the interest of general surgery. The aim of our retrospective study focuses on the need for surgeons to face this rare condition, in order to avoid unnecessary or inadequate treatment. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed clinical presentations, previous endometriosis diagnosis and surgical acts on a group of 60 patients, whose mean age was 38.2 years old, with extra-genital endometriosis. RESULTS Among the 60 cases of extra-genital endometriosis collected, bowel foci, 37 cases - 61,7% - were the most frequent; then we collected 13 (21.7%) skin, 7 (11.7%) urinary tract and 3 (5%) whole pelvis localizations. It's important to underline the finding of 2 aggressive malignant transformations. CONCLUSIONS Extra-genital endometriosis should be considered as a cause of otherwise inexplicable abdominal pain in young women. Since imaging techniques lack in specificity, we propose explorative laparoscopy as a powerful diagnostic means. Moreover laparoscopy can be turned into a therapeutic act, also limiting the adherences issue, which is associated with this illness and would worsen with open surgery. Extra-genital endometriosis should be treated also to avoid rare, but possible, risk of cancerization.
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Telegrafo M, Lorusso V, Rubini G, Rella L, Pezzolla A, Stabile Ianora AA, Moschetta M. [Sigmoid endometriosis: a diagnostic dilemma on multidetector CT]. Recenti Prog Med 2013; 104:438-41. [PMID: 24042424 DOI: 10.1701/1315.14592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Intestinal endometriosis represents a common condition that occurs particularly in women of reproductive age. The gastrointestinal tract is the third most common localization of endometriosis, after the ovaries and the peritoneum, and recto-sigmoid tract is involved in 70% of cases. Recto-sigmoid endometriosis has to be differentiated from other diseases of large bowel, especially in patients without a history of endometriosis. We report a case of sigmoid endometriosis which represented a diagnostic dilemma on multidetector computed tomography.
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D'Elia G, Fabiano G, Lattarulo S, Specchia G, Pezzolla A, Punzo C, Mestice A, Tromba A, Palasciano N, Pannarale O. Cellular and humoral inflammatory response after laparoscopic and conventional colorectal surgery. Eur J Surg Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.07.063] [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: 10/26/2022] Open
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Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Disabato M, Barile G, Primiceri G, Paradies D. [Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in pregnancy: a case report in woman with situs viscerum inversus]. Recenti Prog Med 2012; 103:578-80. [PMID: 23258242 DOI: 10.1701/1206.13360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We report a case of a three month young pregnant woman (In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer - IVF-ET - twin pregnancy) with situs viscerum inversus totalis affected by acute cholecystitis. As already happened in other pregnant women, we use laparoscopic approach and cholecystectomy is performed successfully without any morbidity for mother and fetuses.
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- Angela Pezzolla
- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo, UOS Chirurgia Videolaparoscopica, Universita Aldo Moro, Bari
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