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Guarnieri G, Ranieri F, Lipartiti T, Spangaro F, Giuntini D, Faccini L, Toigo G, Legnani F, Raimondi A, Campanacci L. Protein-calorie malnutrition in hemodialysis patients. Int J Artif Organs 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/039139888000300307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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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- G. Guarnieri
- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Pathology University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Campanacci L, Faccini L, Englaro E, Rustia R, Guarnieri GF, Barat R, Carraro M, De Zotti R, Micheli W. Exercise-induced proteinuria. Contrib Nephrol 2015; 26:31-41. [PMID: 7285588 DOI: 10.1159/000396102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Toigo G, Oldrizzi L, Situlin R, Tamaro G, Faccini L, Russo M, Campanacci L, Rugiu C, Maschio G, Guarnieri GF. Nutritional and metabolic effects of ten years of protein-restricted diet in patients with early renal failure. Contrib Nephrol 2015; 75:194-202. [PMID: 2483364 DOI: 10.1159/000417746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- G Toigo
- University of Trieste, Institute of Medical Pathology, Italy
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Bacci G, Ferrari S, Ruggieri P, Biagini R, Fabbri N, Campanacci L, Bacchini P, Longhi A, Forni C, Bertoni F. Telangiectatic osteosarcoma of the extremity: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in 24 cases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 72:167-72. [PMID: 11372948 DOI: 10.1080/000164701317323426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Between April 1990 and December 1994, we treated 24 patients with telangiectatic osteosarcoma (TO) of the extremities with neoadjuvant chemotherapy using 2 protocols. Surgery consisted of limb salvage in 21 patients and amputation or rotation plasty in 3. The histologic response to chemotherapy was good (90% or more tumor necrosis) in 23 patients, of whom 12 had total necrosis. With a mean follow-up of 74 (60-96) months, 20 patients remained continuously free of disease and 4 relapsed with lung metastases. There were no local recurrences. Comparing these results to the ones achieved in 269 contemporary patients with conventional osteosarcoma of the extremities using the same protocols for chemotherapy, we found a significantly better histologic response to chemotherapy (96% vs 68% of good histologic response; p = 0.004) and disease-free survival (83% vs 55%; p = 0.01) in the TO group. We conclude that TO, once considered a lethal tumor, seems to be even more sensitive to chemotherapy than conventional osteosarcoma, and that most of these patients may be cured without amputation.
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- G Bacci
- Department of Chemotherapy, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
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NO may be responsible for the glomerular hyperfiltration observed in diabetic kidney by inducing vasodilation of the afferent arteriole. The aim of this study was to evaluate which isoform of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is responsible for increased renal production of NO in diabetic kidney. Thirty male WKY rats were divided into 6 groups. Five rats were sacrificed immediately, five after 20 days. In the other rats, diabetes was induced by streptozotocin. The four diabetic groups were sacrificed respectively after 5, 10, 15 and 20 days. Urine excretion of NO metabolites was assayed; immunochemistry showed the presence of inducible (iNOS) and endothelial constitutive (ecNOS) synthases in the kidney. Urinary excretion of NO metabolites increased significantly in diabetic rats five days after the induction of diabetes and at the end of the study whereas it was unchanged in the control group. Renal ecNOS remained unchanged throughout the study in all rats whereas iNOS increased significantly in diabetic rats from the fifth day until the end of the study. The results demonstrate that iNOS is activated in the kidney of rats, soon after the induction of diabetes, thus suggesting its involvement in the increased production of NO observed immediately after the onset of diabetes.
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- A Cosenzi
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Neurology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy
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Briccoli A, Campanacci L, Biagini R, Rocca M, Malaguti C, Mercuri M. Chondrosarcoma of the ribs and sternum. Considerations on 20 cases treated. Chir Organi Mov 2002; 87:17-23. [PMID: 12198946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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Over the last 20 years at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna 20 cases of chondrosarcoma (CS) of the thoracic wall (14 males, 6 females, mean age 49 years) have been submitted to surgery. Localization was costal in 11 cases, costosternal in 3, sternal in 3, costovertebral in 3. The most frequent histological variety was central with 15 observations. All of the cases were treated surgically. Exeresis was wide in 14 cases, marginal in 6. Reconstruction of the thoracic wall took place either by direct suturing or (14 cases) using prosthetic materials (Marlex mesh, 1 or 2 shapeable metal plates). Of the 20 cases treated, 16 patients are still alive (80%) with a mean survival rate of 33.5 months and a mean reduction in the postoperative ventilative index of function of less than 10%. The results obtained lead us to believe that surgical treatment involving wide exeresis is adequate, and the reconstruction method using Marlex mesh and metal plates is reliable.
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- A Briccoli
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Università di Bologna, Italy
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Donati D, Zavatta M, Gozzi E, Giacomini S, Campanacci L, Mercuri M. Modular prosthetic replacement of the proximal femur after resection of a bone tumour. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.83b8.0831156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We describe 25 patients who were treated for a tumour of the proximal femur by resection and replacement with an uncemented, bipolar, modular prosthesis. When followed up after more than ten years four prostheses (16%) had required revision. Two joints showed wear and another necrosis of the acetabulum. One patient with loosening of the stem had been treated by radiotherapy to the femur. Articular cartilage seemed to be a reliable barrier to acetabular wear. Very few signs of the formation of particulate debris were observed. The most obvious feature in the bone-stem relationship was stress shielding, seen as osteoporosis of the proximal part of the femur around the stem in 68%. Functional activity was satisfactory in 68% of the patients. A better system of reattachment of the soft tissues is needed to avoid pain and a persistent limp.
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- D. Donati
- Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery, V Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery, V Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery, V Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery, V Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery, V Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery, V Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Donati D, Zavatta M, Gozzi E, Giacomini S, Campanacci L, Mercuri M. Modular prosthetic replacement of the proximal femur after resection of a bone tumour a long-term follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2001; 83:1156-60. [PMID: 11764431 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.83b8.12165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We describe 25 patients who were treated for a tumour of the proximal femur by resection and replacement with an uncemented, bipolar, modular prosthesis. When followed up after more than ten years four prostheses (16%) had required revision. Two joints showed wear and another necrosis of the acetabulum. One patient with loosening of the stem had been treated by radiotherapy to the femur. Articular cartilage seemed to be a reliable barrier to acetabular wear. Very few signs of the formation of particulate debris were observed. The most obvious feature in the bone-stem relationship was stress shielding, seen as osteoporosis of the proximal part of the femur around the stem in 68%. Functional activity was satisfactory in 68% of the patients. A better system of reattachment of the soft tissues is needed to avoid pain and a persistent limp.
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- D Donati
- V Division, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
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Bacci G, Ferrari S, Bertoni F, Picci P, Bacchini P, Longhi A, Donati D, Forni C, Campanacci L, Campanacci M. Histologic response of high-grade nonmetastatic osteosarcoma of the extremity to chemotherapy,. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2001:186-96. [PMID: 11347833 DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200105000-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In 510 patients with osteosarcoma of the extremity treated at the authors' institute between March 1983 and June 1995 with different regimens of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, factors that influenced the histologic response were investigated. The rate of total necrosis was not related to the patients' gender, age, site, size of tumor, serum of alkaline phosphatase values, or route of cisplatin administration. The histologic response significantly and independently correlated with the number of drugs administered before surgery and with the histologic subtype of the tumor. According to the number of drugs used, the percentage of total necrosis was 31% for a four-drug regimen, 18% for a three-drug regimen, and only 1.5% for a two-drug regimen. According to the histologic type, the rates of total necrosis were 41% for telangiectatic tumors, 36% for fibroblastic tumors, 15% for osteoblastic tumors, and 3% for chondroblastic tumors. The authors concluded that in neoadjuvant therapy of osteosarcoma, the histologic response to preoperative treatment, which correlates with prognosis, depends on the effectiveness of the chemotherapy regimen and on some features intrinsically inherent to the tumor. These data should be considered when selecting the type of treatment (adjuvant or neoadjuvant) and the combinations of drugs to be used in preoperative treatment of patients with osteosarcoma.
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- G Bacci
- Service of Chemotherapy, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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STUDY DESIGN Forty-one cases of aneurysmal bone cyst of the mobile spine were retrospectively reviewed. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the role of surgical and nonsurgical treatment of aneurysmal bone cyst of the spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Ten to 30% of aneurysmal bone cysts arise from the mobile spine, frequently occurring in pediatric patients. The course of the disease depends on the aggressiveness of the tumor, as well as the treatment. Intralesional surgery seems to be an effective treatment, as well as radiotherapy and embolization. METHODS All charts, radiographs, and images were reviewed. The composite information provided by this review allowed for oncologic and surgical staging of these cases. Thirty-two patients underwent curettage (14 of them followed by radiotherapy), four were submitted to selective arterial embolization, three received radiotherapy alone, and two underwent en bloc-excision. RESULTS All patients were found alive and disease free at final follow-up evaluation. Two recurrences followed one incomplete curettage and one embolization. The combination of curettage and radiotherapy, although effective, showed the greatest incidence of late axial deformity. Selective arterial embolization was curative in three of four cases and did not affect the possibility of surgery in case of local recurrence. CONCLUSIONS If confirmed on larger series, selective arterial embolization seems to be the first treatment option for spine aneurysmal bone cyst, because of the low cost-to-benefit ratio. Diagnosis must be certain, based on pathognomonic radiographic pattern or on histologic study.- In case of neurologic involvement, pathologic fracture, technical impossibility of performing embolization, or local recurrence after at least two embolization procedures, complete intralesional excision would be the therapy of choice.
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- S Boriani
- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
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Mazzaro C, Panarello G, Carniello S, Faelli A, Mazzi G, Crovatto M, Baracetti S, Nascimben F, Zorat F, Pozzato G, Faccini L, Campanacci L. Interferon versus steroids in patients with hepatitis C virus-associated cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis. Dig Liver Dis 2000; 32:708-15. [PMID: 11142582 DOI: 10.1016/s1590-8658(00)80335-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The association between mixed cryoglobulinaemia, cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis, and chronic hepatitis C virus infection has recently been described. The renal disease had usually been treated with immunosuppressive therapy, but, given the presence of viral infection, this therapy is no longer recommended. In this study, we compare steroid vs interferon therapy in a group of patients affected by hepatitis C virus-positive cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis in the stationary phase. PATIENTS/METHODS The diagnosis of cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis was made bearing in mind standard criteria. Patients were randomly assigned to 2 groups receiving oral prednisone 0.2 mg/kg/die for 6 months (6 patients, group A) or lymphoblastoid interferon 3 MU, three times a week for 6 months [7 patients, group B). Hepatitis C virus-RNA was determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and hepatitis C virus genotype according to Okamoto. Hepatitis C virus-RNA quantitation was performed by competitive polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS; The 2 groups were comparable in terms of age and severity of kidney failure. All genotypes of hepatitis C virus were found with a prevalence of Type 1b. In group A, 4 patients showed a partial response; in group B, 1 patient achieved complete remission, 4 a partial response, 2 patients in both groups showed no response. At the end of the treatment, all patients in both groups relapsed. Only 1 patient in group B became hepatitis C virus-RNA negative, and recovered from cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis. CONCLUSIONS Interferon seems to be an effective drug in the treatment of cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis, but dosage and length of treatment still need to be addressed by large multicentre studies.
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- C Mazzaro
- Third Department of Medicine, General Hospital, Pordenone, Italy
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Mazzaro C, Panarello G, Tesio F, Santini G, Crovatto M, Mazzi G, Zorat F, Tulissi P, Pussini E, Baracetti S, Campanacci L, Pozzato G. Hepatitis C virus risk: a hepatitis C virus related syndrome. J Intern Med 2000; 247:535-45. [PMID: 10809992 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00627.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The association between mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been recently described in many reports. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term prognosis of hepatitis C virus-positive patients affected by mixed cryoglobulinemia with or without kidney involvement. PATIENTS At total of 119 hepatitis C virus-positive patients affected by mixed cryoglobulinemia were divided in two groups. Group A: mixed cryoglobulinemia without kidney involvement (103 cases); group B: mixed cryoglobulinemia with glomerulonephritis (GN) (16 cases). A further 37 patients affected by mesangio-proliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) were evaluated as controls (group C). METHODS Anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies were determined by commercial kits and hepatitis C virus-RNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) of the virus. The hepatitis C virus genotype was determined according to Okamoto. Liver biopsy was performed in 62 patients, bone marrow biopsy in 65 patients, and kidney biopsy in all patients with proteinuria. RESULTS In group A, 46 patients (45%) were affected by chronic liver disease (CLD), 21 (20%) by low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and 16 (15%) by both diseases. All patients of group B were affected by type I membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis, 3 (19%) by chronic liver disease, 6 (37%) by low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and 7 (44%) by both diseases. Several genotypes of hepatitis C virus were found, but Type 1b was prevalent. In group C, no patient showed chronic liver disease or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Younger age, higher mean blood pressure, lower C4 serum level, and poorer survival significantly distinguished group B from group A. Survival rates at 5 years were: 87.4% for group A, 89.5% for group C, and 50.0% for group B. None of the patients of group B developed kidney failure requiring dialysis, whilst infections were the leading cause of death. CONCLUSIONS In hepatitis C virus-positive patients, the presence of mixed cryoglobulinemia associated with kidney involvement seems to indicate a new syndrome characterized by immune system impairment, lack of progression to kidney failure, and poor survival (hepatitis C virus-Risk syndrome).
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- C Mazzaro
- First Division of Medicine, Blood Bank Service of Pordenone General Hospital, Pordenone, Italy
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STUDY DESIGN A retrospective review of 22 cases of chondrosarcoma arising from the mobile spine. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of oncologic and surgical staging in correlating management and outcome of chondrosarcoma involving the spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Approximately 10% of chondrosarcomas arise from the mobile spine, occurring mainly in adults, particularly elderly men. The course of the disease depends on the aggressiveness of the tumor, but also is influenced by the management. Intralesional surgery is followed almost constantly by local recurrence even with adjuvant therapy. METHODS All charts, radiographs, and images were reviewed. The composite information provided by this review allowed for oncologic and surgical staging of the reviewed cases. According to Enneking criteria, the surgical procedures were defined as curettage (piecemeal excision) or en blocexcision. The margins were submitted to histologic study and reported as intralesional, marginal, or wide. - As primary management, 10 intralesional curettages (follow-up period, 2-119 months; average, 61 months) and 12 en bloc excisions (follow-up period, 39-207 months; average, 97 months) were performed. A total of 33 procedures were performed, including the management of the recurrences (18 curettages and 15 en bloc excisions: one for soft tissue recurrence). A clinical and radiographic follow-up period of of 2 to 236 months (average, 81 months; minimal follow-up period for survivors, 30 months; average follow-up period for survivors, 115 months) was available for all the patients. RESULTS Three recurrences occurred in 14 patients treated by en bloc excision at onset or for recurrence, two in cases of histologically proven contaminated or intralesional margins. All but one patient were alive at final follow-up evaluation. Conversely, all the patients treated by one or more curettages (with or without adjuvant radiation therapy) had at least one recurrence, and 8 of 10 of these patients died of the disease. At final follow-up evaluation, nine patients had died of the disease; nine were continuously disease free (but one had died of another unrelated malignancy); and four were symptom free after management for recurrences (one was found alive 155 months after a soft-tissue metastasis en-bloc excision). CONCLUSIONS En bloc excision, with wide or marginal histologic margins, is the suggested management for chondrosarcomas of the spine. Early diagnosis and careful surgical staging and planning are necessary for conducting adequate management. However, tumor contamination of the specimen margins, even in a small area, or spreading of the tumor myxoid content can worsen the prognosis.
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- S Boriani
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ospedale Maggiore, the First Orthopaedic Clinic, Istituto Rizzoli, Italy.
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Bardelli M, Carretta R, Fazio M, Mucelli FP, Stacul F, Fabris B, Fischetti F, Candido R, Campanacci L. Regional and systemic haemodynamic response to aortography in hypertensives. J Hypertens 1999; 17:1971-6. [PMID: 10703897 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917121-00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of aortography and of aortic counterflow bolus injection per se on regional and systemic haemodynamics in hypertensives in comparison to normotensive matched controls. DESIGN AND METHODS Mean blood velocity (MBV) and pulsatility index (PI)--as an index of regional vascular resistance--by the Doppler technique, at the femoral, common carotid and brachial arteries, finger arterial pressure and electrocardiographic R-R' interval were monitored beat-by-beat, before, during and for 3 min following counterflow bolus injections into the abdominal aorta of 40 ml/2.6 s of iopamidol (I), iso-osmolar mannitol (M) and 0.9 N saline (S), in 11 hypertensive and nine normotensive patients. RESULTS After bolus injection of iopamidol, MBV increased to a peak at 35+/-5 s, both in normotensive (deltaMBV versus baseline +16.7+/-9.9 cm/s; P < 0.01) and in hypertensive subjects (deltaMBV versus baseline: +13.9+/-6.6 cm/s; P < 0.01). At the same time, the PI decreased both in normotensive (deltaPI versus baseline: -4.05+/-2.49; P < 0.01) and in hypertensive subjects (deltaPI versus baseline: -3.02+/-2.25; P < 0.01). After M boluses, the haemodynamic changes were of the same direction and magnitude as I for both groups, while after S the magnitude was approximately 50% lower. No significant differences were observed between normotensive and hypertensive subjects. In other vascular circulations, a 15% increase of the early diastolic backflow in the brachial artery, in phase with the femoral artery haemodynamic changes, was the only evidence of the procedure. Mean arterial pressure decreased and heart rate increased in phase with flow changes of the femoral artery. CONCLUSIONS (1) The regional flow and systemic pressure changes observed during aortography seem, at least partially, to be due to the hydrodynamic perturbation induced by bolus injection per se. (2) The physical and chemical properties of the contrast media and therefore the probable different shear-stress modifications induced by the fluid injected could explain why the haemodynamic changes were greater after I compared to S and were more similar to M. (3) Hypertensive subjects did not show a different vasoreactive response in comparison to normotensive subjects during aortography.
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- M Bardelli
- Institute of Medicina Clinica, University of Trieste, Italy
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Fabris B, Candido R, Armini L, Fischetti F, Calci M, Bardelli M, Fazio M, Campanacci L, Carretta R. Control of glomerular hyperfiltration and renal hypertrophy by an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor prevents the progression of renal damage in hypertensive diabetic rats. J Hypertens 1999; 17:1925-31. [PMID: 10703891 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917121-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Glomerular hyperfiltration and renal hypertrophy are both considered important in the progression of diabetic nephropathy. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of an equivalent reduction in blood pressure produced by the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor spirapril (SPI) and an antihypertensive triple drug combination of hydralazine, reserpine and hydrochlorothiazide (HRH) on kidney function, proteinuria and renal structure in hypertensive diabetic rats. DESIGN AND METHODS Four groups of animals were evaluated in short-term and long-term studies. In both studies one group served as a non-diabetic hypertensive control (H). The other three groups were rendered diabetic and were allocated to one of the following groups: the first diabetic group received no specific therapy (HD), the second diabetic group was treated with SPI (HD-SPI) and the third diabetic group was treated with HRH (HD-HRH). In each of the two studies the systolic blood pressure (SBP), 24 h urinary total protein, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), glomerular area, proximal tubular area and glomerular sclerosis were evaluated. RESULTS The blood pressure reduction was equal in rats receiving either SPI or HRH. The GFR, proteinuria, glomerular area and tubular area were significantly increased in the HD group, both in the short-term and the long-term study. In the HD-SPI group the diabetic hyperfiltration and renal hypertrophy responses were prevented. In the HD-HRH group the GFR and proteinuria were slightly reduced in the later phases of diabetes, while the glomerular area and tubular area were not affected. Semiquantitative analysis of renal lesions showed that SPI was more effective than HRH in the prevention of the development of glomerulosclerosis. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study suggest that the control of early adaptive hyperfiltration and renal hypertrophy by SPI may be relevant in the prevention of glomerulosclerosis.
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- B Fabris
- Institute of Medicina Clinica, University of Trieste, Italy
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Campanacci M, Ruggieri P, Gasbarrini A, Ferraro A, Campanacci L. Osteoid osteoma. Direct visual identification and intralesional excision of the nidus with minimal removal of bone. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1999; 81:814-20. [PMID: 10530842 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.81b5.9313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We describe 100 consecutive patients with osteoid osteoma. Of the 97 who had operations, 89 were treated by intralesional excision and eight by wide resection. The three remaining patients were not operated on because the osteoid osteoma was almost painless, or was found in the pedicle of the 12th thoracic vertebra at the site of entrance of the artery of Adamkjewicz. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically in all specimens. No local recurrences were observed at a minimum follow-up of one year. All except one patient were mobilised two to four days after surgery. A precise preoperative diagnosis of the lesion is mandatory, based on clinical findings, standard radiographs, thin-section CT and a bone scan. We compared our operative technique with 247 cases in which the percutaneous technique of removal or coagulation of the nidus had been performed. The latter procedure has a less constant rate of primary cure (83% v 100%). Its principal indication appears to be for osteoid osteomas in the proximal femur and the pelvis.
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We describe 100 consecutive patients with osteoid osteoma. Of the 97 who had operations, 89 were treated by intralesional excision and eight by wide resection. The three remaining patients were not operated on because the osteoid osteoma was almost painless, or was found in the pedicle of the 12th thoracic vertebra at the site of entrance of the artery of Adamkjewicz. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically in all specimens. No local recurrences were observed at a minimum follow-up of one year. All except one patient were mobilised two to four days after surgery. A precise preoperative diagnosis of the lesion is mandatory, based on clinical findings, standard radiographs, thin-section CT and a bone scan. We compared our operative technique with 247 cases in which the percutaneous technique of removal or coagulation of the nidus had been performed. The latter procedure has a less constant rate of primary cure (83% v 100%). Its principal indication appears to be for osteoid osteomas in the proximal femur and the pelvis.
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- M. Campanacci†
- Instituto Orthopedico Rizzoli, Segneteria Universitaria, Via Guilio Cesare Pupilli 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Instituto Orthopedico Rizzoli, Segneteria Universitaria, Via Guilio Cesare Pupilli 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Ospedale Maggiore, Largo Nigrisoli 2, 40100 Bologna, Italy
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- Instituto Orthopedico Rizzoli, Segneteria Universitaria, Via Guilio Cesare Pupilli 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Instituto Orthopedico Rizzoli, Segneteria Universitaria, Via Guilio Cesare Pupilli 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Demitri S, Campanacci L. Quiz. Tubercular osteoarthritis. Chir Organi Mov 1999; 84:293-6. [PMID: 11569046] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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- S Demitri
- I Clinica Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna
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Candido R, Calci M, Bassan F, Armini L, Fischetti F, Cattin M, Carretta R, Campanacci L, Fabris B. C42 Pressure overload amplifies the induction of cardiac apoptosis in diabetic rats. Atherosclerosis 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(99)90145-4] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Fabris B, Bortoletto M, Giacca M, Calci M, Cattin M, Candido R, Fischetti F, Armini L, Galli G, Scanferla F, Montanaro D, Gatti PL, Carretta R, Campanacci L. P13 Polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system in essential hypertension and nephroangiosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(99)90159-4] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bandiera S, Campanacci L, De Iure F, Bertoni F, Picci P, Boriani S. Hemorrhagic synovial lumbar cyst: a case report and review of the literature. Chir Organi Mov 1999; 84:197-203. [PMID: 11569080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The authors report a case of an 81-year-old woman affected by a synovial cyst arising from the left facet joint of L3. The patient presented with severe pain and claudicatio spinalis. Diagnosis was based upon standard x-rays and MRI; the patient was operated on and the histology of the lesion confirmed the pre-operative diagnosis. On MRI images the lesion appeared as a roundish extradural mass arising from the left facet joint of L3, compressing the cauda equina posteriorly, and it appeared with an increased heterogeneous signal, consistent with a high quantity of fluid and hemosiderin within the cyst. A communication between the lesion and the joint space was evident on the MRI sagittal reconstruction. Grossly the cut surface of the mass had a cystic aspect, with some hemorrhagic areas between whitish myxoid tissue. Histologically the lesion was formed by fibrous connective tissue covered by synovium; focal inflammation and hemosiderin-laden macrophages were also present in some areas. At one year follow-up the patient is symptom-free.
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- S Bandiera
- 1a Clinica Ortopedica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italia
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Mazzaro C, Pozzato G, Zorat F, Panarello G, Silvestri F, Barillari G, Mazzoran L, Baracetti S, Crovatto M, Santini GF, Donadon V, Faccini L, Campanacci L. Cryoglobulinaemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and hepatitis C virus infection. Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999; 31:45-53. [PMID: 10091102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIM A striking correlation between mixed cryoglobulinaemia and chronic hepatitis C virus infection has recently been described. Since membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis is a rare complication of mixed cryoglobulinaemia, this study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection in membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis. PATIENTS Eighteen patients, selected among a group of 121 affected by mixed cryoglobulinaemia, with renal involvement were included in the present study. A group of 148 patients affected by renal disease of different aetiology and the general population (6,917 people) were used as control groups. METHODS The presence of anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies was determined by a commercial kit. The hepatitis C virus genotype was determined according to Okamoto. All patients underwent kidney and bone marrow biopsy, while the hepatic biopsy was performed in those showing signs of chronic liver disease. RESULTS In patients with renal involvement, the kidney biopsy showed the presence of membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis Type I in all cases. Chronic liver disease was present in eleven patients (61%). All patients were positive for serum hepatitis C virus-RNA. Bone marrow biopsy was normal in five cases, while in the others paratrabecular foci of infiltration by small lymphocytes were present. In six of these, the massive bone marrow infiltration by lymphoplas-macytoid lymphocytes suggested the diagnosis of low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In the group of patients affected by other chronic renal disease, the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection (3.1%) was not different from that of the general population (3.2%). CONCLUSIONS Hepatitis C virus seems to be the aetiologic agent of mixed cryoglobulinaemia and, consequently, of membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis.
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- C Mazzaro
- Third Department of Medicine, University of Trieste, School of Medicine, Italy
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The authors report their experience in the diagnosis of bone tumors at the Rizzoli Institute of Bologna. The main imaging techniques used to this purpose are conventional radiography, CT, MRI, and isotope bone scan. Angiography is rarely used. Conventional radiography is the examination of choice and is sufficient in several benign lesions not requiring treatment. Supplementary imaging studies are usually needed when radiographic findings are questionable and/or the lesion requires treatment. When a biopsy is required, it should be carried out after a complete imaging work-up, which sometimes allows a correct prebiopsy diagnosis, indicates the biopsy modality, approach and site, and is also mandatory to stage the tumor, plan the surgical approach and technique, and show in the finest details the occult tumor spread. CT best shows mineralized tissues and pulmonary metastases. It is also frequently used as a guide for needle biopsies. MRI beautifully shows the different tissues and compartments and it is particularly sensitive in depicting fat. Moreover, it can be repeated many times, even in pregnant women, because it needs no ionizing radiations and iodinated contrast; it is also free of artifacts in the patients with orthopedic devices which are usually nonferromagnetic. However, the execution of an adequate MRI requires experience and knowledge of bone pathologic conditions. Bone scan helps in detecting any 'active' area in the bone. It can be thus useful to depict lesion quiescence or activity and to stage any tumor which can metastasize to the skeleton. Bone scan is also helpful to show bone lesions when they are not visible on plain radiographs and indicates the tumor response to preoperative chemotherapy. Angiography is helpful when a preoperative selective embolization is needed, or when complex vertebral surgery or vascular surgery are planned. The bad outcome of bone tumors often depends on incomplete, inadequate or misinterpretated imaging findings.
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- M Campanacci
- I Orthopedics Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopedics Institute, Bologna, Italy
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Biagini R, Boriani S, Casadei R, Bandiera S, De Iure F, Campanacci L, Demitri S, Orsini U, Di Fiore M. Reconstruction techniques in the treatment of vertebral neoplasms. Chir Organi Mov 1997; 82:341-55. [PMID: 9618973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The authors present a new system for the topographical description of vertebral neoplasms. The general criteria of reconstruction after curettage or vertebral resection are evaluated. The literature is reviewed in terms of the use of prostheses, bone grafts, cement and stabilization systems in the treatment of tumors of the spine. Indications for the different methods are discussed.
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- R Biagini
- Clinica Ortopedica I dell'Università degli Studi, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna
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Carretta R, Bardelli M, Cominotto F, Ussi D, Fazio M, Fabris B, Fischetti F, Campanacci L. Relationship between mechanical properties of the carotid artery wall and baroreflex function in acutely treated hypertensive patients. J Hypertens 1996; 14:1105-10. [PMID: 8986911 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199609000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between the mechanical properties of the carotid artery wall and baroreflex function after acute reduction of blood pressure with lacidipine in essential hypertension. DESIGN After 15 days of placebo washout, the hypertensive patients underwent a single-blind haemodynamic study before and 90 min after administration of 4 mg lacidipine (a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist). METHODS Brachial intra-arterial blood pressure was recorded in eight mild-to-moderate essential hypertensive patients aged 40-53 years (mean +/- SEM 46.8 +/- 4.7 years). The carotid pulse diameter was recorded simultaneously by an echo-tracking technique. The mechanical properties of the carotid artery wall were evaluated by calculating Peterson's incremental elastic modulus (Ep) both as an averaged value of 10 heart cycles with stable blood pressure and was the dynamic correlation, on a beat-to-beat basis, of Ep and the systolic blood pressure during a 20 mmHg increase in blood pressure following a bolus injection of phenylephrine. The elastic properties of the carotid artery were investigated further by determining the correlation between the systolic pressure and systolic diameter, beat by beat, during a ramped increase of blood pressure after phenylephrine administration. The baroreceptor reflex sensitivity was measured simultaneously by the Oxford method and by correlating Ep and the electrocardiographic R-R' interval on a beat-to-beat basis during phenylephrine injections. RESULTS After lacidipine administration Peterson's elastic modulus, measured under resting steady-state conditions, was reduced (18.7 +/- 7.4 versus 16.4 +/- 6 x 10(5) dyne/cm2), whereas the baroreflex sensitivity was unchanged (6.6 +/- 3.3 versus 6.3 +/- 0.2 ms/mmHg) and resetting of the baroreflex had occurred. At the same time, the correlations between the systolic blood pressure and Ep and between the systolic blood pressure and carotid systolic diameter over a 20 mmHg increase in blood pressure were unchanged. Moreover, the correlations between the systolic blood pressure and the R-R' interval and between Ep and R-R' interval during the phenylephrine-induced blood pressure increase did not differ statistically. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that the resetting of the baroreflex after the acute reduction in blood pressure caused by lacidipine is dissociated from mechanical changes in the carotid artery wall.
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- R Carretta
- Istituto di Medicina, University of Trieste, Italy
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Boriani S, De Iure F, Campanacci L, Specchia L, Bungaro P, Regnoli R, Triscari C, Giacomelli M, Dorigotti P, Costa P, Carretti P, Carfagni A, Giacomi R. A technical report reviewing the use of the 11-mm Gamma nail: interoperative femur fracture incidence. Orthopedics 1996; 19:597-600. [PMID: 8823818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Two years after the first large series on the Gamma nail, the authors analyze 119 surgical procedures for proximal femur fractures performed using the 11 mm Gamma nail. The study was performed by 24 surgeons (from six orthopedics departments) at different levels of learning, as in the previous study. The small-sized nail allows an easier surgical procedure and a manual introduction of the nail even in small femurs, as suggested by the previous experience. A careful operative technique and a 2 mm overreaming, which was almost always adopted, explains the decrease in interoperative and postoperative complications (evaluated in 88 cases), compared to the last case report published in 1991. No interoperative shaft fractures occurred in 119 nailings.
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- S Boriani
- 1st Orthopedic Clinic, Inst Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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STUDY DESIGN Twenty-one cases of chordoma arising in the mobile spine were retrospectively reviewed. OBJECTIVES All the cases were submitted to oncologic and surgical staging to correlate treatment and outcome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Excluding plasmacytomas, chordoma is the most frequent primary malignant tumor of the spine, occurring mainly in elderly men. The course of the disease is slow, metastases occur late, and death can result from complications related to local extension of the disease. Complete excision of the tumor according to oncologic criteria can be hampered by extension of the tumor and by anatomic constraints in the mobile spine. METHODS All charts, radiographs, and images were reviewed. The composite information provided by this review allowed for oncologic and surgical staging of these cases. Treatment was defined according to Ennekings criteria. All the patients were followed for determination of their status clinically and radiographically. RESULTS Ten patients died (1 to 137 months after treatment, mean 65 months); four patients are alive with the disease; only seven patients (33%) are symptom free at the final follow-up (39 to 112 months after treatment, mean 65 months). Conventional radiation therapy was not effective in eradicating the tumor, even if associated with palliative or debulking surgery: of 15 cases, 12 were associated with recurrence or progression. Intralesional surgery also was not effective (two recurrences in two cases, 18 to 41 months later). En bloc excision of the lesion, sometimes combined with radiation therapy as an adjuvant, obtained the best results (four patients disease free at 39 to 112 months, mean 77 months). CONCLUSIONS En bloc excision--even if marginal--is the treatment of choice of chordomas of the spine. Early diagnosis and careful surgical staging and planning are necessary. Megavoltage radiation can be administered as an adjuvant.
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- S Boriani
- Modulo di Chirurgia Vertebrale-5a Divisione Ortopedica, Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy
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Boriani S, Biagini R, Laus M, de Iure F, Campanacci L. Giant cell tumor of the vertebral column. Chir Organi Mov 1996; 81:233-45. [PMID: 9009406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The authors report 23 cases of giant cell tumor (GCT) of the mobile spine, treated between 1975 and 1993, with mean follow-up of 9 years. The series was homogeneous in terms of diagnosis, staging, and treatment, carried out at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, and isolated from a series of 28 cases recorded at the Tumor Center of the Rizzoli Institute. Five of the cases were excluded either because of insufficient documentation (4), or because the tumor had occurred on Paget's disease (1). GCT of the spine is a rare disease, and has a favorable diagnosis if treatment is correct, consisting in intralesional curettage of "active" forms and extracapsular curettage associated with adjuvant radiotherapy (or en bloc resection) in "aggressive" forms.
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- S Boriani
- Modulo di Chirurgia Vertebrale, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna
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Parisini P, Greggi T, Casadei R, Martini A, De Zerbi M, Campanacci L, Perozzi M. The surgical treatment of vertebral deformities in achondroplastic dwarfism. Chir Organi Mov 1996; 81:129-37. [PMID: 8968116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The authors analyzed 15 patients affected with achondroplastic dwarfism with vertebral deformity treated surgically between 1976 and 1994. The forms represented were: achondroplasia; diastrophic dwarfism; spondyloepiphyseal achondroplasia. The types of vertebral deformity were: kyphosis: 12 (angular: 6; regular: 6); scoliosis: 1; kyphoscoliosis: 2. Neurological symptoms were present in 10 patients. Treatment was as follows: laminectomy: 8; posterior fusion with instrumentation: 2; anterior fusion: 2; anterior fusion with laminectomy and posterior fusion: 3. There were postoperative neurological complications in 4 cases (27%). Fusion must be performed early in angular kyphosis in the adult in order to prevent neurological symptoms. Wide laminectomies do not require associated fusion because they do not cause late vertebral instability.
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- P Parisini
- Divisione di Chirurgia Vertebrale, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna
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Boriani S, Biagini R, De Iure F, Andreoli I, Campanacci L, De Fiore M, Zanoni A. Primary bone tumors of the spine: a survey of the evaluation and treatment at the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli. Orthopedics 1995; 18:993-1000. [PMID: 8584469 DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-19951001-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The experience at Istituto Rizzoli with 366 primary bone tumors of the spine focuses on the criteria for planning and treatment. An accurate preoperative evaluation by standard radiograph, computerized tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging allow the classification of benign lesions as latent (not requiring treatment), active (curettage), or aggressive (curettage plus adjuvants or marginal resection). The malignant lesions are classified as intracompartmental or extracompartmental (both low and high grade). Wide resection is attempted, but seldom is feasible. An angiographic study of the spinal cord is compulsory for lesions located in the thoracolumbar region. The value of embolization is enhanced, primarily in highly vascular lesions. An accurate preoperative study of the vital parameters of the patient, together with a continuous intraoperative monitoring, is mandatory.
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- S Boriani
- Modulo di Chirurgia Vertebrale, Orthopedic Department, University of Bologna, Italy
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We reviewed 74 cases of dedifferentiated central and peripheral chondrosarcoma. Histologically these tumours consist of an underlying cartilaginous component (either benign or malignant) juxtaposed to a high-grade non-cartilaginous component, with a typically abrupt transition between the two tissue types. The non-cartilaginous component may constitute a very small or a very large proportion of the tumour, so diagnosis often requires histological evaluation of the entire tumour. The diagnosis is often suspected on the basis of the clinical course and careful evaluation of the radiographic characteristics. Central dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma can be classified radiographically into three types. In type I (36 cases in our review) the radiographic features are the same as those of a central chondrosarcoma, with the addition of a region with very aggressive radiographic features. Type 2 lesions (20 cases) resemble the underlying benign enchondroma but also have destructive changes and/or a large soft tissue mass. Type 3 lesions (8 cases) are not distinctive radiographically and present as a very high grade destructive lesion of bone. These cases are diagnosed following biopsy or tumour resection. The prognosis of these tumours is extremely poor, with 13% overall 5-year survival in this series. Improved survival was found in those cases where diagnosis was prompt and surgical treatment with a wide or radical margin was attained. No benefit was found from the use of adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Thus, early recognition of the characteristic radiographic features, adequate histological sampling, and wide or radical surgical margins are necessary for satisfactory management of this highly malignant variant of chondrosarcoma.
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- M Mercuri
- 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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Fabris B, Carretta R, Fischetti F, Candido R, Calci M, Castellano M, Bardelli M, Campanacci L. Contribution of systemic blood pressure to myocardial remodeling in uremic rats. Hypertension 1995; 26:321-6. [PMID: 7635542 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.26.2.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Left ventricular hypertrophy with diffuse intermyocardiocytic fibrosis is a feature of uremia. The role of blood pressure and/or other cardiovascular uremic risk factors in cardiac remodeling is still uncertain. To determine the extent to which improvement of kidney function and the control of uremia-related risk factors are associated with a reduction of myocardial injury, we evaluated the effect of dietary protein restriction or the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor lisinopril on cardiac structure in remnant kidney rats. One week after subtotal nephrectomy, Wistar rats were allocated to receive drinking water solution (group 1), 5 mg/kg per day lisinopril (group 2), or a low-protein diet (6%) (group 3) for 12 weeks. Group 2 and 3 showed a comparable efficacy in preventing the expected rise in creatininemia, urinary protein excretion, and glomerulosclerosis. However, hypertension development was prevented only in group 2. Groups 1 and 3 developed a significant (P < .01) increase in left ventricular weight (2.45 +/- 0.1 and 2.5 +/- 0.5 mg/g body wt, respectively) compared with group 2 (1.9 +/- 0.06 mg/g body wt). Cardiac hydroxyporline concentration was also lower in group 2 compared with group 1 (2.07 +/- 0.16 versus 2.73 +/- 0.17 mg/g left ventricular weight, P < .05) but not compared with group 3 (2.59 +/- 0.19 mg/g left ventricular weight). The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on left ventricular mass and intracardiac collagen content appeared to be dissociated from anemia, sympathetic activity, and hyperlipidemia. There was a close relationship between systolic pressure and left ventricular mass; however, no relationship between the degree of cardiac fibrosis and systolic pressure could be determined.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- B Fabris
- Institute of Medicina Clinica, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy
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Pozzato G, Moretti M, Franzin F, Crocè LS, Lacchin T, Benedetti G, Sablich R, Stebel M, Campanacci L. Ethanol metabolism and aging: the role of "first pass metabolism" and gastric alcohol dehydrogenase activity. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 1995; 50:B135-41. [PMID: 7743392 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/50a.3.b135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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To investigate the effect of age and gender on ethanol metabolism, first-pass metabolism (FPM) and gastric alcohol-dehydrogenase (ADH) activity were compared in 32 elderly and 30 young adult nonalcoholic subjects. The FPM was obtained from the difference between the area under the curve of ethanol blood concentration after intravenous or oral administration of ethanol 0.3 g/Kg b.w. The ADH activity was determined in samples of gastric mucosa obtained during diagnostic endoscopy. In the young adult group the FPM was higher in men than in women (3.3 +/- 2.3 vs 1.2 +/- 0.9 mmol/l/h, respectively, p < .01). In aged subjects FPM was found to be very low for men (1.1 +/- 0.8 mmol/l/h, p < .001); conversely, FPM was not significantly reduced in women (1.7 +/- 0.8 mmol/l/h, p = n.s.). The gastric ADH activity was significantly (p < .01) higher in young adult men than women, whereas in aged subjects the activities were low (p < .0001) in both sexes. Thus, gender-related FPM differences equalize in the elderly or are even reversed, most likely because of gastric mucosal atrophy, which occurs more in men than women.
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- G Pozzato
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Trieste School of Medicine, Italy
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Boriani S, Biagini R, Andreoli I, De Iure F, Campanacci L, Dimitri S, Gamberini G. Resection of the vertebral arch in the treatment of neoplasms of the spine. Chir Organi Mov 1995; 80:183-9. [PMID: 7587520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The authors describe the surgical technique of en bloc resection of musculoskeletal neoplasms that originate and invade the posterior arch of the thoracolumbar spine. Surgery is indicated for the treatment of aggressive benign tumors (Enneking stage 3) and malignant tumors. For surgical margins to be adequate, both pedicles must be free of the tumor.
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- S Boriani
- Modulo di Chirurgia vertebrale, 5a Divisione, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna
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De Iure F, Boriani S, Biagini R, Campanacci L, Di Fiore M, Lari S, Bandiera S. The sitting position in posterior access to the cervical spine for the treatment of neoplasm. Chir Organi Mov 1995; 80:77-84. [PMID: 7641545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The authors evaluate the posterior approach to the cervical spine with the patient in a sitting position for the surgical treatment of neoplasms of the vertebral arch. Advantages and risks, particularly those related to anesthesia, are examined. Two cases in which the sitting position was advantageous are reported.
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- F De Iure
- I Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università di Bologna
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De Iure F, Campanacci L. Clinical and radiographic progression of fibrous dysplasia: cystic change or sarcoma? Description of a clinical case and review of the literature. Chir Organi Mov 1995; 80:85-9. [PMID: 7641546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The clinical and radiographic progression of fibrous dysplasia may be due to a cystic-hemorrhagic change, or to a sarcomatous transformation. The distinction between these two possibilities, which is essential to treatment, depend on the biopsy. A case of fibrous dysplasia in a female aged 18 years is described in which, 3 years after pathologic fracture consolidated with non-surgical treatment, clinical and radiographic progression occurred, enough to suspect malignant transformation. Histological diagnosis showed fibrous dysplasia with a cartilaginous component and cystic-hemorrhagic changes, and curettage-bone allografting resulted in healing of the lesion.
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- F De Iure
- 1a Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università di Bologna
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Campanacci L, Casadei R, De Iure F, Bandiera S. Congenital and acquired syphilis of bone: pathologic fracture with hyperplastic callus. A description of two cases and a review of the literature. Chir Organi Mov 1995; 80:95-9. [PMID: 7641548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The authors describe two cases of syphilis of bone with multiple pathologic fractures. Healing of the fractures occurred over a normal period of time, with the production of hyperplastic callus. Differential diagnosis with tumorous and pseudotumorous lesions is possible based on clinical data and a history of the patient, as well as specific laboratory tests for syphilis; occasionally, biopsy is required.
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- L Campanacci
- Ia Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università, Istituto Rizzoli, Bologna
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Biagini R, Boriani S, Andreoli I, De Iure F, Campanacci L, Di Fiore M, Lari S, Gamberini G. Surgical technique: dorsal vertebral hemiresection for bone tumors. Chir Organi Mov 1994; 79:331-7. [PMID: 7842846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The authors describe the technique of sagittal vertebral hemiresection used for the treatment of tumors of the thoracic spine involving one or more hemivertebrae. This type of treatment is not frequently indicated because of the rare asymmetrical distribution of vertebral tumors.
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- R Biagini
- Ia Clinica Ortopedica, Università di Bologna
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Benassi MS, Campanacci L, Gamberi G, Ferrari C, Picci P, Sangiorgi L, Campanacci M. Cytokeratin expression and distribution in adamantinoma of the long bones and osteofibrous dysplasia of tibia and fibula. An immunohistochemical study correlated to histogenesis. Histopathology 1994; 25:71-6. [PMID: 7525449 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1994.tb00600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Twenty-four cases of adamantinoma and 24 cases of osteofibrous dysplasia of the long bones were studied to evaluate the expression and distribution of cytokeratin (CK) subtypes in relation to histogenesis and differentiation. The immunohistochemical study was performed on tissue fixed in buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin wax utilizing antibodies to vimentin, factor VIII, epithelial membrane antigen and cytokeratins of different molecular weights. In all cases the vimentin antibody marked positively in stroma, endothelium and osteoblasts, while factor VIII expression was confined to endothelial cells. In 71% of adamantinomas, vimentin showed strong immunoreactivity in the tumour cells of nests and tubules. CKAE1/AE3 and CK19 were strongly expressed in all morphological patterns of adamantinoma emphasizing their epithelial origin, while the antibodies to CK8 and CK18 showed a high percentage of negative responses. In osteofibrous dysplasia the epithelial-like component was much smaller than in adamantinoma and was present in scattered islands composed of a few cell positive for CKAE1/AE3 and CK19 and negative for other keratins. These results suggest that these two lesions are of a similar histogenesis.
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- M S Benassi
- Oncology Research Laboratory, Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti I.O.R., Bologna, Italy
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Pozzato G, Franzin F, Moretti M, Lachin T, Benedetti G, Sablich R, Marin M, Stebel M, Campanacci L. Effects of omeprazole on ethanol metabolism: an in vitro and in vivo rat and human study. Pharmacol Res 1994; 29:47-58. [PMID: 8202442 DOI: 10.1016/1043-6618(94)80097-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Since some H2-receptor antagonists, like cimetidine or ranitidine, affect ethanol metabolism by interference with gastric and/or hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) it was investigated whether omeprazole has a similar effect and its effects were compared with those of cimetidine, an inhibitor of gastric ADH. The first-pass metabolism (FPM), quantified by measuring the difference between areas under the curve (AUC) of ethanol blood concentrations after oral intake or intravenous administration of the same amount (0.3 g kg-1 b.w.) of ethanol (EtOH), was studied before and after 1 week of omeprazole (20 mg daily) or cimetidine (800 mg daily) administration in 10 normal male volunteers. ADH activity was determined in gastric mucosal samples, collected during endoscopy, before and after 1 month of omeprazole treatment. The effect of the drugs on gastric and hepatic ADHs was studied in vitro in both rat and man. No significant effect of omeprazole was found on AUCs of the blood EtOH concentrations. The ADH activity in antral mucosa before and after omeprazole therapy did not show significant differences. In vitro, omeprazole reduced the activity of the low Km gastric ADH with a Ki of 5.6 mM in rat and the hepatic ADH activity with a Ki of 2.4 mM in man, whereas the drug did not show any effect on hepatic ADH in rat and gastric ADH in man. On the contrary, cimetidine increased the AUCs of EtOH blood concentrations after both gastric and intravenous route and, in the in vitro assay, inhibited gastric and hepatic ADH in both man and rat. These results indicate that omeprazole does not affect EtOH metabolism in man and seems to be safer than cimetidine in subjects unable to reduce ethanol intake during the therapy for peptic ulcer or other hypersecretory conditions.
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- G Pozzato
- Institute of Patologia Medica, University School of Medicine, Trieste, Italy
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Fabris B, Fischetti F, Carretta R, Narducci P, Piccinini C, Calci M, Biagi A, Candido R, Bardelli M, Campanacci L. Cardiac and nephroprotective effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor treatment in the renal ablation model. J Hypertens Suppl 1993; 11:S344-5. [PMID: 8158415] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- B Fabris
- University of Trieste, Institute of Medical Pathology, Cattinara Hospital, Italy
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Pozzato G, Franzin F, Moretti M, Tulissi P, Pecorari P, Melato M, Zacchi T, Evangelisti P, Campanacci L. Low-dose "natural" alpha-interferon in B-cell derived chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Haematologica 1992; 77:413-7. [PMID: 1483591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) was found to have a good antiproliferative effect in early stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but recombinant alpha-IFN administration may induce serious side effects. Therefore low-dose "natural" IFN was evaluated in terms of efficacy and safety. METHODS Fifteen patients affected by stage A (according to Binet) B-CLL underwent the treatment: natural IFN 1 MU three times a week for 6 months. RESULTS Overall lymphocyte count decreased from 13,050 +/- 3,200 to 7,500 +/- 2,940 within 6 months. One patient did not respond to IFN therapy. No one complained of side effects. CONCLUSION Low dose "natural" alpha-IFN seems useful and well tolerated in CLL, but the potential curative role of IFN in CLL remains to be established.
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- G Pozzato
- Istituto di Patologia Medica, Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Trieste, Italy
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Pozzato G, Franzin F, Moretti M, Campanacci L. Danazol therapy in myelodysplastic syndromes. Haematologica 1992; 77:96. [PMID: 1398293] [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: 12/26/2022] Open
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Carretta R, Fabris B, Fischetti F, Bardelli M, Muiesan S, Vran F, Vasile A, Campanacci L. Peripheral adrenoceptors in hypotension of hemodialyzed uremic patients. Nephron Clin Pract 1992; 62:429-33. [PMID: 1338642 DOI: 10.1159/000187093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Hypotension is a common problem in patients on hemodialysis. To further investigate this problem, the number of platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptors and the activity of lymphomonocyte beta 2-adrenoceptors were measured in 10 hemodialyzed patients with normal blood pressure and in 10 sex- and age-matched persistently hypotensive hemodialyzed patients. Density of alpha 2-adrenoceptors was assessed by the specific binding of 3H-yohimbine to intact platelets, while the function of beta 2-adrenoceptors was estimated by the production of cAMP after the exposure of lymphomonocytes to isoprenaline. The maximal number of alpha 2-adrenoceptors was increased in the hypotensive compared to the normotensive group (262.13 vs. 77.21 fmol/mg protein; p < 0.01). Plasma norepinephrine was higher in the hypotensive than in the normotensive uremic patients (640 +/- 195 vs. 344 +/- 156 pg/ml; p < 0.01). Plasma epinephrine did not differ in the two groups (90 +/- 30 vs. 94 +/- 24 pg/ml). The amount of cAMP, produced by stimulation of lymphomonocytes, was lower in the hypotensive than that in the normotensive uremic patients (7.7 +/- 2.4 vs. 15.6 +/- 5.4 pmol/10(6) cells; p < 0.002). The increased number of alpha 2-adrenoceptors together with a high level of norepinephrine and reduced activity of adenylate cyclase (coupled with beta 2-adrenoceptors) support the hypothesis that hypotension in the hemodialyzed uremic patients may be related to a defect in adrenoceptor coupling mechanisms.
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- R Carretta
- Institute of Medical Pathology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy
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Carretta R, Bardelli M, Bulli G, Fabris B, Fischetti F, Vran F, Rizzini P, D'Onofrio V, Bamfi F, Campanacci L. An ultrasonographic method to measure the sensitivity of the baroreflex in clinical practice: application to pharmacological studies. J Hypertens Suppl 1991; 9:S33-6. [PMID: 1797998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To determine whether it is possible to assess baroreceptor sensitivity by measuring changes in blood velocity in the carotid artery and changes in the heart rate, we performed a series of 108 experiments in 19 hypertensives aged 20-57 years (mean 46.6 +/- 8.6). In each experiment, we took simultaneous measurements of carotid artery blood flow velocity (Doppler technique), the brachial intra-arterial blood pressure and the heart rate, during a rapid and transient increase in blood pressure induced by injections of phenylephrine. We then calculated the maximum slope of the regression lines correlating blood velocity with the heart period (Trieste method) and blood pressure with the heart period (Oxford method). We obtained good accuracy from the Trieste method compared with the Oxford method, as assessed by the mean of the sum of the squares (difference + 5%, NS). After the administration of 4 mg oral lacidipine to 13 essential hypertensives, aged 37-54 years (47.6 +/- 5.3), baroreflex sensitivity was not changed, as assessed by either method (Oxford method 10.1 +/- 5.5 versus 9.8 +/- 6.2 ms/mmHg; Trieste method - 0.57 +/- 0.32 versus - 0.49 +/- 0.31 ms/Hz). The coefficients of variation for the two methods, calculated for the measurements taken before and after the administration of lacidipine, were not statistically different (Oxford method 25.0 +/- 18.4 versus 36.2 +/- 16.0; Trieste method 36.7 +/- 19.2 versus 39.7 +/- 19.2). The new non-invasive Trieste method thus showed the same accuracy and precision as the invasive Oxford method in measuring baroreflex sensitivity and can be used in pharmacological studies.
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- R Carretta
- Institute of Medicine, University of Trieste, Italy
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Campanacci L, Pozzato G, Molaro G, Moretti M. [Pseudothrombocytopenia: how automation of the laboratory can produce an erroneous diagnosis]. Recenti Prog Med 1991; 82:59. [PMID: 2028078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Campanacci L, Bellini G, Cosenzi A. [Arterial hypertension and the kidney in pregnancy]. Clin Ter 1990; 132:335-45. [PMID: 2139837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hypertension complicates approximately 10 per cent of all pregnancies and accounts for 20% of all maternal deaths. Blood pressure normally decreases in the first trimester of pregnancy, secondary to a decrease in peripheral vascular resistance, reaches its lowest point in the second trimester and then gradually increases to or near pregravid levels at term. Normal pregnant women develop vascular resistance to the pressor effect of angiotensin II, which is precociously lost in women who develop gestational hypertension. Prostaglandins seem to be involved in the development of this vascular refractoriness. An acute and reversible lesion--defined "Glomerular endotheliosis"--has been described as the basic pathologic pattern of pre-eclamptic nephropathy, although gestational hypertension can be superimposed on undiagnosed essential hypertension or any of a variety of renal diseases. The primary goal when treating gestational hypertension is successful termination of the pregnancy with the least trauma to mother and fetus. Antihypertensive drugs could be administered to prolong pregnancy when this is considered desirable, although pharmacological therapy of gestational hypertension remains a subject for dispute, because of the lack of closely controlled studies. Hydralazine and methyldopa are drugs with a long history of use in gestational hypertension. Beta-blockers have been shown to be as effective as methyldopa. Clinical experience with nifedipine is limited, but controlled clinical trials, currently in progress, suggest its suitability.
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- L Campanacci
- Istituto di Patologia Medica, Scuola di Specializzazione in Nefrologia, Università degli Studi di Trieste
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Carretta R, Fabris B, Fischetti F, Costantini M, De Biasi F, Muiesan S, Bardelli M, Vran F, Campanacci L. Reduction of blood pressure in obese hyperinsulinaemic hypertensive patients during somatostatin infusion. J Hypertens Suppl 1989; 7:S196-7. [PMID: 2576663 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-198900076-00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hypertension in the obese may be related to hyperinsulinaemia. To investigate this relationship further, we infused somatostatin (250 micrograms/h in 100 ml saline) or saline, single-blind and in a random order, for 10 h in seven obese hyperinsulinaemic hypertensive patients and in seven normo-insulinaemic hypertensive controls. Every 2 h, blood pressure, plasma insulin, glucose, sodium, potassium, renin, cortisol and aldosterone concentrations and the urinary sodium:creatinine ratio were determined. Two hours after the somatostatin infusion was started, mean arterial blood pressure was significantly reduced in the obese hyperinsulinaemic patients (from 128 +/- 11 to 114 +/- 11 mmHg, P less than 0.05) but not in the controls and this reduction persisted throughout the study. The somatostatin infusion reduced plasma insulin and increased plasma glucose similarly in both groups. Plasma sodium, potassium, renin, cortisol and aldosterone concentrations and the urinary sodium:creatinine ratio were unchanged after the somatostatin infusion. These results suggest that hyperinsulinaemia could help sustain the blood pressure rise in obesity.
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- R Carretta
- Istituto di Patologia Medica, University of Trieste, Italy
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Carretta R, Fabris B, Bardelli M, Muiesan S, Fischetti F, Vran F, Bianchetti A, Campanacci L. Arterial compliance and baroreceptor sensitivity after chronic treatment with indapamide. J Hum Hypertens 1988; 2:171-5. [PMID: 3236320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Arterial compliance, assessed by the ratio of stroke volume to pulse pressure, and baroreceptor sensitivity (Oxford method), were determined in ten patients with essential hypertension, treated with placebo or indapamide (2.5 mg/day), in a cross-over, single blind study. After three months of therapy, mean arterial pressure was significantly reduced from 127 +/- 10 to 118 +/- 9 mmHg, (P less than 0.001), as was total peripheral vascular resistance (from 3017 +/- 561 to 2457 +/- 614 dyne/sec/cm-5/m2, P less than 0.001). Significant increases occurred in cardiac index (3.47 +/- 0.55 to 4.03 +/- 0.86 l/min/m2, P less than 0.01), baroreceptor sensitivity assessed with phenylephrine (from 11.69 +/- 7.9 to 15.0 +/- 9.1 msec/mmHg, P less than 0.01) or with nitroglycerine (from 4.77 +/- 1.6 to 7.11 +/- 2.7 msec/mmHg, P less than 0.01) and arterial compliance (from 1.27 +/- 0.42 to 1.55 +/- 0.57, P less than 0.01). A significant direct correlation was found between arterial compliance and baroreceptor sensitivity assessed during induced increase and reduction of BP, both during placebo (r = 0.88, P less than 0.001 and r = 0.77, P less than 0.01, respectively) and during active therapy (r = 0.94, P less than 0.001 and r = 0.92, P less than 0.001, respectively). These results support the conclusion that chronic treatment with indapamide enhances arterial compliances and reduces the heart load and blood vessel stress. The same effect could explain the enhancement of baroreceptor sensitivity promoted by the drug.
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- R Carretta
- Istituto di Patologia Medica, University of Trieste, Italy
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Campanacci L. [New regulations for graduate studies in medicine are being applied (new Table XVIIIa). Findings in internal medicine and medical specialties]. G Clin Med 1988; 69:589-93. [PMID: 3229608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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