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Cristiano Giambona

IL RINGIOVANIMENTO FACCIALE: ANALISI, PROBLEMI E SOLUZIONI

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Profilassi perioperatoria del sanguinamento in pazienti affetti da palatoschisi associata a deficit di fattore VII

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Retroauricular skin: a flaps bank for ear reconstruction.

Retroauricular skin: a flaps bank for ear reconstruction. Cordova A, D'Arpa S, Pirrello R, Giambona C, Moschella F. Source Cattedra di Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva, Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche ed Oncologiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 - Palermo, Italy. adriana.cordova@excite.com Abstract BACKGROUND: The retroauricular skin has always been given much attention by the reconstructive surgeon for ear and face reconstruction because it is richly vascularised, as many anatomical investigations show, it is hidden behind the ear, its skin is very similar to that of ear and face. All these reasons make it an ideal donor site for ear reconstruction.…

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Bleeding prophylaxis in a child with cleft palate and factor VII deficiency: a case report.

Bleeding prophylaxis in a child with cleft palate and factor VII deficiency: a case report. Pirrello R, Siragusa S, Giambona C, D'Arpa S, Cordova A, Moschella F. Source Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche ed Oncologiche, Sezione di Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Abstract The association between factor VII deficiency and cleft palate has never been described. The case of a child with cleft palate and factor VII deficiency who successfully underwent palatoplasty is described in this article. To allow surgical treatment, through maintenance of a normal prothrombin time, the patient was given 15 microg/kg of recombinant factor VIIa every 12 hours, …

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18Fluoro2deoxy-Dglucose-Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) Imaging versus sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in the staging of cutaneous melanoma in AJCC stage i and II.

Aim. In the present study, 18Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-Glucose-Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) findings were compared with histopathological results of sentinel lymph-node biopsy (SNLB). The purpose was to determine the value of FDG-PET in predicting regional lymph-node involvement in patients with primary melanoma stage I and II. Methods. Twenty five consecutive patients with primary cutaneous melanoma, stage I and II, underwent FDG-PET scans, preoperative lymphoscintigraphy, and SNLB. The sentinel node detection was sistematically performed within the week following the PET scanning. Results. The FDG-PET and SNLB results were interpreted independently of each other and then compared. Conclu…

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Sentinel node biopsy. A staging procedure only?

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