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A Marrazzo

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Time trends of benign/malignant breast biopsy ratios a multicenter Italian study.

1996

Aims and background Although they have been decreasing over time due to improved specificity of diagnostic assessment, benign biopsies of the breast are still common. Benign biopsies should be regarded as negative events, due to their economical and psychological cost and their possible negative impact on cosmesis and on further diagnostic evaluation. Methods Retrospective data on benign/malignant breast biopsies ratio (B/M) were collected in 9 Italian centers for a period of 10-15 years. The time trend of B/M and its association to age or to single centers was evaluated. Results Overall 31,001 cases were considered. A strong association of B/M to age was evident (average B/M values were 5.…

Breast biopsyAdultMaleCancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtyMultivariate analysisBiopsyBreast NeoplasmsGastroenterologyBreast DiseasesAge DistributionInternal medicinemedicineOdds RatioHumansRetrospective StudiesGynecologymedicine.diagnostic_testTime trendsbusiness.industryCosmesisRetrospective cohort studyGeneral MedicineOdds ratioMiddle AgedConfounding effectSettore MED/18 - Chirurgia GeneraleLogistic ModelsOncologyItalyMultivariate AnalysisDiagnostic assessmentbreast carcinoma diagnosis specificityFemalebusinessTumori
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Tiroidectomia con LigaSure TM vs tiroidectomia tradizionale. Nostra esperienza

2007

Nelle ultime decadi la strategia chirurgica delle affezioni tiroidee, sia benigne sia maligne, ha subito dìversi cambiamenti. ln par-ticolare, la tiroidectomia totale è og- gi divenuto l'intervento chirurgico di routine delìa maggior parte delle patologie ti- roìdee. Le complicanze di tale procedura chirurgica, sebbene a eziopatogenesi multifattoriale, sono spesso collegate all'efficacia dell'emostasi. ln questo lavoro, abbiamo voluto verificare se l'impiego del nuovo sistema emostatico LigaSurerM potesse ridurre l'incidenza di tali complicanze, nonché i tempi operatori e i giorni di degenza, rispetto alle metodiche di emostasi convenzìonale. VenÌiòinque pazienti sono stati randomizzali per…

Tiroide Ligasure
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