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A Pini

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Italian multicentric survey on laparoscopic spleen surgery in the pediatric population.

2007

Abstract Background: Some technical aspects of laparoscopic spleen surgery still are debated, although efforts have been made to standardize them. The position of the patient, the approach to the spleen, vessel identification and division, and spleen extraction can vary from center to center. Methods: This retrospective muticentric study led by the Societa` Italiana di Videochirurgia Infantile (SIVI) examined indications, surgical details, and complications of laparoscopic spleen surgery in the pediatric population during a 5-year period. Results: The study period from January 1999 to December 2003 (5 years) involved nine centers and included 85 patients with a mean age of 10 years (range, …

Laparoscopic surgeryMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentmedicine.medical_treatmentSplenectomySpleenAdolescent Age Distribution Child Child; Preschool Data Collection Female Hematologic Diseases; complications/diagnosis Humans Incidence Intraoperative Complications; diagnosis/epidemiology Italy Laparoscopy; adverse effects/methods Male Pediatrics; methods Postoperative Complications; diagnosis/epidemiology Prognosis Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Sex Distribution Splenectomy; adverse effects/methods Splenic Diseases; diagnosis/etiology/surgery Survival AnalysisPediatricsRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexmethodsAge DistributionPostoperative ComplicationsmedicineHumansSex DistributionLaparoscopyChildPreschoolIntraoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSplenic Diseasesadverse effects/methodsmedicine.diagnostic_testdiagnosis/epidemiologybusiness.industryData CollectionIncidenceComplications — Fenestration — Laparoscopic splenectomy — Multicentric survey — Spleen —technical detailscomplications/diagnosismedicine.diseasePrognosisdiagnosis/etiology/surgeryHematologic DiseasesSurvival AnalysisEndoscopySurgerymedicine.anatomical_structureItalyChild PreschoolSplenectomySurgeryFemaleLaparoscopySplenic diseasebusinessComplicationAbdominal surgery
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Relapse risk factors in anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis

2019

Aim: To identify factors that may predict and affect the risk of relapse in anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis. Method: This was a retrospective study of an Italian cohort of patients with paediatric (≤18y) onset anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Results: Of the 62 children included (39 females; median age at onset 9y 10mo, range 1y 2mo–18y; onset between 2005 and 2018), 21 per cent relapsed (median two total events per relapsing patient, range 2–4). Time to first relapse was median 31.5 months (range 7–89mo). Severity at first relapse was lower than onset (median modified Rankin Scale [mRS] 3, range 2–4, vs median mRS 5, range 3–5; admission to intensive care unit: 0/10 vs 3/10…

Male030506 rehabilitationGastroenterologyCohort Studies0302 clinical medicineRetrospective StudieModified Rankin ScaleRecurrenceRisk FactorsChildrelapseAnti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor EncephalitisHazard ratioItalyChild PreschoolCohortanti‐N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor encephalitisFemale0305 other medical scienceEncephalitisHumanCohort studymedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentSocio-culturaleanti-NMDAR antibodies03 medical and health sciencesanti-NMDARDevelopmental NeuroscienceInternal medicinemedicineAdolescent; Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis; Child; Child Preschool; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Infant; Italy; Male; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Risk FactorsHumansPreschoolSurvival analysisRetrospective StudiesAutoimmune encephalitisbusiness.industryInfantRetrospective cohort studymedicine.diseaseanti-NMDAR antibodies autoimmune encephalitis anti‐N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor encephalitisautoimmune encephalitisAnti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis anti-NMDAR autoimmune encephalitis relapseAnti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor EncephalitiPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthNeurology (clinical)Cohort Studiebusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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