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A Porreca

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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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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Correlations between Receptor Density and Binding Affinity of 1-Adrenoceptors and Several Clinical Parameters

2002

The aim of the study was to determine whether relations do exist between the concentration and activity of 1-adrenoceptors, both inside the prostatic adenoma and the periurethral zone corresponding to the bladder neck, and clinical and biological parameters such as symptoms, evaluated by the American Urological Association (AUA) score, age, weight of the prostate, PSA, and the flow rate. Twenty patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia were selected for an open prostatectomy. One gram of tissue was dissected from inside the adenoma and 1 g from the periurethral zone corresponding to the bladder neck. The 1-adrenoceptors were evaluated for the apparent dissociation constant (Kd)…

Settore BIO/14 - FarmacologiaProstate 1-Adrenoceptor Urinary obstruction Benign prostatic hyperplasia
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The waiting time for prostate cancer treatment in Italy: analysis from the PROS-IT CNR Study.

2022

Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common neoplasm in male patients. To date, there's no certain indication about the maximum waiting time (WT) acceptable for treatment beginning and the impact on oncological and functional outcomes has not been well established. Methods Data from the National Research Council PCa monitoring multicenter project in Italy (Pros-IT CNR) were prospectively collected and analyzed. WT was defined as the time from the bioptical diagnosis of PCa to the first treatment received. Patients were divided in two groups, using a time frame of 90 days. Quality of life was measured through the Italian version of the University of California Los Angeles-Pros…

Waiting timeMalemedicine.medical_specialtyWaiting ListsUrologyLymph node metastasisAndrogen deprivation therapySettore MED/06Prostate cancerPercutaneous Coronary Interventionprostate cancer radical prostatectomy screeningQuality of lifeSettore MED/36Internal medicinemedicineHumansWaiting lists; Prostatic neoplasms; Prostatectomy; Radiotherapy; Androgens; Humans; Male; Prostate; Quality of Life; Waiting Lists; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Prostatic NeoplasmsProstatectomySurgical approachRadiotherapybusiness.industryscreeningProstateCancerProstatic NeoplasmsWaiting timeprostate cancermedicine.diseaseradical prostatectomyNephrologyAndrogensQuality of LifeT-stagePositive Surgical Marginbusiness
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