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La Corte alla ricerca di una precisa delineazione dei confini della materia “professioni” (nota a margine delle sentt. nn. 319, 355, 405 e 424 del 2005 della Corte costituzionale)
Full text linkGiant Hydatid lung cyst in non-endemic area
No full textEchinococcosis is a parasitic zoonosis in which humans are involved as an intermediate host. It is a very common pathology in the areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, where the main activity is represented by pastoralism and animal breeding. In humans, the most frequently affected sites are the liver (60–70%) and lungs (20–30%), manifesting themselves with symptoms such as abdominal pain, coughing, dyspnea, hemoptysis, up to cases of anaphylactic shock. In Italy it is not a common disease with an incidence of 2:100.000 inhabitants, and it's extremely rare in pediatric population. In this work we presented a case of a 11-years male patient came for a persistent cough, to whom was found a giant cystic mass in the thorax. Serological tests confirmed the diagnosis of echinococcosis. Patient underwent to thoracotomy to remove the cyst and he begun the antiparasitic therapy. Post-operative outcome was good and the patient is, until now, free of problems. Echinococcosis is a challenging problem for a pediatric surgeon, especially in non-endemic area, not only because it is not a common disease in pediatric population, but also for the surgical management that can presents some difficulties and complications in the post-operative course. © 2020 The Author
Pyeloplasty in Children with Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction and Associated Kidney Anomalies: Can a Robotic Approach Make Surgery Easier?
No full textBackground: Robot-assisted pyeloplasty is widely used in pediatric surgery because of its well-known advantages over open or laparoscopic surgery. The aim is to explore our experience and evaluate the achievements we have made. Methods: We evaluated patients undergoing robotic pyeloplasty from January 2016 to November 2021, including those who presented with a ureteropelvic junction obstruction associated with other anomalies of the kidney. The parameters examined were: age, weight, associated renal malformations, conversion rate, operative time, and intra- and postoperative complications. Results: Of 39 patients, 7 (20%) were included, of whom 5 (71%) were male and 2 (29%) were female. The mean age at surgery was 84 months (range 36–180 months), and the mean weight at surgery was 24.4 kg (range 11–40 kg). In five (71%) patients the ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) was left-sided and in two (29%) it was right-sided. In four (57%) cases, UPJO was associated with a horseshoe kidney, right-sided in one (25%) patient, and left-sided in the other three (75%). A 180° rotation of the kidney was present in one (14%) patient. Nephrolithiasis was present in two (29%) patients. The mean operative time was 160 min (range 140–240 min). The average bladder catheter dwell time was 1 day (range 2–3 days), while the average abdominal drainage dwell time was 2 days (range 2–4 days). The mean hospitalization time was 4 days (range 3–9 days). On average, after 45 days (range 30–65) the JJ ureteral stent was removed cystoscopically. No intraoperative complications were reported, while one case of persistent macrohematuria with anemia requiring blood transfusion occurred postoperatively. Conclusions: Ureteropelvic junction obstruction might be associated with other congenital urinary tract anomalies such as a duplicated collecting system, horseshoe kidney, or pelvic kidney. These kinds of malformations can complicate surgery and require more attention and accuracy from the surgeon. Our experience shows that, with regards to the robotic learning curve required for pyeloplasty, the treatment of the ureteropelvic junction in these situations does not present insurmountable difficulties nor is burdened by complications. The application of robot-assisted surgery in pediatric urology makes difficult pyeloplasties easier
Preoperative percutaneous catheter drainage for symptomatic macrocystic congenital pulmonary airway malformation: A case report
Full text linkIntroduction: Infants with congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) are generally asymptomatic and the surgical treatment can be planned using a thoracoscopic technique. We report the case of a newborn with a large type 1 CPAM who presented with severe respiratory distress and was treated with percutaneous transthoracic drainage before open surgery. Case report: A full-term male patient was born via vaginal delivery. Antenatal imaging had raised suspicion of type 1 CPAM in the right lung. At birth, he was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) due to ventilatory insufficiency and oxygen dependence. A chest X-ray confirmed the antenatal diagnosis of a large type 1 CPAM. On the first days of life (DOL), we inserted a percutaneous transthoracic chest tube to drain the large cyst and initiated high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). Although the patient initially showed clinical improvement, his condition subsequently deteriorated. Suspecting tube dislocation, on the seventh DOL a second drainage was placed in the cyst. On the tenth DOL, given the persistent clinical severity, a right upper lobectomy was performed. Postoperatively, the patient was supported by conventional ventilation with a reduced oxygen requirement. On the thirteenth DOL, the infant was successfully extubated. Histological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of type 1 CPAM. After nearly a month, the infant was transferred to the pediatric surgery ward and later discharged. During multidisciplinary follow-up, the patient maintained good general health with no signs of recurrence. Conclusion: In newborns with large, symptomatic type-1 CPAMs a percutaneous catheter drainage can be used as a temporizing measure before the definitive surgical resection
Il sindacato di legittimità costituzionale su leggi regionali in materia di “professioni”: profili sostanziali e processuali
No full textIl commento alla decisione n. 40 del 2006 della Corte cost. si sofferma sia sui profili sostanziali che sui profili processuali del sindacato di costituzionalità su leggi regionali in materia di ‘professioni’, mettendo in luce che i due profili sono strettamente connessi.
Sotto il profilo sostanziale, con riferimento alle professioni “ordinistiche”, si evidenzia come gli spazi di intervento regionale appaiono pressoché nulli; gli AA. auspicano pertanto che, se e quando verrà interpellata sul punto, la Corte cerchi di valorizzare le differenze che è possibile tracciare in relazione a quelle “non ordinistiche”, in modo da evitare di svuotare completamente di contenuto non tanto l’intera materia “professioni” quanto piuttosto, al suo interno, la parte di disciplina di spettanza regionale.
Sotto il profilo processuale, gli AA. si soffermano sul perché il Governo in questi casi non impugni l’intero testo legislativo, pur essendo ben consapevole del fatto che la legge nel suo complesso sia viziata da illegittimità costituzionale, preferendo invocare un uso (distorto) dell’istituto dell’illegittimità consequenzial
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Intra-diaphragmatic Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestrations: A Multi-Istitutional Experience.
No full textVariations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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