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Systematic review with meta-analysis of studies comparing single-incision laparoscopic colectomy and multiport laparoscopic colectomy.
No full textThere is currently a paucity of research comparing the clinical outcomes of single-incision laparoscopic colectomy (SILC) with those obtained with multiport laparoscopic colectomy (MLC). This meta-analysis aimed to examine whether SILC shows real benefits over MLC, especially in terms of feasibility, safety, and oncological adequacy.
METHODS:
A literature review of studies comparing SILC and MLC has been performed which looked at the following outcomes: mortality, morbidity, and oncological parameters of adequacy, as well as other potential benefits and drawbacks. Standardized mean difference for continuous variables and odds ratios for qualitative variables were calculated.
RESULTS:
Thirty studies comparing SILC and MLC were reviewed: two prospective randomized clinical trials (RCTs), eight prospective studies, and 20 retrospective comparative observational studies. Overall, in a cohort of 3502 patients who underwent surgery, SILC was used in 1068 cases (30.5 %) and MLC was used in 2434 cases (69.5 %). Mean intraoperative blood loss was significantly lower when the SILC procedure had been used (75.06 vs. 91.45 ml, P = 0.03); bowel function recovered significantly earlier in the SILC patients (1.96 vs. 2.15 days, P = 0.03); mean postoperative hospital stay was significantly shorter in the SILC group (5.55 vs. 6.60 days, P = 0.0005); and length of skin incision was significantly shorter in SILC patients (3.98 vs. 5.28 cm, P = 0.01). However, in the latter four outcomes, evidence of heterogeneity was found. In contrast, MLC showed significantly better results when compared to SILC in terms of distal free margins (12.26 vs. 10.98 cm, P = 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS:
SILC could be considered as a safe and feasible alternative to MLC in experienced hands. Further evidence for this surgical procedure should be assessed in the form of high-quality RCTs, with additional focus on its use in low rectal cancer resection
Draunara, installation, Federica Cellini, 2014
No full text Draunara, Federica Cellini, Ana B.K, widewalls.ch , 26/05/2014 "Washed away onto the shores of the island, migrants from Africa keep arriving to Lampedusa, a small island just off the coast of Sicily. (...) The Unstoppable Tempest Draunara takes its name from the local term for a storm that swoops over the island coming from the sea. The author of the piece draws a parallel between the tempest and the overwhelming number of people arriving from the same direction. Although the arrivals ar..
Integrated geological-geophysical and UAS proximal sensing approach to the study of ground water movement between two open-pit pools in an abandoned mine area
No full textcorrection idelalisib exposure before allogenic stem cell transplantation in patients with follicular lymphoma an EBMT survey
No full textThe article “Idelalisib exposure before allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients with follicular lymphoma: an EBMT survey”, written by Leopold Sellner, Johannes Schetelig, Linda Koster, Goda Choi, Didier Blaise, Dietrich Beelen, Fabrizio Carnevale Schianca, Jakob Passweg, Urs Schanz, Emmanuel Gyan, Federica Sora, Nicolaus Kröger, Gerald. G. Wulf, Gwendolyn Van Gorkom, Jiri Mayer, Corentin Orvain, Jean Henri Bourhis, Pavel Jindra, Victoria Potter, Francesco Zallio, Elisabeth Vandenberghe, Stephen Robinson, Patrick J. Hayden, Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha, Silvia Montoto, Peter Dreger, on behalf of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Lymphoma and Chronic Malignancies Working Parties, was originally published Online First without Open Access. After publication in volume 55, issue 12, page 2335–2338, the author decided to opt for Open Choice and to make the article an Open Access publication. Therefore, the copyright of the article has been changed to © The Author(s) 2020 and the article is forthwith distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder
Cooking pots from Alassa Pano Mantilaris and Paliotaverna
No full textThis final report on the 1984–2000 investigations at Alassa begins with the presentation of the rescue excavations of the settlement (Chapter 2) and tombs (Chapter 3) at Pano Mantilaris. This is followed by the account of the elite architecture and associated finds uncovered at Paliotaverna (Chapter 4) and a detailed description and discussion of the remarkable seal impressions found on many of the Alassa pithoi (Chapter 5). In-depth studies of the Alassa pithoi and all of the other pottery found at the site are presented in Chapters 6 and 7 by Priscilla Keswani and Ariane Jacobs, respectively. Federica Spagnoli presents a report on cooking pots in chapter 7. Reports by other specialists on a variety of topics may be found in the 10 appendices: the cylinder and stamp seals (Aruz), metallurgical finds (Kassianidou and Van-Brempt), marked pottery (Hirschfeld), C14 dates (Manning), human remains (Lorentz), faunal remains (Croft), coins (Destrooper), ground stone objects (Souter), and archaeometric studies of the pithoi (Nodarou) and other pottery (Jacobs et al.). The results from all of these studies are integrated within the conclusions that the author offers in Chapter 8 regarding the chronology and importance of Alassa within the broader cultural and sociopolitical context of LBA Cyprus
Correction to: Impact of a mixed educational and semi-restrictive antimicrobial stewardship project in a large teaching hospital in Northern Italy (Infection, 10.1007/s15010-017-1063-7)
No full textA technical error led to incorrect rendering of the author group in this article. The correct authorship is as follows: Daniele Roberto Giacobbe1, Valerio Del Bono1, Malgorzata Mikulska1, Giulia Gustinetti1, Anna Marchese2, Federica Mina3, Alessio Signori4, Andrea Orsi5, Fulvio Rudello6, Cristiano Alicino5, Beatrice Bonalumi3, Alessandra Morando7, Giancarlo Icardi5, Sabrina Beltramini3, Claudio Viscoli1; On behalf of the San Martino Antimicrobial Stewardship Group
The Planning of Socialist Urbanity: The New City of Kukës in Albania.
No full textThis paper titled "The Planning of Socialist Urbanity: The New City of Kukës in Albania" has been submitted in March 2022 (abstract submission) to the “Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings: 39th Annual SAHANZ Conference and 16th Australasian UHPH Conference" hosted at the Te Pare School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, New Zealand, in 25-27 November 2022 (hybrid online/in situ format). This paper has been peer-reviewed and it has been accepted for publication in December 2022, and published in July 2023 in the Annual Conferences Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), “Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings”, Volume 39, edited by Julia Gatley and Elizabeth Aitken Rose, Auckland: SAHANZ 2023. ISBN: 978-0-646-88028-0 (ISSN 2653-4789 - online).
More info on the SAHANZ/UHPH Joint Conference can be found here: https://www.sahanz.net/events/nga-putahitanga-crossings-a-joint-conference-of-sahanz-and-the-australasian-uhph-group/
Conference contributions are available online at the following link: https://www.sahanz.net/publications/annual-proceedings/?session=3709
The final paper written by Dr Pompejano can be also accessed and downloaded here: https://www.sahanz.net/wp-content/uploads/Pompejano_2022_SAHANZ.pdf
The paper should be cited as follows:
Federica Pompejano, “The Planning of Socialist Urbanity: The New City of Kukës in Albania.” In Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: 39, Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings, ed. Julia Gatley and Elizabeth Aitken Rose, 379-87. Auckland: SAHANZ, 2023. Accepted for publication December 1, 2022. DOI: 10.55939/a5035pmg1tThis paper should be cited as follows:
Federica Pompejano, "The Planning of Socialist Urbanity: The New City of Kukës in Albania." In Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: 39, Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings, ed. Julia Gatley and Elizabeth Aitken Rose, 379-87. Auckland: SAHANZ, 2023. Accepted for publication December 1, 2022. DOI: 10.55939/a5035pmg1t
Acknowledgement: This article originates from the scientific work conducted by the author during the implementation of the research project "Materializing Modernity – Socialist and Postsocialist Rural Legacy in Contemporary Albania (MaMo)" which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 896925 (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/896925). This contribution reflects only the author's view, and the EU Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains
Circulating biochemical molecular markers (DNA and RNA) in head and neck cancer: a narrative review
No full textReview and meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing laparo-endoscopic single site and multiport laparoscopy in gynecologic operative procedures
No full textPurpose: To critically appraise published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing laparo-endoscopic single site (LESS) and multi-port laparoscopic (MPL) in gynecologic operative surgery; the aim was to assess feasibility, safety, and potential benefits of LESS in comparison to MPL. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of eleven RCTs. Women undergoing operative LESS and MPL gynecologic procedure (hysterectomy, cystectomy, salpingectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, myomectomy). Outcomes evaluated were as follows: postoperative overall morbidity, postoperative pain evaluation at 6, 12, 24 and 48 h, cosmetic patient satisfaction, conversion rate, body mass index (BMI), operative time, blood loss, hemoglobin drop, postoperative hospital stay. Results: Eleven RCTs comprising 956 women with gynecologic surgical disease randomized to either LESS (477) or MPL procedures (479) were analyzed systematically. The LESS approach is a surgical procedure with longer operative and better cosmetic results time than MPL but without statistical significance. Operative outcomes, postoperative recovery, postoperative morbidity and patient satisfaction are similar in LESS and MPL. Conclusion: LESS may be considered an alternative to MPL with comparable feasibility and safety in gynecologic operative procedures. However, it does not offer the expected advantages in terms of postoperative pain and cosmetic satisfaction
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