Search Results - "Caprotti, Roberto"
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Hepatic Surgery Using the Ligasure Vessel Sealing System
Published in World journal of surgery (01-01-2005)“…Blood loss, a well‐known risk factor for morbidity and mortality during liver resection, occurs during parenchymal transection, so many approaches and devices…”
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Elderly and colorectal surgery. Analysis of surgical site infections
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To deny or not to deny surgical resection for pancreatic cancer to elderly patients?
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Preoperative selective endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and laparoscopic cholecystectomy without cholangiography
Published in Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques (01-12-2002)“…The aim of this study was to show that laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be performed safely without routine intraoperative cholangiography. We performed a…”
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Bipolar vessel sealing system vs. clamp crushing technique for liver parenchyma transection
Published in Hepato-gastroenterology (01-01-2011)“…To evaluate the impact of the traditional clamp-crush technique and a radiofrequency bipolar vessel sealing device (BVSD) for liver resection on operative…”
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Laparoscopic splenectomy: ligasure versus EndoGIA: a comparative study
Published in Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A (01-12-2007)“…Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is considered the gold standard for the treatment of hematologic disease of the spleen. Intraoperative bleeding is the main…”
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Thrombosis of the splenoportal axis after splenectomy
Published in Langenbeck's archives of surgery (01-09-2006)“…Thrombosis of the portal system is a potentially life-threatening complication after splenectomy. The reported incidence is low (approximately or = 1%),…”
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Interleukin-2 immunotherapy action on innate immunity cells in peripheral blood and tumoral tissue of pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients
Published in Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2009)“…Background and aims Innate immunity cells play a crucial role in host anticancer defense: cancer patients with high levels of natural killer (NK) cells and…”
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Short-term preoperative IL-2 immunotherapy in operable pancreatic cancer: a randomized study
Published in Hepato-gastroenterology (01-05-2009)“…A cell-mediated immunodeficiency is demonstrated to occur in advanced cancer patients. Lymphocytopenia predicts a poor prognosis, moreover, the surgical trauma…”
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Hepatic resection using a bipolar vessel sealing device: technical and histological analysis
Published in HPB (Oxford, England) (01-10-2007)“…Introduction. Blood loss and bile leakage are well-known risk factors for morbidity and mortality during liver resection. Bleeding usually occurs during…”
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Low-dose interleukin-2 administered pre-operatively to patients with gastric cancer activates peripheral and peritumoral lymphocytes but does not affect prognosis
Published in Annals of surgical oncology (01-04-2007)“…There is evidence that cancer is immunogenic under certain situations. IL-2 is described to stimulate an effective antitumor immune response in vitro and in…”
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Energy-based hemostatic devices in laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Published in Langenbeck's archives of surgery (01-02-2010)“…Purpose In literature, few papers compare different hemostatic devices in laparoscopic adrenalectomy. This sequential cohort study analyzes the outcomes of…”
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Challenging diagnosis of ileal gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting with obscure digestive bleeding
Published in Tumori (01-11-2009)“…We report a case of a patient observed in emergency condition for recurrent episodes of massive obscure gastrointestinal bleeding that required surgical…”
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Elective laparoscopic splenectomy and thrombosis of the spleno-portal axis: a prospective study with ecocolordoppler ultrasound
Published in Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques (01-02-2006)“…Thrombosis of the portal system is a potentially life-threatening but otherwise underappreciated complication after splenectomy. Nonspecific and mild onset…”
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Preoperative IL-2 immunotherapy enhances tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in gastric cancer patients
Published in Hepato-gastroenterology (01-07-2006)“…Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), recognized as a tumor-host reaction, have been linked to prognosis in various tumors, with a clear positive correlation…”
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Effective application of Ligasure in laparoscopic splenectomy for splenic abscess in an old woman – case report
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Prolonged survival of a patient affected by pancreatic adenocarcinoma with massive lymphocyte and dendritic cell infiltration after interleukin-2 immunotherapy. Report of a case
Published in Tumori (01-05-2008)“…Several studies have shown that there is a paucity of immune cells within the stroma of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, a very aggressive cancer with a median…”
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Biological, histological, and clinical impact of preoperative IL-2 administration in radically operable gastric cancer patients
Published in Journal of surgical oncology (15-12-2004)“…Background and Objectives Surgery induces lymphocytopenia and this decrease of host defenses, related to interleukin‐2 (IL‐2) endogenous imbalance during…”
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The use of LigaSure during pediatric laparoscopic splenectomy: a preliminary report
Published in Pediatric surgery international (01-12-2003)“…Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is becoming the gold standard for the treatment of hematological disease in children. Intraoperative bleeding is the main…”
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IGF-1 and IGF-1BP3 in gastric adenocarcinoma. Preliminary study
Published in Hepato-gastroenterology (01-01-2003)“…Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is a mitogenic and anti-apoptotic factor, mainly produced by the liver, which regulates cell proliferation. Most serum…”
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