Publications by authors named "A Cromi"
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- - This study aimed to evaluate how much pregnant women and hospital staff know about umbilical cord blood (UCB) donation and storage, revealing key insights into their views and practices.
- - A total of 19 studies involving nearly 20,000 pregnant women and over 1,200 hospital staff showed that awareness of UCB was 61% for both groups, with 57% of pregnant women having a positive attitude toward UCB donation.
- - The findings indicated a strong preference for public UCB banking over private options, with 51% of pregnant women favoring public storage compared to only 12% for private storage.
Remnants of right venous valve in utero and early postnatal life. Case report and literature review.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
December 2024
During fetal life the right valve of the sinus venosus directs oxygenated blood from the inferior vena cava to the left atrium through the foramen ovale, until the regression of the right valve which usually occurs within the 15th week of pregnancy. Incomplete regression of the right venous valve in varying degrees can lead to different types of remnants such as the Eustachian valve, the Chiari Network and Cor Triatriatum Dexter. Prenatal diagnosis of remnants of right venous valve has only rarely been reported in the literature.
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- The study aimed to assess the frequency of lower extremity lymphedema in patients with early-stage endometrial cancer who had laparoscopic surgery using the sentinel lymph node (SLN) approach.
- A total of 239 patients were surveyed, revealing that those who underwent hysterectomy with SLN had a significantly lower lymphedema rate (21.4%) compared to those who had systematic lymphadenectomy (44.6%).
- The results support the use of SLN mapping in laparoscopic surgery for endometrial cancer, as it reduces the risk of lymphatic complications while maintaining diagnostic effectiveness.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic led to several needed containment measures that conditioned the onset of depressive, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms in the population. These symptoms, especially if not diagnosed and treated, can also occur in patients undergoing medical care or surgery, with a high impact on people's lives and causing low adherence to treatment. The study evaluates whether the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worsened the onset of post-surgical distress and symptoms of anxiety and depression in a population undergoing hysterectomy for benign disease during the pandemic era, comparing it with a population with the same characteristics but recruited before COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Almost 10% of women in reproductive age are diagnosed with ovarian endometriomas and can experience symptoms and infertility disorders. Ovarian endometriomas can be treated with medical or surgical therapy.
Objective: To assess whether long-term therapy with dienogest or oral cyclic estrogen-progestogens is effective in reducing the size of ovarian endometriomas, alleviating associated symptoms, and reducing the requirement for surgery.