Oral HPV infection clearance and acquisition after nonavalent vaccination in men who have sex with men and transgender women: a prospective analysis.

Oral HPV infection is the main risk factor for the development of oropharyngeal carcinoma. Men who have sex with men (MSM), especially if living with HIV (PLWH), are at increased risk of infection and consequently of cancer development. Aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of nonavalent vaccine on oral HPV infection in a cohort of MSM and transgender women (TGW).

Parastomal hernia: an overview.

Parastomal hernia (PH) is one of the most frequent ostomy complications, and the reported incidence in the literature is highly variable. As highlighted by the Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK, this complication develops mainly in children and older men over 70, but many predisposing factors are related to the individual patient and surgery. There is no standardised system for assessing PH.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anal HPV Infection in MSM Living With HIV: Identifying the Target Groups to Prioritize for Immunization.

Background: Aims of this study are assessing prevalence of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in male who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV over a period of 5 years and determining risk factors for anal infection from high-risk (HR) HPV genotypes or included in vaccine Gardasil 9.

Setting: Time-trend, monocentric study on MSM living with HIV who underwent HPV test at anal site from 2015 to 2019.

Methods: Anal swabs were processed by multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect HPV genotypes.

HPV 16 and 18 contribute to development of anal dysplasia in HIV infection irrespective of gender and sexual orientation.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was too investigate prevalence and persistence of human papilloma virus (HPV) and cytological abnormalities (CAs) in the anal swabs of people living with HIV (PLWH): men who have sex with men (MSM), men who have sex with women (MSW) and women (W).

Methods: Between March 2010 and January 2019, an anal swab for cytological and HPV genotyping tests was offered to all PLWH attending our clinic. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify predictors of infection.

Hemorrhoid laser procedure (HeLP) for second- and third-degree hemorrhoids: results from a long-term follow-up analysis.

We aimed to analyze the results of 5-year consecutive use of the hemorrhoidal laser procedure (HeLP) in patients with second- to third-grade hemorrhoids with minimal or moderate mucosal prolapse. A total of 189 patients were treated between April 2012 and October 2017. We reported perioperative complications, postoperative pain, improvement of hemorrhoids grade, and relapse of hemorrhoidal disease (HD).

Doppler-guided hemorrhoidal dearterialization with laser (HeLP): indications and clinical outcome in the long-term. Results of a multicenter trial.

Background: Doppler-guided hemorrhoidal laser procedure consists of sutureless closure of terminal branches of the superior hemorrhoidal artery by laser energy. Clinical results of patients treated with this procedure were analyzed at the completion of 2-year follow-up. Primary endpoint was resolution of symptoms and secondary endpoints were recurrence rate, type of recurrences, re-operation rate, and potential predictive factors for failure.

Impact of sentinel lymph-node biopsy and FDG-PET in staging and radiation treatment of anal cancer patients.

To assess the role of sentinel lymph-node biopsy (SLNB) and FDG-PET in staging and radiation treatment (RT) of anal cancer patients. This retrospective study was performed on 80 patients (male: 32, female: 48) with a median age of 60 years (39-89 years) with anal squamous cell carcinoma who were treated from March 2008 to March 2018 at the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Patients without clinical evidence of inguinal LNs metastases and/or with discordance between clinical evidence and imaging features were considered for SLNB.

Presence of multiple genotypes in subjects with HPV-16 infection is highly associated with anal squamous intraepithelial lesions in HIV-1 infected males.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of abnormal cytological findings, high risk (HR)-HPV genotypes and to identify factors associated with an abnormal cytological findings in a cohort of HIV-infected males.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective observational study on HIV-infected male patients who performed screening in the absence of clinical symptoms. Cytological abnormalities were classified as atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US), low-grade(LSIL) or high high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL).

[The role of neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy in the treatment of rectal cancer].

Objective: To evaluate oncological and surgical outcome of patients submitted to neoadjuvant therapy for advanced rectal cancer.

Patients And Method: One hundred thirty eight patients (86 male, 52 female, mean age 61.4 years), with tumour of lower (58; 42%), middle (66; 48%), upper rectum (14; 10%), showing a clinical stage II (23; 17%) or III (115; 83%) and with an average distance from anal verge of 6.