BariClip: Outcomes and Complications from a Single-Center Experience.

Background: Laparoscopic BariClip gastroplasty (LBCG) is a new reversible bariatric procedure designed to replicate the restrictive effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) by placing a clip vertically on the stomach. This technique achieves gastric lumen restriction without the need for resection, ensuring organ preservation and reversibility. However, concerns have arisen regarding potential complications such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), slippage, or erosion of the stomach.

Laparoscopic Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Outcomes and Quality of Life. A Long Term Follow-Up Study.

This study evaluates the feasibility, efficacy, the complications rate, and the long-term results of laparoscopic treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) at a dedicated center. From 01/11/1993 to 01/12/2019, we performed 620 fundoplication surgeries by laparoscopic approach according to Rossetti technique and 160 according to Toupet technique, totally 780 procedures for gastroesophageal reflux disease. The average duration of surgery was 40 minutes (range 19 - 160) for Rossetti fundoplication, 50 (range 30 - 180), and for Toupet 60 (range 45 - 190).

Low Noise Opto-Electro-Mechanical Modulator for RF-to-Optical Transduction in Quantum Communications.

In this work, we present an Opto-Electro-Mechanical Modulator (OEMM) for RF-to-optical transduction realized via an ultra-coherent nanomembrane resonator capacitively coupled to an rf injection circuit made of a microfabricated read-out able to improve the electro-optomechanical interaction. This device configuration can be embedded in a Fabry-Perot cavity for electromagnetic cooling of the LC circuit in a dilution refrigerator exploiting the opto-electro-mechanical interaction. To this aim, an optically measured steady-state frequency shift of 380 Hz was seen with a polarization voltage of 30 V and a -factor of the assembled device above 106 at room temperature.

Could Glycated Hemoglobin be Leakage Predictor in Sleeve Gastrectomy? A Retrospective Observational Study on 4233 Patients.

Purpose: Diabetes increases the risks related to surgery. At the same time, bariatric surgery improves diabetes. Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) is an index of diabetes severity.

Role of Preoperative High-Resolution Manometry in the Identification of Patients at High Risk of Postoperative GERD Symptoms 1 Year After Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Purpose: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has become the most common bariatric procedure, but it is often characterized by the onset of postoperative gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). High-resolution manometry (HRM) is a useful tool to detect risk factors for GERD. The aim of this study was to evaluate preoperative manometric parameters as possible predictors of postoperative GERD.

Re-sleeve gastrectomy: weight loss, comorbidities and gerd evaluation in a large series with 5 years of follow-up.

Introduction: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has rapidly become one of the most commonly performed procedures in bariatric surgery. Weight regain and insufficient weight loss are the most common causes for surgical failure. Re-sleeve gastrectomy (ReSG) can represent an option when there is evidence of a dilated gastric tube.

Ventriculomegaly in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari-like malformation: relationship with clinical and imaging findings.

The objective of this study was to calculate lateral ventricles dimension in Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dogs with Chiari-like malformation and investigate the association between ventriculomegaly and signalment, clinical signs, ventricular asymmetry, grade of Chiari-like malformation, syringomyelia and index of medullary kinking. Retrospectively, 43 client-owned Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, older than 1 year of age, with magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of Chiari-like malformation were enrolled. Initial and follow-up (up to 36 months) clinical status was graded.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with Rossetti fundoplication: long-term (5-year) follow-up.

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), including erosive esophagitis, is highly prevalent in the obese population. Barrett's esophagus is the consequence of untreated GERD. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is one of the most frequently performed bariatric procedures.

Effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy vs laparoscopic sleeve + Rossetti fundoplication on weight loss and de novo GERD in patients affected by morbid obesity: a randomized clinical study.

Purpose: To compare sleeve gastrectomy (SG) to SG associated with Rossetti fundoplication (SG + RF) in terms of de novo gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) after surgery, weight loss, and postoperative complications.

Materials And Methods: Patients affected by morbid obesity, without symptoms of GERD, who were never in therapy with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), were randomized into two groups. One group underwent SG and the other SG + RF.

Laparoscopic transperitoneal hernia repair (TAPP) in emergency: long-term follow-up in a high volume centre.

Purpose: Aim of this study was to analyse feasibility, safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic transperitoneal hernia repair (TAPP) approach to inguinal hernias in the emergency setting, with a longer follow-up than the studies present in literature.

Methods: We retrospectively analysed all patients who underwent emergency TAPP hernia repair in San Marco Hospital (Zingonia, Italy), from September 2010 to June 2020. A prospectively collected database of 685 consecutive TAPP hernia repair was reviewed.

Sleeve gastrectomy with tailored 360° fundoplication according to Rossetti in patients affected by obesity and gastroesophageal reflux: a prospective observational study.

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most frequently performed bariatric procedure. Recent studies demonstrated the correlation between LSG and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of LSG + Rossetti antireflux fundoplication in patients affected by morbid obesity and GERD.

Quantum Signature of a Squeezed Mechanical Oscillator.

Recent optomechanical experiments have observed nonclassical properties in macroscopic mechanical oscillators. A key indicator of such properties is the asymmetry in the strength of the motional sidebands produced in the probe electromagnetic field, which is originated by the noncommutativity between the oscillator ladder operators. Here we extend the analysis to a squeezed state of an oscillator embedded in an optical cavity, produced by the parametric effect originated by a suitable combination of optical fields.

Agreement of surgeon's perception of the effectiveness of spinal cord decompression with findings on postoperative magnetic resonance imaging for dogs surgically treated for intervertebral disk extrusion.

Objective: To determine the accuracy of the surgeon's perception versus postoperative MRI findings in assessing the effectiveness of spinal cord decompression achieved in dogs surgically treated for intervertebral disk extrusion (IVDE) and whether postoperative MRI findings were more likely to be associated with various outcomes.

Animals: 68 dogs surgically treated for cervical or thoracolumbar IVDE.

Procedures: Data on clinical, neurologic, pre- and postoperative MRI, and intraoperative findings as well as outcomes and recovery times (6-month follow-up period) were prospectively collected and compared between various groups.

Black esophagus: acute esophageal necrosis, clinical case and review of literature.

Black esophagus is a rare, multifactorial disease. A case of acute black esophagus following pancreatic resection is presented. The patient referred us with a specific gastrointestinal bleeding.

Right post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia with liver and intestinal dislocation.

Right diaphragmatic hernia is an uncommon injury following abdominal trauma. A case of delayed right post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is presented. The patient referred us with wheezing and cough since 1 month.

Search for an Ultralight Scalar Dark Matter Candidate with the AURIGA Detector.

A search for a new scalar field, called moduli, has been performed using the cryogenic resonant-mass AURIGA detector. Predicted by string theory, moduli may provide a significant contribution to the dark matter (DM) component of our Universe. If this is the case, the interaction of ordinary matter with the local DM moduli, forming the Galaxy halo, will cause an oscillation of solid bodies with a frequency corresponding to the mass of moduli.

Selection of Streptomyces against soil borne fungal pathogens by a standardized dual culture assay and evaluation of their effects on seed germination and plant growth.

Background: In the search for new natural resources for crop protection, streptomycetes are gaining interest in agriculture as plant growth promoting bacteria and/or biological control agents. Because of their peculiar life cycle, in which the production of secondary metabolites is synchronized with the development of aerial hyphae and sporulation, the commonly used methods to screen for bacterial antagonists need to be adapted.

Results: The dual culture assay was standardized in terms of inoculation timing of Streptomyces antagonist and pathogen, and growth rate of different fungal pathogens.

Biological Control of Lettuce Drop and Host Plant Colonization by Rhizospheric and Endophytic Streptomycetes.

Lettuce drop, caused by the soil borne pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is one of the most common and serious diseases of lettuce worldwide. Increased concerns about the side effects of chemical pesticides have resulted in greater interest in developing biocontrol strategies against S. sclerotiorum.

Dynamical Two-Mode Squeezing of Thermal Fluctuations in a Cavity Optomechanical System.

We report the experimental observation of two-mode squeezing in the oscillation quadratures of a thermal micro-oscillator. This effect is obtained by parametric modulation of the optical spring in a cavity optomechanical system. In addition to stationary variance measurements, we describe the dynamic behavior in the regime of pulsed parametric excitation, showing an enhanced squeezing effect surpassing the stationary 3 dB limit.

Probing deformed commutators with macroscopic harmonic oscillators.

A minimal observable length is a common feature of theories that aim to merge quantum physics and gravity. Quantum mechanically, this concept is associated with a nonzero minimal uncertainty in position measurements, which is encoded in deformed commutation relations. In spite of increasing theoretical interest, the subject suffers from the complete lack of dedicated experiments and bounds to the deformation parameters have just been extrapolated from indirect measurements.

Metrafenone resistance in a population of Erysiphe necator in northern Italy.

Background: Metrafenone has been used in Europe in integrated pest management programmes since 2006 to control powdery mildews, including Erysiphe necator. Its exact mode of action is not known, but it is unique among fungicide classes used in powdery mildew management. Recently, resistance to metrafenone was reported in Blumeria graminis f.

Colonization of lettuce rhizosphere and roots by tagged Streptomyces.

Beneficial microorganisms are increasingly used in agriculture, but their efficacy often fails due to limited knowledge of their interactions with plants and other microorganisms present in rhizosphere. We studied spatio-temporal colonization dynamics of lettuce roots and rhizosphere by genetically modified Streptomyces spp. Five Streptomyces strains, strongly inhibiting in vitro the major soil-borne pathogen of horticultural crops, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, were transformed with pIJ8641 plasmid harboring an enhanced green fluorescent protein marker and resistance to apramycin.