Publications by authors named "C Baldelli"
Background Aims: Stem cells, namely easily accessible bone marrow-derived cells (BMC), are reportedly capable of tissue repair in different damaged organs and might favor wound healing. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility and safety of BMC mobilization induced by granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in patients undergoing surgery for sacrococcygeal pilonidal cysts (SPC). To evaluate the possible clinical benefit of G-CSF in reducing the time to complete resolution, a comparison with a control group receiving surgery without G-CSF was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo evaluate the possible effect of opiates on blood rheology, the plasma fibrinogen, prothrombin time and leukocyte aggregation were measured in 75 heroin addicts categorized by the time of abstention from heroin and the administration of naltrexone (25 active heroin abusers, 25 abstaining for 1 week, 11 abstaining for at least 5 months and 14 abstaining for 1 month and taking naltrexone during this period). No difference was detected in prothrombin time, but the leukocyte aggregation and fibrinogen were significantly different among the four groups (p = 0.028 and p = 0.
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- The report discusses silicotic lesions in peribronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes of patients with bronchogenic cancer who had no known occupational dust exposure.
- The lesions were confirmed to contain significant amounts of quartz, as demonstrated through advanced imaging techniques.
- Further research is necessary on larger groups to better understand the frequency of these lesions and their relationship to lung changes.