Publications by authors named "D Gullotti"
Purpose: To assess the responsiveness, defined as the ability to detect change in a patient's health or function, of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Vascular Malformation (PROVAM) questionnaire in a cohort of patients with low-flow vascular malformations (VMs).
Materials And Methods: PROVAM was previously developed to assess symptoms, functional limitations, and social/emotional effects experienced by patients with VMs. This is a prospective cohort study of 56 patients with venous and lymphatic VMs who completed at least 2 PROVAM questionnaires, of whom 43 had undergone treatment with sclerotherapy in the interim between questionnaires.
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- A survey was conducted among 108 US spine surgeons to examine their methods and challenges related to intraoperative assessments of spinal alignment during corrective surgery for spinal deformities.
- The results showed that most surgeons (84%) use C-arm or spot radiographs for alignment checks, while navigation technology is underutilized despite being available at many surgical centers; common barriers include workflow disruption and costs.
- A significant number of surgeons (87%) expressed the need for improved technology in assessing spinal alignment, highlighting concerns about interruptive workflows, expenses, and radiation exposure as key areas for development.
As the administration of COVID-19 vaccines continues to increase, so too does awareness of the associated ipsilateral axillary lymphadenopathy. This has created a diagnostic challenge in the field of radiology, in particular among patients with cancer, as post-vaccination reactive adenopathy has been reported to be mistakenly interpreted as malignancy. As radiology departments improve their protocols for obtaining vaccine-related patient history, and radiologists become acclimated to attributing axillary lymphadenopathy to recent COVID-19 vaccination, there is a risk of the pendulum swinging too far and under-diagnosing true oncologic disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the technical success rate of adrenal venous sampling (AVS) with and without intraprocedural computed tomography (CT).
Methods: A systematic search of the Medline, Scopus, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases for comparative studies using intraprocedural CT was undertaken. More than 1,000 records were screened using titles and abstracts.
Background: Multimodal analgesia regimens have been suggested to improve pain control and reduce opioid consumption after surgery.
Objective: To institutionally implement an evidence-based quality improvement initiative to standardize and optimize pain treatment following neurosurgical procedures. Our goal was to objectively evaluate efficacy of this multimodal protocol.