Publications by authors named "Erica Nicolardi"
Study Question: How does endothelial function change in women with endometriosis after surgical treatment?
Summary Answer: Surgical treatment of endometriosis leads to endothelial function improvement, resulting in reduction of cardiovascular risk.
What Is Known Already: Some recent studies have demonstrated that in young women with endometriosis, even if structural alterations are absent, endothelial dysfunction, expressed as flow-mediated dilation (FMD) impairment, can nevertheless occur. However, there are no data about changes of endothelial function in women with endometriosis after surgical treatment of endometriosis.
Aim: To analyze the long-term prognosis in a cohort of western cirrhotic patients with single hepatocellular carcinoma treated with ethanol injection.
Methods: One-hundred forty-eight patients with solitary hepatocellular carcinoma were enrolled. The tumor diameter was lower than 2 cm in 47 patients but larger in the remaining 101 patients.
Chronic hepatitis B and C are important causes of liver disease in hemodialysis units. The most important route of transmission is the inapparent parenteral route; known risk factors are the high prevalence of HBV and HCV infections in hemodialysis units, previous blood transfusions, long-term dialysis treatment, frequent changes of hemodialysis unit, and previous renal transplants. The source, time and duration of infection are often difficult to ascertain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness and safety of percutaneous laser ablation for the treatment of cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma awaiting liver transplantation.
Materials And Methods: The data of 9 male cirrhotic patients (mean age 50 years, range 45-60 years) with 12 biopsy proven nodules of hepatocellular carcinoma (mean diameter 2.0 cm, range 1.