Publications by authors named "F Tartamella"
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- * Both OP and WS had similar rates of COVID-19 incidence, but OP experienced milder symptoms and clinical courses; however, these differences were not statistically significant.
- * Patients with BS who contracted COVID-19 had better weight loss outcomes and a higher occurrence of gastric-bypass procedures, indicating that follow-up for these patients is essential as COVID-19 may influence BS results.
The optimal surgical procedure for Siewert II oesophagogastric junction cancer is still debated. The minimally invasive Ivor Lewis technique can be considered the most adequate intervention from the oncological perspective but it is still contested owing to its technical difficulties. To allow an easier thoracoscopic stage during the procedure, we performed it with laparoscopic trans-hiatal oesophageal transection and transabdominal extraction.
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