Rebirth in a COVID hospital: a point of view.

Background: Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, governments have taken actions to limit the transmission of the virus such as lockdown measures and reorganization of the local Health System. Quarantine measures have influenced pregnant women's daily lives. The aim of this study was to understand the impact of the changes imposed by COVID-19 emergency on the well-being of pregnant women and how the transformation of Schiavonia Hospital into a dedicated COVID hospital affected their pregnancy experience.

Early Integration of Palliative Care in Oncology Practice: Results of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) Survey.

Background: Early integration of palliative care in oncology practice ("simultaneous care", SC) has been shown to provide better care resulting in improved quality-of-life and also survival. We evaluated the opinions of Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) members.

Patients And Methods: A 37-item questionnaire was delivered to 1119 AIOM members.

Colon cancer.

Colon cancer is one of the leading tumours in the world and it is considered among the big killers, together with lung, prostate and breast cancer. In the recent years very important advances occurred in the field of treatment of this frequent disease: adjuvant chemotherapy was demonstrated to be effective, chiefly in stage III patients, and surgery was optimized in order to achieve the best results with a low morbidity. Several new target-oriented drugs are under evaluation and some of them (cetuximab and bevacizumab) have already exhibited a good activity/efficacy, mainly in combination with chemotherapy.

Colorectal cancer treatment in elderly patients: an update on recent clinical studies.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in the Western world, with > 500,000 new cases diagnosed each year. One of the strongest risk factors for colon cancer is age. Physicians and their older patients commonly face the dilemma of whether to give/receive systemic chemotherapy for CRC.

Transcervical endometrial resection in women with menorrhagia: long-term follow-up.

Objective: Hysteroscopic endometrial resection is an innovative and conservative surgical technique considered, very often, as an alternative to hysterectomy. The aim of the study was to evaluate long-term efficacy of endometrial resection performed in women with menorrhagia.

Study Design: Retrospective study of 111 premenopausal women with menorrhagia, unresponsive to medical treatment, who underwent endometrial resection by resectohysteroscope (electrocautery technique supplied with a fundus rollerball electrode, with corneal areas, and with a 90 degrees loop for intrauterine walls and used with glycine 1% as distending fluid) between 1994 and 1999.

Role of hysteroscopy with endometrial biopsy to rule out endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding.

Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonographic endometrial thickness and outpatient hysteroscopy, to establish the most appropriate exam for the diagnosis of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). The secondary aim was to develop a multivariable approach considering clinical history as an added value for these diagnostic procedures.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 220 consecutive postmenopausal patients with AUB, who underwent ultrasonographic evaluation of endometrial thickness, outpatient hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy.

Hysteroscopic metroplasty under laparoscopic guidance in infertile women with septate uteri: follow-up of reproductive outcome.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of hysteroscopic metroplasty under laparoscopic guidance in the treatment of infertile women with a diagnosis of septate uterus and the impact of this surgical procedure on reproductive outcome.

Study Design: From January 1996 to December 2000, 36 women referred to our endoscopy center underwent hysteroscopic metroplasty. Follow-up covered the incidence of pregnancy, term pregnancies and mode of delivery.

Carbon dioxide versus normal saline in outpatient hysteroscopy.

Background: The aim of this prospective randomized study was to measure patients' discomfort after hysteroscopy with CO(2) or normal saline.

Methods: A total of 415 patients was randomized to two groups according to distension medium (CO(2), n = 201; normal saline, n = 214). The nature of randomization was to alternate distension media on a weekly basis.

A new technique of hysteroscopic myomectomy with enucleation in toto.

Study Objective: To determine the safety and effectiveness of a new technique for hysteroscopic resection of uterine submucous myomas with high intramural involvement (G2 type, European Society of Hysteroscopy classification).

Design: Prospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-1).

Setting: University hospital.