Publications by authors named "Francesca M Bunino"
Article Synopsis
- Open Abdomen (OA) is becoming more common in damage control surgery, but there's no clear way to identify which patients could benefit the most from using it.
- The study analyzes patients aged 65 and older who underwent OA, categorizing them based on the clinical frailty scale score (CFSS) to determine relationships with postoperative complications and mortality.
- Findings reveal that frailty significantly affects 30-day mortality and 1-year survival rates, suggesting that while frail patients shouldn’t be excluded from OA, those who are highly frail need careful assessment.
- The study supports CFSS as a useful prognostic tool in deciding OA candidates.
Disease progression (PD) at neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with colorectal liver metastases (CLMs) is considered a contraindication to hepatic resection. Our aim was to estimate the overall survival (OS) in patients undergoing surgery compared with those treated exclusively with chemotherapy in cases of PD. Patients from a single centre with PD were analyzed and subdivided into two groups: hepatectomy (HEP) versus chemotherapy (CHT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground and Objectives: Acute cholecystitis is a frequent cause of admission to the emergency department, especially in old and frail patients. Percutaneous drainage (PT-GBD) and endosonographic guided drainage (EUS-GBD) could be an alternative option for relieving symptoms or act as a definitive treatment instead of a laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy (LC, OC). The aim of the present study was to compare different treatment groups.
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