Publications by authors named "G Farneti"

Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to assess the performance and establish the upper reference limit for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) using the MAGLUMI CLIA method in healthy populations.
  • Two groups of healthy adults were analyzed: one with younger adults (average age 43) and another with older adults (average age 78), focusing on blood donation volunteers.
  • Results showed that hs-cTnI levels were significantly higher in men than women, especially after age 55, confirming that the MAGLUMI CLIA method meets international diagnostic criteria for cardiac assessments.
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Among the fathers of transsphenoidal surgery, a relevant role should be reserved for Cesare Cavina (1888-1935). He had the merit to develop and popularize in Italy this approach for pituitary tumors, performing 47 transsphenoidal hypophysectomies out of his personal series of 66 patients between 1927 and 1935. He contributed to this surgery by introducing radiological control of the surgical trajectory to reduce the risk of complications and increase the safety of this approach.

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The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of complications of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) to the incidence of complications of traditional and microscopic sinus surgery. A meta-analysis was carried out on 28 series of patients (a total of 13,405) who had undergone ESS, 8 series of patients (3,887 in total) who had undergone traditional endonasal sinus surgery and 7 series of patients (1,630 in total) who had undergone microscopic sinus surgery. The authors used the Bayesian inference package WinBUGS operating from within the statistical computer program R (version 2.

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