Publications by authors named "Gianluca Benassai"
Background: An observational study involving patients recovered from COVID-19 was conducted in order to evaluate the presence/absence of vein wall thickness increasing, according to the severity of pulmonary involvement quantified with a CT-scoring system.
Methods: The venous wall thickness (VWT) of 31 patients (23 males and 8 females) with COVID 19 previously admitted to Federico II University Hospital of Naples was evaluated through ultrasound measurement of the common femoral Vein 1 cm proximal to the saphenous-femoral junction and the popliteal Vein 1 cm distal to the confluence of gemellary veins. Measurements were taken with an automated tool to avoid human error.
Aim: Considering ileocolic resection as a surgical standard for the treatment of ileocecal valve Crohn's disease, we propose a limited resection of the terminal ileum and ileocecal valve with ileocecal anastomosis.
Material Of Study: Three patiens between 20 and 37 years of age, diagnosed with Crohn's disease unresponsive to medical therapy, who have stenoses or fissures confined to the terminal ileum and ileocecal valve, seen during instrumental investigations.
Results: The proposed procedure allowed us to perform a minimal resection and reconstruction of a new ileocecal valve.
Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare and aggressive cancer and its prognosis is frequently unsatisfactory. Due to its rarity there's a lack of prospective randomized studies. Without experience in the approach of this kind of tumor, managing becomes challenging and, moreover, we have only few recommendations, based on weak evidence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Transanal microscopic surgery is an important application of minimally invasive surgery of rectum, allowing realization of complex transanal intervention.
Patients And Methods: During the period between January 2002 and December 2010, seven patients, five men and two women, average age 75 years, with early rectal cancer recurrence were selected for this type of surgical palliative procedure. The selection of the patients is made by: transrectal ultrasonografy, colonoscopy and abdominal ultrasonografy, to rule out liver metastases, CT with and without enema, PET CT.
Aim: To reassess selection criteria for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) in patients with thin melanoma (Breslow ≤ 1 mm).
Material Of Study: Between January 2004 and November 2010 we observed 6 patients with lymph node metastasis from early melanoma (Breslow ranging from 0.3 mm to 0.
Introduction: Transanal microscopic surgery is an important application of minimally invasive surgery of rectum, allowing realization of complex transanal intervention.
Patients And Methods: During the period between January 2002 and December 2010, seven patients, five men and two women, average age 75 years, with early rectal cancer recurrence were selected for this type of surgical palliative procedure. The selection of the patients is made by: transrectal ultrasonography, colonoscopy and abdominal ultrasonografy, to rule out liver metastases, CT with and without enema, PET CT.
Introduction: The microscopic trans-anal surgery is an important application of the mininvasive surgery of the rectum. The evaluation of the linfonodular involvement represents a limit to the conservative procedure.
Patients And Methods: Between January 2004 to December 2010, 14 patients have been chosen and undergone surgery with mininvasive treatment for primary rectum cancer (early rectal cancer).