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October 2024
Background: Breast asymmetry is a common disorder, which can lead to significant emotional distress. Despite this, there is currently no widely accepted approach for managing this prevalent condition. Due to the high dimorphism of the breast, despite a satisfactory result in the short-term post-op, the recurrence of asymmetry is one of the most common weak points of breast recontouring.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although in breast reshaping, the restoration of a suitable mammary cone is the main goal of the procedure, long-lasting upper pole fullness preservation is the most common weak point of all mastopexy. Mastopexy is a challenging procedure, and a surgical procedure to create desirable long-lasting results has not been well standardized. In this paper, the authors report their experiences in structural mastopexy procedures, describing three different adipo-glandular flaps, each repositioned as auto-prosthesis to reshape upper pole contour in patients affected by a severe degree of breast ptosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLevel of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAesthetic Plast Surg
August 2024
Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLevel of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLevel of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParkinsonism Relat Disord
September 2024
Introduction: CTNNB1 gene loss-of-function variants cause Neurodevelopmental disorder with spastic diplegia and visual defects (NEDSDV, OMIM 615075). Although motor impairment represents a core feature of this condition, the motor phenotype remains poorly described. We systematically assessed a cohort of 14 patients with disease-causing CTNNB1 variants to better characterize the movement disorder phenotype.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEyelid melanoma (EM) is a malignant neoplasm accounting for around 1% of eyelid malignancies. Because of its rarity, most of our knowledge of EM is currently based on studies of cutaneous melanomas located elsewhere. Accordingly, this study aimed to specifically evaluate EM characteristics, management strategies, and prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the literature on zinc-based batteries, it is often highlighted that zinc offers significant advantages over lithium due to its abundance, affordability, and accessibility. Additionally, aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries are promoted as a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to lithium-ion batteries, especially for renewable energy storage. The aim of this Comment is to provide a perspective on these statements, elucidating their foundations and implications and giving a quick but comprehensive background to authors and readers that deal with this topic, focusing specifically on batteries with zinc ions shuttling reversibly between the metallic negative electrode and the insertion-type positive electrode.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Plastic surgery is one of the medical specialties with the highest risk of recurrent medical malpractice claims. The frequency of civil lawsuits represents an issue for the micro- and macro-economy of practitioners of these health treatments. This paper aims to discuss the medico-legal aspects and claim path in a case of a cosmetic blepharoplasty complicated by lagophthalmos wrongly related to the procedure but due to missed hyperthyroidism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeriocular sebaceous carcinoma (PSC) is a rare, aggressive, and potentially metastatic adnexal malignancy. Due to the ability of PSC to resemble several benign and malignant conditions, diagnosis is often delayed or mistaken. In addition, even with a known diagnosis, choosing the right treatment is still an open debate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: COXPD23 is a rare mitochondrial disease caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in GTPBP3. We report on two siblings with a mild phenotype.
Case Reports: The young boy presented with global developmental delay, ataxic gait and upper limbs tremor, and the older sister with absence seizures and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Background: Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC), with an incidence rate from 1:3,000 to 1:10,000 deliveries, is the most frequent cancer during pregnancy. PABC appropriate management must take into consideration both the maternal oncological safety and the fetal health, thus posing a challenge for the mother, the baby, and the clinicians. The treatment should adhere as closely as possible to the breast cancer (BC) guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)
March 2024
Background: We aimed to evaluate the physical and mental well being of people working in our academic institution.
Methods: This online survey targeted professors ( n = 108), researchers ( n = 78), technical and administrative staff ( n = 279) working in the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa, Italy). Twenty-four multiple-choice questions explored the physical and mental health status, the main cardiovascular risk factors and levels of physical activity, the risk of cancer, and eating and drinking habits.