Publications by authors named "Lidio Petrungaro"

Background: Treatment of SCFE is still controversial, especially in moderate and severe forms. Dunn osteotomy performed with the Ganz approach became very popular in the last decade, although it is a complicated and challenging surgical procedure with a risk of AVN. The aim of our study was to analyze the current literature verifying the effectiveness of this surgical procedure, with specific attention to the incidence of AVN and other complications.

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Flexible idiopathic flatfoot is very common in growing age and rarely causes pain or disability. Surgery is indicated only in severe symptomatic cases that are resistant to conservative treatment, and numerous surgical procedures have been proposed. Lateral column calcaneal lengthening as described by Evans and modified by Mosca is a widely used surgical technique for the correction of severe symptomatic flexible flatfoot.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Clear cell hidradenoma (CCH) is a rare, typically benign tumor of sweat glands, more common on the trunk or scalp, and extremely rare in the hand; it usually requires complete surgical excision as treatment.
  • - An 83-year-old male with a five-year history of a growing mass on his left palm was successfully treated with surgery, and histologic analysis confirmed the CCH diagnosis.
  • - This case adds to the limited documentation of CCH on the hand, highlighting the need to consider it in differential diagnoses of lumps in the distal extremities and underlining the importance of surgical removal and follow-up.
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Background: Primary trapezio-metacarpal osteoarthritis can be painful and disabling. Surgical treatment is used when conservative treatment, such as splinting or oral analgesics, fails. The purpose of this study was to report the long-term outcomes obtained in 40 patients (50 thumbs) surgically treated for thumb osteoarthritis by trapeziectomy and ligament reconstruction without tendon interposition.

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