Safety and Efficacy of Dalbavancin in Real Life: Retrospective Analysis of a Large Monocentric Case Series of Patients Treated for Skin/Soft Tissue and Other Difficult-to-Treat Infections.

Dalbavancin is a long-acting lipoglycopeptide, approved for treatment of skin and skin structure infections. Its PK/PD profile and safety allow for short hospital stays even in the case of difficult-to-treat infections requiring long courses of therapy, e.g.

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma in super obese patient.

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) typically has an indolent behavior with a good prognosis but it is not always completely harmless. Surgical treatment varies from thyroid lobectomy to total thyroidectomy eventually associated with lymph node dissection and radioiodotherapy. The ability to identify patients with aggressive PTMCs from the majority of low risk patients is critical to planning proper clinical management.

Outcomes of sutureless total thyroidectomy in elderly.

Introduction: Thyroid disease is common in elderly population. The incidence of hypothyroidism and multinodular goiter increases with age. Surgery in elderly patients has been considered to be more hazardous than in a youthful population.

Double loop reconstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy for malignant tumor: Short-term outcome.

Background: To evaluate the use of a double loop reconstruction following pylorus preserving proximal pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPPD).

Methods: Morbidity and mortality were evaluated in 55 patients undergoing PPPPD for malignant tumors, followed by a double loop reconstruction.

Results: The mean intra-operative blood loss was 908mL±531.

Esophagogastric junction morphology assessment by high resolution manometry in obese patients candidate to bariatric surgery.

Introduction: Obesity is a strong independent risk factor of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms and hiatal hernia development. Pure restrictive bariatric surgery should not be indicated in case of hiatal hernia and GERD. However it is unclear what is the real incidence of disruption of esophagogastric junction (EGJ) in patients candidate to bariatric surgery.