Publications by authors named "M Calita"
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- Colorectal carcinoma is a significant cause of death, with 0.2-12% of resected colonic polyps found to contain cancer cells, prompting a retrospective study of 905 patients over 13 years.
- Out of 2033 polyps removed, 122 had malignant cells, showing a correlation between larger polyp size (mean diameter of 23.44 mm) and malignancy, with specific polyps types and locations linked to higher risks.
- Surgical intervention was performed in 18 cases, revealing a metastasis rate of 16.67%, while endoscopic resections had a lower rate of 1.61%; lymph node involvement was assessed for some surgical patients, indicating further complexity in
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the main primary liver malignancy, being associated with both health and economic burden worldwide. Recently, novel molecular markers and possible therapeutic targets were identified. Different adhesion molecules, as well as possible angiogenesis-associated targets can be prime candidates when investigating novel therapies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUlcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are the inflammatory bowel diseases with a continuously increasing of prevalence. Their exact causes are still not well known and, more than that, they are raising up serious issues of diagnosis. The same difficulties of diagnosis are encountered in the case of the colonic angiodysplasia or ischemic colitis (IC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Standard colonoscopy fails to visualize the entire colon mucosa and consequently a significant amount of polyps are still being missed. New device, such as EndoCuff, have been developed to improve mucosal visualisation, hence the quality in colonoscopy. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic yield of EndoCuff-assisted colonoscopy in comparison with standard colonoscopy by taking into consideration several quality indicators.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Performing a colonoscopy allows the examination of the entire colon and the assessment of polyps.
Patients, Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from January 2018 until February 2020 (two years), in which we enrolled a number of 210 patients performing colonoscopy in the Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania. We performed 326 polypectomies.