Publications by authors named "M Traversari"
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- Giacomo Torno was born in Naples in 1539 or 1541 and became a member of the Clerics Regular Theatines at 18, being welcomed on October 30, 1558.
- He suffered a stroke on December 4, 1608, and experienced torment during his illness, characterized by spasms and discomfort, leading to his death 45 days later.
- Analysis of his mummified body revealed a skin discontinuity at the sacrum, suggesting a wound that occurred during his life, which has been linked to the first recorded instance of the Kennedy terminal ulcer.
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- Degenerative spine disease (DSD) is becoming more common, particularly in older adults, leading to more surgeries and complications, which require thorough preoperative assessments of patient frailty.
- This study evaluated 286 patients undergoing lumbar spine fusion, using modified Frailty Indexes and assessing sarcopenia through imaging, to determine their impact on postoperative complications.
- Results showed that frailty is a strong predictor of complications post-surgery, while sarcopenia had little effect, indicating that evaluating frailty may be more critical for assessing surgical risks.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine if the level of training of the first assistant (resident or attending surgeon) has an influence on the radiographic outcome of AIS surgery and on the accuracy rate of the pedicle screws placement.
Summary Of Background Data: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) surgery is a challenging procedure that requires a dedicated team of skilled professionals.
Over the past several decades, there has been a notable increase in the total number of spinal fusion procedures worldwide. Advanced spinal fusion techniques, surgical approaches, and new alternatives in grafting materials and implants, as well as autologous cellular therapies, have been widely employed for treating spinal diseases. While the potential of cellular therapies to yield better clinical results is appealing, supportive data are needed to confirm this claim.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAging comes with the loss of muscle and bone mass, leading to a condition known as osteosarcopenia. Circulating, cellular, and tissue biomarkers research for osteosarcopenia is relatively scarce and, currently, no established biomarkers exist. Here we find that osteosarcopenic patients exhibited elevated basophils and TNFα levels, along with decreased aPPT, PT/INR, IL15, alpha-Klotho, DHEA-S, and FGF-2 expression and distinctive bone and muscle tissue micro-architecture and biomarker expressions.
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