Reassessing the approach to informed consent: the case of unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adult thalassemia patients.

Introduction: The informed consent process is the legal embodiment of the fundamental right of the individual to make decisions affecting his or her health., and the patient's permission is a crucial form of respect of freedom and dignity, it becomes extremely important to enhance the patient's understanding and recall of the information given by the physician. This statement acquires additional weight when the medical treatment proposed can potentially be detrimental or even fatal.

Identification alone versus intraoperative neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery: experience of 2034 consecutive patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of intraoperative neuromonitoring in reducing the postoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy rate by a comparison between patients submitted to thyroidectomy with intraoperative neuromonitoring and with routine identification alone.

Methods: Between June 2007 and December 2012, 2034 consecutive patients underwent thyroidectomy by a single surgical team. We compared patients who have had neuromonitoring and patients who have undergone surgery with nerve visualization alone.

Role of intraoperative neuromonitoring of recurrent laryngeal nerves in the outcomes of surgery for thyroid cancer.

Introduction: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the ability of intraoperative neuromonitoring to predict the postoperative functional outcome and its role in reducing the postoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy rate during thyroidectomy for thyroid malignancy.

Methods: Between June 2007 and March 2013, 656 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer underwent thyroidectomy by a single surgical team. We compared 357 patients who have had neuromonitoring (Group A) to 299 patients who have undergone surgery with nerve visualization alone (group B).

Chronic pain following inguinal hernia repair: assessment of quality of life and medico-legal aspects.

The aim of our study was to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of a group of patients who underwent tension-free inguinal hernia repair in light of the possible medicolegal implications. We conducted a retrospective study on the QoL of patients who underwent inguinal hernioplasty. One hundred and fifty patients who answered the SF-36 questionnaire were included in the study.