Publications by authors named "Martignani Matteo"
Jehovah's Witnesses are a well-known patient demographic in medicine because of their religious-based refusal of blood transfusion. This case report outlines the treatment of a Jehovah's Witness patient in need of an extensive cytoreductive surgery due to a peritoneal carcinomatosis of ovarian origin. The surgeons carried out all the recommended surgical and anaesthetic measures concluding that extensive cytoreductive surgery on a Jehovah's Witness is possible and that a complete cytoreduction can be safely performed.
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- Percutaneous lead extraction is a generally safe and effective procedure based mostly on cohort studies over the past 15 years.
- The authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to objectively assess the procedure's efficacy and safety.
- Their metaregression analysis identified key factors that influence outcomes, such as patient age, duration of leads in place, presence of device infection, and the use of laser sheath, which can help enhance future extraction methods and research efforts.