Publications by authors named "Martina Ferrara"
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- Mayer-Rokitanski-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a congenital condition leading to the absence of the uterus and upper vagina, which can result in infertility and psychological issues related to sexual activity.
- Clinicians need proper evaluation methods to monitor patients and provide effective support for interventions like neovagina creation and uterus transplantation.
- Studies show that creating a neovagina can improve sexual satisfaction and reduce mental health issues; however, psychological assessments are crucial, especially since some patients may experience anxiety and lower quality of life outcomes post-surgery.
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- * A study analyzed data from 24 deceased donor uterus transplants, finding a significant birth rate of 66%, but also a 25% rate of graft loss over time, encompassing various countries with differing success rates.
- * The majority of recipients had MRKH syndrome, with median ages of 29.8 for recipients and 36.1 for donors; ethical concerns may be less complex for deceased donor transplants compared to living ones, highlighting the
Uterine tumors resembling ovarian sex-cord tumors (UTROSCT) are thought to develop from pluripotent uterine mesenchymal cells or endometrial stromal cells with secondary sex-cord differentiation. The patient was a 73-year-old postmenopausal woman who had abnormal vaginal bleeding, and she underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The diagnosis was a case of UTROSCT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Several pretreatment variables have been found to correlate with the clinical outcome of patients treated with NACT plus radical hysterectomy, such as FIGO stage, tumor size, and lymph node status.
Methods: A single-center retrospective observational study to evaluate the use of NACT in LACC, particularly in the lymph-node-positive subpopulation. The study, conducted at the Maternal and Child Department of "Cannizzaro Hospital" in Catania, included patients treated between 2009 and 2019.
Borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) comprise 15-20% of primary ovarian neoplasms and represent an independent disease entity among epithelial ovarian cancers. The present study (Clinical Trial ID: NCT05791838) aimed to report a retrospective analysis of the management and outcomes of 86 consecutive BOTs patients, 54 of which were at a reproductive age. All patients with BOTs undergoing surgical treatment from January 2010 to December 2017 were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the learning curve of vaginal natural orifice transuminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) hysterectomy in expert minimal invasive and vaginal surgery team.
Design: This is a cohort study on a retrospective analysis.
Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Cannizzaro Hospital in Catania Italy.
Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the initial feasibility, safety, and outcomes of hysterectomy performed by transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) at three institutions in Italy.
Materials And Methods: All women who underwent vNOTES hysterectomy ± salpingo-oophorectomy for benign indications at three tertiary referral medical centers between July 2019 and April 2021 were included in a retrospective analysis. All vNOTESs were performed with the use of Alexis and Vpath Gel paths (Applied Medical).
: We aimed to evaluate Progression Free Survival (PFS), Overall Survival (OS), and relapse rate in women affected by endometrioid ovarian cancer and synchronous endometrial-ovarian endometrioid cancer (SEO-EC). As secondary outcome, we assessed whether systematic pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy could be considered a determinant of relapse rate in this population. : We performed a retrospective analysis of women with diagnosis of endometrioid ovarian cancer or SEO-EC between January 2010 to September 2020, and calculated PFS, OS and relapse rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis step-by-step video demonstrates the feasibility of the Shull technique via vaginal natural transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) in a patient experiencing pelvic organ prolapse (POP) with apical support loss. A 51-year-old woman with apical pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) stage III and a right benign ovarian cyst underwent a total hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy with vaginal dome uterosacral ligament suspension performed via vNOTES. Total operating time was 82 minutes, with negligible blood loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Vulvar carcinoma represents 3-5% of all female genital cancers; the main surgical treatment is radical vulvectomy and inguinal lymphadenectomy. The aim of this study is to analyze prognostic factors in the patients underwent to primary surgery for vulvar carcinoma.
Methods: One hundred and eighteen cases of vulvar carcinoma underwent surgery between 2006 and 2016 at Operative Unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Cannizzaro Hospital (Catania, Italy) were retrospective analyzed.
Background: Clinical management of HPV positive women is difficult since many of the infections, including high-risk oncogene genotypes (hr-HPV), are transient. Therefore only a limited number of patients have a high-grade lesion and sending all HPV positive women for colposcopy would only increase costs and unnecessary treatment, with serious psychological consequences for patients. The need has emerged to identify other HPV related markers able to correctly detect women with a high-risk of developing high-grade lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCreativity refers to the capability to catch original and valuable ideas and solutions. It involves different processes. In this study the extent to which visual creativity is related to cognitive processes underlying visual mental imagery was investigated.
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