Publications by authors named "N Avenia"
Background: Colorectal (CRC) cancer is becoming a disease of the elderly. Ageing is the most significant risk factor for presenting CRC. Early diagnosis of CRC and management is the best way in achieving good outcomes and longer survival but patients aged ≥75 years are usually not screened for CRC.
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- The trauma mortality rate is higher in elderly patients due to age-related physiological changes and frailty, necessitating specialized management guidelines to improve outcomes and minimize unnecessary procedures.
- Expert surgeons reviewed literature and developed evidence-based recommendations for geriatric trauma care, focusing on frailty assessment, early activation of trauma protocols, and multimodal pain management.
- Key practices include administering antibiotics selectively for certain traumatic injuries, ensuring timely venous thromboembolism prevention, and involving palliative care teams to address end-of-life discussions with a holistic approach.
Background: Parathyroid cancer (PC) is a rare sporadic or hereditary malignancy whose histologic features were redefined with the 2022 WHO classification. A total of 24 Italian institutions designed this multicenter study to specify PC incidence, describe its clinical, functional, and imaging characteristics and improve its differentiation from the atypical parathyroid tumour (APT).
Methods: All relevant information was collected about PC and APT patients treated between 2009 and 2021.
Background: Thyroidectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures carried out worldwide and it has evolved in recent years with alternative approaches. With the advent of minimally invasive techniques, the learning curve (LC) concept has become a fundamental "dogma".
Methods: A literature search, according to the PRISMA guidelines, was performed via PubMed (MEDLINE), Scopus, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Web of Science.
Thyroid and parathyroid surgery are considered clean procedures, with an incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) after thyroidectomy ranging from 0.09% to 2.9%.
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