Publications by authors named "P Carfagna"
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- Aortitis is the inflammation of the aorta, classified into infective, non-infective, or idiopathic types, with infective cases requiring urgent treatment due to potential complications.
- This study focused on 15 patients who underwent urgent endovascular repair for infective aortitis from January 2019 to January 2024, revealing a 100% technical success rate in a high-risk surgical setting.
- Key findings included a 13% early mortality rate within 30 days post-procedure, with all patients confirmed to have infective aortitis through positive blood cultures, highlighting the serious nature of the condition.
Preoperative diagnosis of ureteral medial deviations secondary to deep endometriosis using transvaginal ultrasound examinations: Can we predict the need for ureterolysis during laparoscopic surgery?
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
August 2024
Objective: To evaluate ureteral involvement using transvaginal sonography (TVS) regarding the distortion of the course of the ureters caused by deep endometriosis (DE), which can facilitate predicting the need for ureterolysis during surgery, even in the absence of ureteral stenosis or dilatation.
Methods: This is a single-center, observational, retrospective pilot study of 88 consecutive patients who later underwent surgery for DE that used ultrasound preoperative diagnosis of ureteral medial deviation of one or both ureters between January 2019 and January 2022. At TVS, the course of the ureter was considered medialized if, in longitudinal and transversal section, any distance was detectable between the ureter and the cervix at the point where the ureter crosses the uterine artery.
Research Question: How do clinical rectovaginal examination and transvaginal ultrasound examination perform in the diagnosis of parametrial infiltration in patients with endometriosis?
Design: This was a multicentre prospective observational study. Patients with suspected deep endometriosis at clinical examination and/or at ultrasound evaluation and scheduled for surgery were included. Following multicentre multidisciplinary meetings, consensus was obtained on terms and methodology to define the parametrium at pelvic anatomy, ultrasound and surgery.
Dynamic transvaginal ultrasound examination for assessing anatomy of parametrium.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol
December 2023
Objective: A novel type of Coronavirus was identified in China in December 2019. The first cases of a form of pneumonia of unknown etiology were detected at the beginning of that month in Wuhan. The virus is believed to have emerged at the Wuhan Huanan Seafood Market, where transmission of a zoonotic pathogen to humans occurred.
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