Publications by authors named "Riccardo Patti"
Immersive intracorporeal vision is a key feature of robotic surgery, limited today to only one trainee per operation when the dual console is available. We developed a tool that provides a virtually unlimited number of surgeons with the operator's view, with the possibility to also watch the surgeon's hand movements and the operating table. In this study, we aim to assess trainees' reaction to this innovative training method.
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- - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes COVID-19, with genetic factors influencing disease severity and associated issues like blood clotting problems.
- - A study examined genetic variants in hemostatic genes among 332 severe COVID-19 patients and 1,668 controls, identifying several genes linked to worse outcomes.
- - Findings helped create a polygenic risk score to differentiate between severe cases and controls, with further analysis confirming the role of specific genetic variants in increasing the risk of severe COVID-19.
miRNAs are considered promising non-invasive biomarkers. Serum represents the major source of biomarkers, being readily accessible for many analytical tests. Recently, whole blood has drawn increasing interest in biomarker studies due to the presence of cancer-interacting cells and circulating cancer cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: This study aims to measure the values of spleen stiffness (SS) in healthy subjects, the inter-operator agreement in SS measurement, and to detect statistically significant correlations between SS and age, sex, weight, BMI, portal vein dynamics and splenic dimensions.
Materials And Methods: The study included 100 healthy volunteers who had no substantial alcohol intake (<30g/daily for man, <20g/daily women), were negative on hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV blood serology, and had any history of lymphoproliferative disorders. Abdominal ultrasound, liver and spleen elastography were performed on each patient to search for focal splenic lesions, bile tract or portal vein dilatation, moderate/severe liver steatosis, and to measure liver and spleen stiffness.
Introduction: Chronic inflammatory response is one of major contributors in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Inflammatory molecules, such as cytokines and growth factors in the circulation, can be useful in the diagnosis and prognosis of the patients. The stem cell growth factor beta (SCGF), a newly found protein, is a secreted sulfated glycoprotein and it functions as a growth factor for primitive hematopoietic progenitor cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To test the osteo-regenerative potential of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (ATSCs), an attractive human source for tissue engineering, in a rat model of mandibular defect. Human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) were used as a differentiated cellular control in the study.
Design: The ATSCs and HDFs were isolated from human lipoaspirate and skin biopsy specimens, respectively.