Publications by authors named "S Capobianco"
Study Design: Observational prospective multicenter study.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of bowel management and subjects' satisfaction by the Monitoring the Efficacy of Neurogenic Bowel Treatment On Response (MENTOR) tool and the impact of demographic and clinical factors on bowel management.
Methods: Consecutive patients with SCI were recruited by nine Italian Spinal Units.
Article Synopsis
- Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is linked to serious long-term issues like hearing, vision, and neurodevelopmental problems, but there’s no standard approach for screening and treatment.
- This study reviewed data from newborns identified through targeted hearing screening, focusing on the long-term effects and any neurological abnormalities associated with cCMV over at least two years.
- Out of 61 newborns studied, 57.3% were symptomatic at birth, with a significant number developing sensorineural hearing loss, often accompanied by other complications, highlighting the need for effective monitoring and treatment strategies.
Introduction: This study proposes a revised version of the Reflux Symptom Index (R-RSI), a seventeen-item questionnaire that was revised to increase the suspicion of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD).
Methods: Internal validation involved 213 participants, comprising 160 subjects without a previous LPRD diagnosis and 53 subjects with a self-reported previous diagnosis of LPRD with or without gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Test-retest reliability and internal consistency were calculated.
Unlabelled: Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common ENT diseases in children. In the antibiotic/post-antibiotic era, facial paralysis is a very rare complication of AOM (0.004-0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study highlights the effectiveness, in one surgical stage, of two combined local techniques for perineal fistula repair in a patient with spinal cord injury: the " and the " from the inferior gluteal fold. Unlike the traditional , we harvested a ; by definition, this is a flap with a narrow diffuse microvascular supply aimed in our case at shielding the neourethra and substituting the remaining scarred perineum. The urethroplasty technique adopted, the has been based on sculpting two opposing local cutaneous flaps circumscribing the fistulous cutaneous openings.
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