Publications by authors named "Stefano Dallari"
Scanning Super/Ultrapulsed CO Laser Efficacy in Laryngeal Malignant Lesions.
Medicina (Kaunas)
January 2022
The authors review their experience in transoral laryngeal microsurgery (TLM) that they performed with two different CO laser devices from the same company, which were both equipped with a micromanipulator and digital scanner. A total of 91 glottic and glotto-supraglottic cancers were treated during the years 2009-2016 and then analyzed in relation to the laser performances and the long-term oncologic results. Laser devices proved to be very efficient and the UP mode was confirmed to be the best in terms of cutting precision and lowest thermal damage.
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- - Dura mater repair is a critical step in neurosurgery, and improper reconstruction can lead to serious complications, making the search for effective dural substitutes essential.
- - Previous studies introduced a laser-based technique to bond porcine dura mater using Indocyanine Green-loaded patches made from chitosan, known for its durability and compatibility with physiological conditions.
- - In ex vivo experiments, it was found that using a specific laser setting (3W, pulsed mode) effectively welded the patches to the dura mater, achieving strong bonding while limiting thermal damage, and encouraging further testing in living models.
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- The study focuses on the SmartXide CO laser system in neurosurgery, highlighting its recent technological improvements that make laser surgery easier and more reliable.
- Ten brain and spinal tumor cases were treated using the CO laser alongside traditional surgical tools, demonstrating effective tumor removal while preserving surrounding neurovascular structures.
- The results suggest the SmartXide CO laser system is a safe and cost-effective option for neurosurgical procedures, offering simultaneous cutting, ablating, and coagulating capabilities with minimal thermal damage.
Background: The incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) of the head and neck is increasing among older adults where it is credited to have a poorer prognosis also because the radicality of the surgery is often missed for a too conservative approach. An assessment of the amount of tumor regrowth and its prognostic consequences, in patients with surgical margins close or involved and older than 75 years, seems thus worth to be pursued in order to provide the best therapeutic strategy.
Methods: 91 cases of basal cell carcinomas (BBC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), in patients older than 75 years of age, were followed from a minimum of one year to up to ten years.
Obesity is recognized as playing an important role in causing snoring and in turning simple snoring into obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). From our series of patients with sleep disturbances, we studied a group of 43 normal-weight snorers in whom we detected a significant number of OSAS episodes. An articulated diagnostic protocol was adopted, and Müller's maneuver was extensively applied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors describe and discuss their experience with the collapse of the external nasal valve, focusing on the role that surgery of the columella plays in solving this problem. Thirty-seven cases were treated. In all but I there had been a previous septorhinoplasty.
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