Effectiveness of autologous emulsified stromal vascular fraction tissue injection for the treatment of complex perianal fistulas in inflammatory bowel diseases patients: a pilot study.

Complex fistulizing perianal disease is a disabling manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), seriously compromising patients 'quality of life'. The success rate of available treatments is quite low, and nearly half of the patients will develop chronically active fistulas or experience fistula recurrence. Mesenchymal stem cell therapy has shown interesting results, but the complexity and the cost of production limit its widespread use.

Uniportal-VATS vs. open McKeown esophagectomy: Surgical and long-term oncological outcomes.

Background: Till now there are very few reports about surgical results of Uniportal-VATS esophagectomy and no one about long-term outcomes. This study is the first comparing surgical and oncological outcomes of Uniportal-VATS with open McKeown esophagectomy, with the largest reported series and longest oncological follow-up.

Methods: The prospectively collected clinical, surgical and oncological data of 75 patients, undergone McKeown esophagectomy at our Thoracic Surgery Department, from January 2012 to August 2022, were retrospectively analyzed.

Trocar vs. Seldinger small bore pleural drains: does the technique influence the outcomes? A prospective single-centre study.

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare two positioning techniques of 12-French (Fr) thoracic drains in terms of efficacy, safety, and patient comfort.

Patients And Methods: This is a prospective, non-randomized, competitive, non-inferiority study comparing the Seldinger vs. Trocar technique.

Risk Factors Associated with Post-Operative Complications in Multidisciplinary Treatment of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis.

Background: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a severe, life-threatening complication of oropharyngeal infections with cervical necrotizing fasciitis. In this study, we aimed to identify any possible factors that correlate with favorable outcomes.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed our series of 18 patients who underwent surgical treatment for DNM from a cervical abscess.

Learning Curve of Robot-Assisted Thymectomy: Single Surgeon's 7-Year Experience.

Background: Robot-assisted thymectomy (RAT) has rapidly emerged as the preferred approach over open trans-sternal or video-assisted thoracoscopy for the surgical treatment of thymomas and non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis (MG). The aim of this study was to describe and discuss the learning curve (LC) of a single surgeon performing 113 consecutive RATs.

Methods: A single-center retrospective analysis of prospectively collected clinical data was performed on all patients who had been operated on by the same surgeon in an RAT setting between October 2013 and February 2020.