Publications by authors named "Viviana Prussiani"
Background: An epidemiological transition is interesting Sub-Saharan Africa increasing the burden of non-communicable diseases most of which are of surgical interest. Local resources are far from meeting needs and, considering that 50% of the population is less than 14 years of age, Pediatric surgical coverage is specially affected. Efforts are made to improve standards of care and to increase the number of Pediatric surgeons through short-term specialist surgical Missions, facilities supported by humanitarian organization, academic Partnership, training abroad of local surgeons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Systemic response to cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) causes the activation of endocrine, metabolic, hemodynamic and inflammatory processes. The aim of this work is to describe and analyze the time course of the inflammatory markers concentration during CRS+HIPEC in plasma and peritoneal fluids and the association with hemodynamic and metabolic parameters.
Methods: Pre-, intra- and postoperative data were collected.
Background: There is very few information regarding pain after craniotomy in children.
Objectives: This multicentre observational study assessed the incidence of pain after major craniotomy in children.
Methods: After IRB approval, 213 infants and children who were <10 years old and undergoing major craniotomy were consecutively enrolled in nine Italian hospitals.