Maria Concetta Gioviale

Loup-assisted technique to create arterio-venous fistulas in elderly. A single centre experience.

Vincenzo Davide Palumbo, Salvatore Fazzotta, Giuseppe Damiano, Maria Concetta Gioviale et autres

AIMS: The radio-cephalic arteriovenous fistula (RCAVF) is the first choice treatment in end-stage renal disease patients. In the last few years, the hemodialysis population has shown a high percentage of elderly patients (> 65 year old) with comorbidities, mainly vascular diseases, which …

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Reoperation for persistent or recurrent secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Alida Abruzzo, Maria Concetta Gioviale, Giuseppe Damiano, Vincenzo Davide Palumbo et autres

BACKGROUND: Secondary hyperparathyroidism is a common acquired disorder seen in chronic renal failure. Its pathophysiology is mainly due to hyperphosphatemia and vitamin D deficiency and resistance. When medical treatment fails, subtotal and total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation are the standard procedures, although both …

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Mesh or no mesh: a hamletic dilemma to prevent Renal Allograft Compartment Syndrome (RACS).

Vincenzo Davide Palumbo, Giuseppe Damiano, Maria Concetta Gioviale, Attilio Ignazio Lo Monte

UNLABELLED: Tension-free muscle closure is essential in kidney transplantation, both in adult and pediatric patients. Tight muscle closure may lead to renal allograft compartment syndrome either due to compression of the renal parenchyma or due to kinking of the renal vessels. It …

THE INTESTINAL ECOSYSTEM AND PROBIOTICS

Roberta Altomare, Giuseppe Damiano, Maria Concetta Gioviale, Vincenzo Davide Palumbo et autres

The term "probiotic" comes from the greek "pro bios" and means "pro life": Nowadays, an increasing number of pharmaceutical preparations and functional foods are enriched with probiotics and for the patients it is increasingly important to receive information needed to know how …

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A simple method to treat post-kydney transplantation lymphocele.

Giuseppe Damiano, C. Lombardo, Vincenzo Davide Palumbo, D Buffa et autres

OBJECTIVE: To describe our experience with ultrasonic-guided instillation of povidone-iodine to treat post-kidney transplantation lymphocele. Patients and methods. We studied the safety and efficacy of this procedure for treatment of lymphocele in 6 male kidney transplanted recipients in which we assisted a …

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Comparison Between Rapid Intraoperative and Central Laboratory Parathormone Dosage in 12 Kidney Transplant Candidates

Giuseppe Damiano, Maria Concetta Gioviale, C. Maione, M. Sacco et autres

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Intraoperative measurement of parathyroid hormone: A Copernican revolution in the surgical treatment of hyperparathyroidism

Maria Concetta Gioviale, Giuseppe Damiano, Roberta Altomare, C. Maione et autres

Intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) monitoring in the setting of the operating room represents a valuable example of the rationale use of the laboratory diagnostic in a patient-oriented approach. Rapid intraoperative PTH (ioPTH) assay is a valid tool for an accurate evaluation of …

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Human fibrin glue sealing versus suture polypropylene fixation in Lichtenstein inguinal herniorrhaphy: a prospective observational study.

Giuseppe Damiano, Maria Concetta Gioviale, Vincenzo Davide Palumbo, Gabriele Spinelli et autres

BACKGROUND: Patients who underwent primary inguinal hernia repair still report a high rate of postoperative pain after operation due to the effect of mesh fixation by suture.An alternative is the use of human fibrin glue. We compared the two techniques. METHODS: 468 …

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Using Polymeric Scaffolds for Vascular Tissue Engineering

Alida Abruzzo, Calogero Fiorica, Vincenzo Davide Palumbo, Roberta Altomare et autres

With the high occurrence of cardiovascular disease and increasing numbers of patients requiring vascular access, there is a significant need for small-diameter (<6 mm inner diameter) vascular graft that can provide long-term patency. Despite the technological improvements, restenosis and graft thrombosis continue …

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Towards an ideal source of mesenchymal stem cell isolation for possible therapeutic application in regenerative medicine

Maurizio Bellavia, Roberta Altomare, Francesco Cacciabaudo, Alessandra Santoro et autres

BACKGROUND: The possibility of obtaining mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from fetal tissue such as amniotic fluid, chorionic villi and placenta is well-known and a comparison between MSCs originating in different sources such as fetal tissue and those from bone marrow in terms …

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Beyond Islet Transplantation in Diabetes Cell Therapy: From Embryonic Stem Cells to Transdifferentiation of Adult Cells

Maria Concetta Gioviale, M Bellavia, Giuseppe Damiano, Attilio Ignazio Lo Monte

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Histologic Effects of University of Wisconsin Two-Layer Method Preservation of Rat Pancreas

Maria Concetta Gioviale, Giuseppe Damiano, Roberto Puleio, M Bellavia et autres

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