Translational Medicine @ UniSa: Recent submissions
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in pregnancy: a case series
(2012)Pregnancy is a recognized risk factor for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Headache is very frequent in normal pregnancy and it is a common sign shared between several intracranial diseases. We present a case ... -
Treatment of clavicle fractures
(2012)Clavicle fractures are very common injuries in adults (2-5%) and children (10-15%) (1) and represent the 44-66% of all shoulder fractures (2). Despite the high frequency the choice of proper treatment is still a challenge ... -
Anatomy and surgery of the endoscopic endonasal approach to the skull base
(2012)The midline skull base is an anatomical area, which extends from the anterior limit of the anterior cranial fossa down to the anterior border of the foramen magnum. For many lesions of this area, a variety of skull base ... -
18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in the localization and characterization of lesions in patients with ovarian cancer
(2012)Aim: The aim was to compare the imaging findings of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET and integrated PET/CT in patients with primary, recurrent or metastatic ovarian cancer. Materials and methods. 21 women with ovarian ... -
Emergency contraception: an updated review
(2011)Emergency contraception is a common practice now. Many categories of drugs are marketed with modifications in dosage, in combination and even in the timing of administration. Recent re-analysis suggests that there is still ... -
Potential clinical role of telomere length in human glioblastoma
(2011)Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is the most common and lethal of human primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Due to the tumour’s intrinsic clinical and molecular heterogeneity, choice of initial treatment, prediction ... -
End of life in intensive care unit
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Adrenergic mechanism in the control of endothelial function
(2011)There is considerable evidence that many disease are associated with endothelial dysfunction and reduced nitric oxide production such as hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemias, diabetes, heart failure, atherosclerosis. Notably ... -
Autoimmune liver disease: news and perspectives
(2011)Autoimmune liver disorders in childhood include autoimmune hepatitis and autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis. These inflammatory liver disorders are characterised histologically by interface hepatitis, biochemically by ... -
Non-immortalized human tenocyte cultures as a vehicle for understanding cellular aspects to tendinopathy
(2011)The biochemical mechanisms underlying tendinopathy are obscure. We briefly describe preliminary observations of human tenocyte behaviour in culture as a vehicle for determining the role of reactive oxygen in tendon pathology -
Tracheostomy in spinal cord injured patients
(2011)Patients with cervical spinal cord injury frequently need prolonged mechanical ventilation as a result of worsening pulmonary vital capacity due to paralysis of respiratory muscles, severe impairment of tracheobronchial ... -
Optical tecnology developments in biomedicine: history, current and future
(2011)Biomedical optics is a rapidly emerging field for medical imaging and diagnostics. This paper reviews several biomedical optical technologies that have been developed and translated for either clinical or pre-clinical ... -
Advanced applications of robotics in digestive surgery
(2011)Laparoscopy is widely recognized as feasible and safe approach to many oncologic and benign digestive conditions and is associated with an improved early outcome. Robotic surgery promises to overcome intrinsic limitations ... -
Robotic anesthesia - A vision for the future of anesthesia
(2011)This narrative review describes a rationale for robotic anesthesia. It offers a first classification of robotic anesthesia by separating it into pharmacological robots and robots for aiding or replacing manual gestures. ...
