Publications by authors named "Francesco D'Amico"

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic condition with substantial healthcare and societal costs. Although multicomponent interventions are widely available, evidence of their economic impact remains scarce. This study evaluated the cost-utility and cost-effectiveness of the FIBROWALK intervention in online (FIBRO-On) and outdoor (FIBRO-Out) formats, compared to treatment as usual (TAU), for individuals with FM.

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Liver transplantation (LT) is increasingly recognised as a valuable treatment option in carefully selected cases of metastatic intestinal cancers. While traditionally reserved for primary liver tumours such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), recent evidence has broadened the transplant oncology paradigm to include colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) and neuroendocrine liver metastases (NELM). This review explores the evolving indications, patient selection criteria, and clinical outcomes of LT in these contexts, emphasising the need for a conceptual and methodological reassessment.

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Objective: To estimate the proportion of individuals with focal epilepsy treated with at least one among carbamazepine (CBZ), oxcarbazepine (OXC), or eslicarbazepine (ESL), who were hospitalized due to hyponatremia-related symptoms in 2024, and to test the hypothesis that there is an association with climatic variables.

Methods: We undertook a prospective study in which people with focal epilepsy treated with at least one of the target drugs and at least one attendance in 2024 formed the study cohort. Individuals who were admitted or seen as outpatients for hyponatremia in 2024 were considered cases and the rest considered controls.

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: Salvage liver transplantation (SLT) is a well-established option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after liver resection. Laparoscopic microwave ablation (L-MWA) represents another curative strategy for early-stage HCC. However, its role within this therapeutic framework remains unexplored.

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Liver steatosis is considered one of the most common disorders. Macrovesicular steatosis in donor livers is a major cause of graft failure and remains difficult to assess. The aim of this study is to evaluate the correlation between the hepato-splenic ratio (HSR) obtained by back table ultrasound (US) and the histological grade of graft steatosis, using liver biopsy as a reference.

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Group A rotaviruses (RVAs) are a major cause of acute dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young animals worldwide. In rabbits, RVAs are associated with enteric disease, likely in combination with other pathogens. We report the identification and characterization of a lapine RVA strain in an Italian rabbit breeding farm.

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and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) are the main causative agents of mastitis in sheep. Their ability to form biofilms in vivo is considered an important virulence factor underlying mastitis outbreaks refractory to antibiotic treatments. Furthermore, pre- and postdipping immersion during milking in iodine substances could determine the presence of residues in milk and therefore represent a health risk factor for consumers.

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Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a leading etiology for liver transplantation (LT). In a large cohort of HBsAg-positive patients, this study evaluates long-term patient and graft survival after LT over the past 30 years while analyzing trends and outcomes following waiting list (WL) inclusion over the last 15 years.

Methods: HBsAg-positive patients who underwent transplantation between 1991 and 2020 and were waitlisted from 2006 to 2020 at Padua Hospital were included in the analysis.

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The clinical management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is strongly influenced by several prognostic factors, mainly tumor stage, patient's health, liver function and specific characteristics of each intervention. The interplay between these factors should be carefully evaluated by a multidisciplinary tumor board. To support this, the novel "multiparametric therapeutic hierarchy" (MTH) concept has been recently proposed.

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Background: Liver transplantation (LT) is the main indication for the treatment of end-stage liver disease but have to face organ shortages. Using marginal donors is an option to increase the donor pool. Previous studies showed that the graft procured using N-acetylcysteine (NAC) provides a longer survival compared to perfusion with standard solutions, especially in marginal liver donors.

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Herein, we report a regiodivergent 1,n-dicarbofunctionalization of unactivated olefins enabled by a Ni-catalyzed radical relay that forges both C()-C() and C()-C() linkages, even at long-range. Initial studies support an intertwined scenario resulting from the merger of an atom-transfer radical addition (ATRA) and a chain-walking event, with site-selectivity being dictated by a judicious choice of the ligand backbone.

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  • * In a study of 149 patients aged 60 and older who underwent liver resection between 2014 and 2018, 24.8% were found to be sarcopenic, which significantly impacted their mortality and overall survival rates post-surgery.
  • * The findings suggest that sarcopenic patients face poorer outcomes, especially if they experience complications and fail to achieve 'Textbook Outcome' (TO), which correlates with better 5-year survival rates compared to non-s
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  • Recent international guidelines have defined metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), leading to a rise in its prevalence as a reason for liver transplantation (LT) in Italy between 2012 and 2022.
  • * An analysis of 1,941 patients with MASLD and 11,201 without MASLD revealed that while the prevalence of MASLD patients waiting for LT increased significantly, it did not independently affect patient survival post-transplant.
  • * Patients with non-HCC MASLD faced higher mortality rates on the waiting list but projected better 5-year transplant survival benefits than those without MASLD or HCC.
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  • Liver transplantation (LT) was once thought not to work for a type of cancer called perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pCCA), but a new method from the Mayo Clinic showed it could help if patients followed strict rules and took certain treatments first.
  • In a study of 22 liver transplant centers in Italy, 53 patients with pCCA were looked at, with some getting special treatment before the transplant and others not.
  • The results showed that patients who had the pre-treatment did better after 1, 3, and 5 years compared to those who didn’t, leading to talks about making new rules for how to treat this cancer better in Italy.
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The extension of liver transplantation to new oncologic indications might exacerbate the shortage of grafts. Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) may emerge as a viable resource, although its diffusion in the Western world is still very limited. Several groups have advocated for minimizing the impact on donors by reducing the extent of donor hepatectomy, i.

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Human telomeres (HTs) can form DNA G-quadruplex (G4), an attractive target for anticancer and antiviral drugs. HT-G4s exhibit inherent structural polymorphism, posing challenges for understanding their specific recognition by ligands. Here, we aim to explore the impact of different topologies within a small segment of the HT (Tel22) on its interaction with BRACO19, a rationally designed G4 ligand with high quadruplex affinity, already employed in in-vivo treatments.

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  • Metabolic syndrome (MS) is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), prompting a study on the long-term outcomes of liver resections in MS patients.
  • Data from 813 patients over 20 years showed a median overall survival of 81.4 months, with a recurrence rate of 48.3%, often peaking at 6 and 24 months post-surgery.
  • The study concluded that while patients have favorable long-term outcomes, the timing and nature of recurrences—linked to tumor features and cirrhosis—play a crucial role in survival, highlighting the need for careful post-operative monitoring.
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Pasteurellosis, a disease caused by , is responsible for economic losses in rabbit industrial farms due to rhinitis, conjunctivitis, pneumonia, metritis, mastitis, orchitis, subcutaneous abscesses, otitis, encephalitis, and septicaemic forms. Although the occurrence of the disease is conditioned by predisposing factors that affect the rabbit immune response, the strains of involved in the infection may have a different pathogenic ability. Therefore, typing of strains spread among the rabbits is important to assess their pathogenic potential.

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Background: Split liver transplantation is a valuable means of mitigating organ scarcity but requires significant surgical and logistical effort. Ex vivo splitting is associated with prolonged cold ischemia, with potentially negative effects on organ viability. Machine perfusion can mitigate the effects of ischemia-reperfusion injury by restoring cellular energy and improving outcomes.

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We report an efficient procedure to carry out palladium-catalyzed Miyaura borylation reactions of (hetero)aromatic halides and triflates in choline chloride (ChCl)-based deep eutectic solvents (DESs). The procedure employs bis(pinacolato)diboron as a boron source and a catalyst prepared in situ from readily available Pd(dba) and the phosphine ligand XPhos. Reactions proceed well in different ChCl-based DESs, among which the best results were provided by environmentally friendly and biodegradable mixtures with glycerol and glucose.

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Saltwater stands as the most prevalent liquid on Earth. Consequently, substantial interest has been directed toward its characterization, both as an independent system and as a solvent for complex structures such as biomacromolecules. In the last few decades, special emphasis was placed on the investigation of the hydration properties of ions for the fundamental role they play in numerous chemical processes.

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Objective: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent pain syndrome with significant healthcare and societal costs. The aim of the SMART-FM-SP study is to determine the effectiveness, cost-utility, and physiological effects in patients with FM of a digital intervention (STANZA®) currently marketed in the United States, which delivers smartphone-based, fully self-guided Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Digital ACT) for treating FM-related symptoms.

Methods: A single-site, parallel-group, superiority, randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted, including a total of 360 adults diagnosed with FM.

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  • Minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) is becoming a big deal in treating liver cancer over the last 20 years.
  • More patients who are not able to have traditional surgery can now get MILS because new treatments are making it possible.
  • MILS is generally better than open surgery for recovery and has also opened up options for more people needing liver surgery.
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Background: The 2022 Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) algorithm does not recommend liver resection (LR) in BCLC A patients with oligo-nodular (two or three nodules ≤3 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This sharply contrasts with the therapeutic hierarchy concept, implying a precise treatment order exists within each BCLC stage. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of LR versus radiofrequency ablation (RFA) or trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in BCLC A patients.

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