2024
Textbook outcome and nomogram-guided approaches for enhancing surgical success in elderly HCC patients: Deciphering the influence of sarcopenia
Lanari J, Lupi A, Billato I, Alessandris R, Crimì F, Caregari S, Pepe A, D’Amico F, Vitale A, Quaia E, Cillo U, Gringeri E. Textbook outcome and nomogram-guided approaches for enhancing surgical success in elderly HCC patients: Deciphering the influence of sarcopenia. Updates In Surgery 2024, 76: 2645-2654. PMID: 39373845, PMCID: PMC11602817, DOI: 10.1007/s13304-024-01992-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsoas muscle indexElderly HCC patientsOverall survivalLiver resectionSarcopenic patientsHepatocellular carcinomaTextbook outcomePostoperative complicationsHCC patientsMedian psoas muscle indexAbsence of postoperative complicationsElderly hepatocellular carcinomaInfluence of sarcopeniaHepatocellular carcinoma nodulesPreoperative CT scanAssociated with sarcopeniaHepatocellular carcinoma patientsNon-sarcopenic individualsSarcopenia's impactOncological outcomesClavien-DindoPrognostic factorsSurgical successMuscle indexPostoperative outcomes
2012
Use of N‐acetylcysteine during liver procurement: A prospective randomized controlled study
D'Amico F, Vitale A, Piovan D, Bertacco A, Morales R, Frigo A, Bassi D, Bonsignore P, Gringeri E, Valmasoni M, Garbo G, Lodo E, D'Amico FE, Scopelliti M, Carraro A, Gambato M, Brolese A, Zanus G, Neri D, Cillo U. Use of N‐acetylcysteine during liver procurement: A prospective randomized controlled study. Liver Transplantation 2012, 19: 135-144. PMID: 22859317, DOI: 10.1002/lt.23527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcetylcysteineAdolescentAdultAgedAntioxidantsChi-Square DistributionFemaleGraft SurvivalHumansInfusions, IntravenousItalyKaplan-Meier EstimateLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedPortal VeinPrimary Graft DysfunctionProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesSingle-Blind MethodTime FactorsTissue and Organ HarvestingTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsGraft survivalLiver transplantationNAC groupLiver procurementN-acetylcysteineControl groupSuboptimal graftsEffect of NACNAC protocolIschemia/reperfusion damageFirst liver transplantationEarly graft functionGraft survival ratesChronic liver diseaseSingle-blinded procedureGraft functionLT outcomesPostoperative complicationsPrimary endpointCox analysisNAC infusionRandomized studyLiver diseaseAdult candidatesPrimary dysfunction