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  1. Article ; Online: "Robot-assisted partial cystectomy for deep infiltrating endometriosis of the bladder with the Hugo RAS system".: PRECIS: Robotic-assisted laparoscopy for bladder endometriosis is a feasible procedure, able to reproduce all surgical steps without critical errors or complications requiring a change in surgical planning.

    Seracchioli, Renato / Ferla, Stefano / Benedetti, Pierandrea DE / Virgilio, Agnese / Raffone, Antonio / Raimondo, Diego

    Journal of minimally invasive gynecology

    2024  

    Abstract: Objective: Involvement of the lower urinary tract is found in 0.2-2.5% of all deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE): Design: A step-by-step explanation of surgical technique with narrated video footage.: Setting: Tertiary Level Academic Hospital " ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Involvement of the lower urinary tract is found in 0.2-2.5% of all deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE)
    Design: A step-by-step explanation of surgical technique with narrated video footage.
    Setting: Tertiary Level Academic Hospital "IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna" Bologna, Italy.
    Intervention: A 36-year-old nulliparous woman affected by DE was referred to our center due to severe dyspareunia, dysuria with hematuria and post-voiding pain not responsive to oral progestins. The preoperative work up consisted of a gynecological examination, pelvic ultrasound and MRI that showed the presence of an endometriotic nodule of the bladder base. All possible therapeutic strategies and related complications have been discussed with the patient before the signature of the informed consent. To carry out the procedure a "straight" port placement in a "compact" docking configuration
    Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of bladder endometriotic nodule excision perfomed with HRS. We explained our technique and robotic set-up to successfully manage a compelx case of DIE of the bladder.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2186934-0
    ISSN 1553-4669 ; 1553-4650
    ISSN (online) 1553-4669
    ISSN 1553-4650
    DOI 10.1016/j.jmig.2024.04.012
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  2. Article: Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Gynecologists in Five Steps.

    Raimondo, Diego / Borghese, Giulia / Cocchi, Laura / Raffone, Antonio / Casadio, Paolo / Mollo, Antonio / Seracchioli, Renato

    Gynecology and minimally invasive therapy

    2023  Volume 12, Issue 3, Page(s) 183–184

    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-16
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2696587-2
    ISSN 2213-3070
    ISSN 2213-3070
    DOI 10.4103/gmit.gmit_115_22
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  3. Article ; Online: Laparoscopic medulla-sparing ovarian tissue biopsy for cryopreservation: step-by-step surgical technique.

    Raimondo, Diego / Raspollini, Arianna / Bertoldo, Linda / Ferla, Stefano / Vicenti, Rossella / Magnani, Valentina / Raffone, Antonio / Seracchioli, Renato

    Fertility and sterility

    2024  

    Abstract: Objective: To describe a laparoscopic technique for ovarian tissue biopsy (OTB) for fertility preservation. In the last years, the demand for fertility preservation has grown because of the increasing survival rates among patients with cancer and the ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To describe a laparoscopic technique for ovarian tissue biopsy (OTB) for fertility preservation. In the last years, the demand for fertility preservation has grown because of the increasing survival rates among patients with cancer and the rising awareness of the importance of quality of life after gonadotoxic therapy. Among fertility-sparing approaches, ovarian tissue cryopreservation is a valid strategy to preserve ovarian endocrine and reproductive function in prepubertal and postpubertal women who will undergo gonadotoxic cancer treatments. Currently, there is no universal consensus regarding ovarian tissue retrieval technique for fertility preservation.
    Design: Step-by-step description of the surgical technique with narrated video footage.
    Setting: Academic tertiary hospital.
    Patient(s): Patients with a high risk of premature ovarian insufficiency, usually due to gonadotoxic treatments, who undergo OTB for fertility preservation were included in the study. In this video, we present the clinical case of a 28-year-old patient affected by Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent laparoscopy for OTB before chemotherapy.
    Intervention(s): After exposing the chosen ovary, an incision at the tubal pole of the ovary is made with scissors. Through section and dissection, a large cortical biopsy of the ovary is performed without removing and avoiding any damage to the medulla. At the end of the procedure, hemostasis was achieved with selective coagulation using bipolar coagulation.
    Main outcome measure(s): Step by step educational video.
    Result(s): The post-operative course was uneventful and the patient was discharge 24 hours after surgery.
    Conclusion(s): Standardization of a step-by-step laparoscopic technique can provide an effective method to optimize ovarian tissue removal while minimizing tissue injury. Medulla-sparing ovarian biopsy allows retrieval of only the cortical part of the ovary, maximizing the number of primordial follicles obtained without damaging the vascular supply of the ovary contained within the medulla. Primordial follicles are resistant to cryoinjury owing to their relatively inactive metabolism, and they are usually found at approximately 0.8 mm below the surface of the cortex. This technique could also reduce the back-table processing time of the ovarian tissue before cryopreservation. One disadvantage could be the difficulty of the technique compared to an oophorectomy because it requires a skilled surgeon that can easily find the cleavage plane between the medulla and the cortex, even in patients submitted to previous chemoradiotherapy or during gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue therapy.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80133-1
    ISSN 1556-5653 ; 0015-0282
    ISSN (online) 1556-5653
    ISSN 0015-0282
    DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.03.011
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  4. Article: Detection and Classification of Hysteroscopic Images Using Deep Learning.

    Raimondo, Diego / Raffone, Antonio / Salucci, Paolo / Raimondo, Ivano / Capobianco, Giampiero / Galatolo, Federico Andrea / Cimino, Mario Giovanni Cosimo Antonio / Travaglino, Antonio / Maletta, Manuela / Ferla, Stefano / Virgilio, Agnese / Neola, Daniele / Casadio, Paolo / Seracchioli, Renato

    Cancers

    2024  Volume 16, Issue 7

    Abstract: Background: Although hysteroscopy with endometrial biopsy is the gold standard in the diagnosis of endometrial pathology, the gynecologist experience is crucial for a correct diagnosis. Deep learning (DL), as an artificial intelligence method, might ... ...

    Abstract Background: Although hysteroscopy with endometrial biopsy is the gold standard in the diagnosis of endometrial pathology, the gynecologist experience is crucial for a correct diagnosis. Deep learning (DL), as an artificial intelligence method, might help to overcome this limitation. Unfortunately, only preliminary findings are available, with the absence of studies evaluating the performance of DL models in identifying intrauterine lesions and the possible aid related to the inclusion of clinical factors in the model.
    Aim: To develop a DL model as an automated tool for detecting and classifying endometrial pathologies from hysteroscopic images.
    Methods: A monocentric observational retrospective cohort study was performed by reviewing clinical records, electronic databases, and stored videos of hysteroscopies from consecutive patients with pathologically confirmed intrauterine lesions at our Center from January 2021 to May 2021. Retrieved hysteroscopic images were used to build a DL model for the classification and identification of intracavitary uterine lesions with or without the aid of clinical factors. Study outcomes were DL model diagnostic metrics in the classification and identification of intracavitary uterine lesions with and without the aid of clinical factors.
    Results: We reviewed 1500 images from 266 patients: 186 patients had benign focal lesions, 25 benign diffuse lesions, and 55 preneoplastic/neoplastic lesions. For both the classification and identification tasks, the best performance was achieved with the aid of clinical factors, with an overall precision of 80.11%, recall of 80.11%, specificity of 90.06%, F1 score of 80.11%, and accuracy of 86.74 for the classification task, and overall detection of 85.82%, precision of 93.12%, recall of 91.63%, and an F1 score of 92.37% for the identification task.
    Conclusion: Our DL model achieved a low diagnostic performance in the detection and classification of intracavitary uterine lesions from hysteroscopic images. Although the best diagnostic performance was obtained with the aid of clinical data, such an improvement was slight.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-28
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2527080-1
    ISSN 2072-6694
    ISSN 2072-6694
    DOI 10.3390/cancers16071315
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  5. Article: Editorial: Fertility-preserving and fertility-sparing treatment approaches in gynecologic malignancies.

    Raimondo, Diego / Raffone, Antonio / Neola, Daniele / Vizzielli, Giuseppe / Caserta, Donatella / Hall, Marcia / Casadio, Paolo / Seracchioli, Renato / Driul, Lorenza / Restaino, Stefano

    Frontiers in oncology

    2023  Volume 13, Page(s) 1199582

    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-02
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2649216-7
    ISSN 2234-943X
    ISSN 2234-943X
    DOI 10.3389/fonc.2023.1199582
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  6. Article ; Online: Ovarian tissue biopsy for cryopreservation by vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES): a new approach for a minimal invasive ovarian biopsy.

    Seracchioli, Renato / Maletta, Manuela / Pazzaglia, Enrico / Raffone, Antonio / Vicenti, Rossella / Scarperi, Stefano / Bergamini, Valentino / Raimondo, Diego

    Fertility and sterility

    2024  

    Abstract: Objective: Vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) is an emerging surgical procedure that combines the advantages of the vaginal approach with laparoscopic vision and instrumentation [1]. Shorter hospitalization and lower ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) is an emerging surgical procedure that combines the advantages of the vaginal approach with laparoscopic vision and instrumentation [1]. Shorter hospitalization and lower postoperative pain associated to vNOTES [2] may be explained by the advantages of this innovative surgical approach (such as absence of abdominal incisions, shorter operating time, lower insufflation pressure) [2;3]. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation allows to preserve reproductive and endocrine functions in young women with oncological disease at risk of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) caused by gonadotoxic treatments [4]. Ovarian tissue biopsy for cryopreservation consists of a large biopsy of one or both ovaries [4] that is usually performed by laparoscopy. Then, the removed ovarian tissue is cryopreserved for the future transplant after cancer remission. Volume of ovarian biopsy ranges from 50% of the ovary for women at moderate risk of POI to 70 % or whole ovary for women at high risk [5]. Inclusion criteria for ovarian tissue cryopreservation are women aged less than 35 who cannot delay start of oncological treatments for follicles cryopreservation, with a moderate or high risk of POI and good chance of 5-year survival [6]. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation cannot be performed if tumor treatments include uterine irradiation or for tumors at risk of ovarian metastases (as in case of ovarian cancer, leukemia, neuroblastoma, Burkitt lymphoma) [7]. Despite widespread adoption of vNOTES in gynecology, ovarian biopsy for cryopreservation has never been performed using this route.
    Design: Step-by-step explanation of the procedure with descriptive text and narrated video footage.
    Setting: Tertiary level referral academic center.
    Patient(s): A 27-years-old patient recently diagnosed with low grade follicular non-hodgkin lymphoma was referred to our center for ovarian tissue cryopreservation before chemotherapy. The patient included in this study gave informed consent for publication of the video and posting of the video online including social media, the journal website, scientific literature websites (such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, etc.) and other applicable sites. Due to the nature of the study, IRB approval was not required.
    Intervention(s): Access to peritoneal cavity was created by a 3 cm posterior colpotomy. Peritoneum was then opened using cold scissors and temporarily fixed to the posterior vaginal wall. The Gelpoint Mini Advanced Access Platform (Applied Medical, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA), with one 10 mm and two 5 mm trocars, was used as vNOTES port. The inner Alexis ring of the Gelpoint was inserted through the colpotomy into the pouch of Douglas. An hysterometer was placed into the uterine cavity to keep the uterus anteverted during the surgery. A pneumoperitoneum was created to a pressure of 8 mmHg and the operating table was tilted to 20° Trendelenburg position. A 10-mm rigid 30° camera was inserted in the inferior and larger trocar and both the ovaries were visualized. 70 % of the left ovary was removed with cold scissors, in order to minimize trauma on the surgical specimen. After removal of the Gelpoint cap, ovarian biopsy was immediately picked-up by the biologist of our fertility center. The ovary was coagulated with bipolar instrument. Hysterometer was then replaced by a uterine manipulator to perform tubal patency test and blue dye passage through both the salpinges was observed. Finally, the Alexis retractor and the stich on the posterior peritoneum were removed and the vagina was sutured using interrupted stiches. Total operative time was 25 minutes.
    Main outcomes measure(s): Ovarian tissue biopsy for cryopreservation by vNOTES.
    Results(s): No intraoperative and postoperative complications were reported and the patient was discharged after 24 hours from surgery.
    Conclusion(s): VNOTES may be a feasible alternative approach to laparoscopy for ovarian tissue cryopreservation: it allows an easy access to the ovaries and removal of different tissue volumes. Patients undergoing ovarian cryopreservation may benefit of vNOTES approach since a rapid post-operative recovery is crucial to start chemotherapy in a short time. As for other vNOTES surgical procedures, accurate selection of patients seems to be crucial for a successful ovarian tissue cryopreservation [8]. We think that inclusion and exclusion criteria reported for other gynecologic procedures performed through vNOTES may also be valid for ovarian tissue cryopreservation by vNOTES [9]. Women at high risk of pelvic adhesions (such as coexistent endometriosis, previous pelvic surgery or inflammatory pelvic disease), with elevated Body Mass Index or enlarged uterus as well as women with cervical, vaginal or uterine cancer cannot be considered for this approach since all these factors are associated to failure of vNOTES. On the other hand, women with no history of surgery, endometriosis and large myomas may benefit from vNOTES approach and these women represent most of patients who undergo ovarian tissue cryopreservation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80133-1
    ISSN 1556-5653 ; 0015-0282
    ISSN (online) 1556-5653
    ISSN 0015-0282
    DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.04.005
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  7. Article ; Online: Visual dilation and curettage for the fertility-sparing treatment of atypical endometrial hyperplasia/endometrial intra-epithelial neoplasia: an easy to perform in-office technique.

    Casadio, Paolo / Raffone, Antonio / Salucci, Paolo / Raimondo, Diego / Seracchioli, Renato / Carugno, Jose / Di Spiezio Sardo, Attilio

    International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society

    2023  Volume 33, Issue 5, Page(s) 837–838

    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Endometrial Hyperplasia/surgery ; Dilatation ; Endometrial Neoplasms/surgery ; Fertility ; Curettage ; Fertility Preservation/methods ; Retrospective Studies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1070385-8
    ISSN 1525-1438 ; 1048-891X
    ISSN (online) 1525-1438
    ISSN 1048-891X
    DOI 10.1136/ijgc-2022-003877
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  8. Article: Early introduction of simulation in the medical curriculum: the MedInTo perspective.

    Lembo, David / Abate Daga, Federico / Calì, Corrado / Garbossa, Diego / Manfredi, Matteo / Odetto, Lorenzo / Ostacoli, Luca / Paccotti, Piero / Raimondo, Stefania / Reimondo, Giuseppe / Sciascia, Savino

    Frontiers in medicine

    2024  Volume 10, Page(s) 1280592

    Abstract: Despite the increasing body of evidence supporting the use of simulation in medicine, a question remains: when should we introduce it into the medical school's curriculum? We present the experience and future perspectives of the MD program in Medicine ... ...

    Abstract Despite the increasing body of evidence supporting the use of simulation in medicine, a question remains: when should we introduce it into the medical school's curriculum? We present the experience and future perspectives of the MD program in Medicine and Surgery of University of Turin-MedInTo. Since its launch, MedInTo has been dedicated to integrating innovative teaching approaches at the early stages into the medical curriculum. Herewith, we describe a case-based approach for our activities, which includes the utilization of simulation for emergency medical care training for students and the integration of virtual and augmented reality technology. Dedicated surgical training activities using virtual-augmented reality and life-like simulator for students are also described.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-04
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2775999-4
    ISSN 2296-858X
    ISSN 2296-858X
    DOI 10.3389/fmed.2023.1280592
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  9. Article ; Online: Comparison between vaginal and laparoscopic cerclage in women with mid-trimester pregnancy loss or history of spontaneous preterm delivery.

    Montaguti, Elisa / Raimondo, Diego / Arena, Alessandro / Diglio, Josefina / Orsini, Benedetta / DI Donna, Gaetana / Casadio, Paolo / Seracchioli, Renato / Pilu, Gianluigi

    Minerva obstetrics and gynecology

    2023  

    Abstract: Background: Women with unfavorable obstetric history can benefit from prophylactic cerclage ("history indicated") which can be performed vaginally or transabdominally with laparoscopic techniques. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness in ...

    Abstract Background: Women with unfavorable obstetric history can benefit from prophylactic cerclage ("history indicated") which can be performed vaginally or transabdominally with laparoscopic techniques. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness in the prevention of preterm birth of the vaginal technique and of the minimally invasive laparoscopic technique in women with an unfavorable obstetric history.
    Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study examining elective cerclages performed in women with adverse obstetrics history. The primary outcome was rate of early preterm and second trimester deliveries while other outcomes analyzed were surgical complications, the time needed for cerclage procedures, live birth rate, gestational age at delivery, birth weight, Apgar score.
    Results: Data from 64 women were analyzed; among them, 14 underwent a laparoscopic procedure (22%) while 50 a vaginal cerclage (78%). The two groups were homogeneous in terms of demographic characteristics, but of course differed significantly in terms of obstetrics history, as well as for the surgical indications of cerclage procedures. The rate of early preterm deliveries and second trimester miscarriage were the same in the vaginal and laparoscopic group (8%), comparable to what was reported in literature. The operative time was longer in the laparoscopic group, but with similar duration of the hospital stay. We reported no intraoperative complications in both groups.
    Conclusions: As the laparoscopic procedure, usually reserved for women with a previous failed vaginal cerclage, has been proved to be equally safe and effective, it may could be proposed to a wider group of women. Prospective randomized studies are needed to provide new and conclusive data about this topic.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-10
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3062815-5
    ISSN 2724-6450
    ISSN (online) 2724-6450
    DOI 10.23736/S2724-606X.23.05250-8
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  10. Article ; Online: Conscious processing of global and local auditory irregularities causes differentiated heartbeat-evoked responses.

    Candia-Rivera, Diego / Raimondo, Federico / Pérez, Pauline / Naccache, Lionel / Tallon-Baudry, Catherine / Sitt, Jacobo D

    eLife

    2023  Volume 12

    Abstract: Recent research suggests that brain-heart interactions are associated with perceptual and self-consciousness. In this line, the neural responses to visceral inputs have been hypothesized to play a leading role in shaping our subjective experience. This ... ...

    Abstract Recent research suggests that brain-heart interactions are associated with perceptual and self-consciousness. In this line, the neural responses to visceral inputs have been hypothesized to play a leading role in shaping our subjective experience. This study aims to investigate whether the contextual processing of auditory irregularities modulates both direct neuronal responses to the auditory stimuli (ERPs) and the neural responses to heartbeats, as measured with heartbeat-evoked responses (HERs). HERs were computed in patients with disorders of consciousness, diagnosed with a minimally conscious state or unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. We tested whether HERs reflect conscious auditory perception, which can potentially provide additional information for the consciousness diagnosis. EEG recordings were taken during the local-global paradigm, which evaluates the capacity of a patient to detect the appearance of auditory irregularities at local (short-term) and global (long-term) levels. The results show that local and global effects produce distinct ERPs and HERs, which can help distinguish between the minimally conscious state and unresponsive wakefulness syndrome patients. Furthermore, we found that ERP and HER responses were not correlated suggesting that independent neuronal mechanisms are behind them. These findings suggest that HER modulations in response to auditory irregularities, especially local irregularities, may be used as a novel neural marker of consciousness and may aid in the bedside diagnosis of disorders of consciousness with a more cost-effective option than neuroimaging methods.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Consciousness/physiology ; Persistent Vegetative State ; Heart Rate/physiology ; Consciousness Disorders ; Brain/physiology ; Electroencephalography
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2687154-3
    ISSN 2050-084X ; 2050-084X
    ISSN (online) 2050-084X
    ISSN 2050-084X
    DOI 10.7554/eLife.75352
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