Rigers Dibra
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Abdominal Surgery and Complications
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Tumors and Oncological Cases
- Hernia repair and management
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Consorziale - Policlinico Bari
2020-2023
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia
2023
Carlo Forlanini Hospital
2022
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2020-2022
Emergency surgery represents a unique context. Trauma teams are often multidisciplinary and need to operate under extreme stress time constraints, sometimes with no awareness of the trauma's causes or patient's personal clinical information. In this perspective, dynamics how trauma function is fundamental ensuring best performance outcomes.An online survey was conducted among World Society Surgery members in early 2021. 402 fully filled questionnaires on topics knowledge translation tools,...
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a deep impact on emergency surgical services, with significant reduction of patients admitted into units world widely. Reliable figures this have not been produced yet. Our international audit aimed at giving precise snapshot the absolute and relative changes admissions outbreak pandemic.Datasets as general emergencies 45 internationally distributed during months March April 2020 (Covid-19 outbreak) were collected compared those same 2019 (pre-Covid-19)....
Abstract Background Investigating the context of trauma and acute care surgery, article aims at understanding factors that can enhance some ethical aspects, namely importance patient consent, perceptiveness role leader, perceived ethics as an educational subject. Methods The employs international questionnaire promoted by World Society Emergency Surgery. Results Through analysis 402 fully filled questionnaires surgeons from 72 different countries, three main topics are investigated through...
Abstract Introduction The concept of “weekend effect”, that is, substandard healthcare during weekends, has never been fully demonstrated, and the different outcomes emergency surgical patients admitted weekends may be due to conditions at admission and/or therapeutic approaches. Aim this international audit was identify any change pattern admissions treatments weekends. Furthermore, we aimed investigating impact COVID-19 pandemic on alleged effect”. Methods database CovidICE-International...
Abstract Background Anal fissure (AF) is a common, painful disease that strongly affects patients’ quality of life, however, no scoring system to assess the severity AF available in literature. The aim this study was set up and validate reliable quantify AF, be used prospective trials comparing efficacy outcomes surgical or medical treatments. Methods conducted on patients with acute chronic control group tertiary centre for coloproctology June 2020–September 2020. Two researchers...
Abstract Background A dreaded complication of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is suture leak. The study aimed to assess the efficacy nebulized comonomer Glubran 2 ® ( N -butyl-cyanoacrylate + metacrylosysolfolane) applied LSG staple line. Methods propensity-matched comparison analysis was conducted in 125 patients undergoing between 2017 and 2019. Groups included those treated with (group 1, n = 70) without treatment 2, 55). Results There were differences mean body mass index (44.4 vs...
Introduction: Single or double prolapsed pile instead of full muco-hemorrhoidal prolapse is a common finding in patients with symptomatic III IV degree hemorrhoids. For this selected group patients, relief symptoms could be achieved by managing the single/double piles performing traditional hemorrhoidectomy. The aim single-center study was to evaluate safety and medium- long-term effectiveness an outpatient tailored Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy (MMH) performed under local anesthesia...
Abstract Little is known about the role of chronic gastritis on weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). This study aims to investigate relationship between histopathologic findings gastric specimens, excess (% EWL), and BMI EBL) at 6 12 months follow up LSG. We retrospectively reviewed clinical records 95 patients who had undergone LSG January 2017 December 2019. Based histopathological resection were divided into those with (CG) without (NoCG) compared for their % EWL EBL...