Gregorio Di Franco

Publications

• Polymorphic Variants Involved in Methylation Regulation: a Strategy to Discover Risk Loci for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
  Journal of Medical Genetics. May, 2023  |   Pubmed ID: 37130759
• The COVID - AGICT Study: COVID-19 and Advanced Gastro-intestinal Cancer Surgical Treatment. A Multicentric Italian Study on the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Impact on Gastro-intestinal Cancers Surgical Treatment During the 2020. Analysis of Perioperative and Short-term Oncological Outcomes
  Surgical Oncology. Apr, 2023  |   Pubmed ID: 36924550
• Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Treatment of Moderate to Critical Acute Pancreatitis: A Case-matched Comparison With the Traditional Open Approach Over 10 Years
  Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. Apr, 2023  |   Pubmed ID: 36821700
• Surgical Treatment of Recurrent Retroperitoneal Sarcoma in Its Different Patterns: A 15-years' Two-centers Experience
  The Surgeon : Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland. Jan, 2023  |   Pubmed ID: 36707317
• Initial 50 Consecutive Full-robotic Pancreatoduodenectomies Without Conversion by a Single Surgeon: a Learning Curve Analysis from a Tertiary Referral High-volume Center
  Surgical Endoscopy. May, 2023  |   Pubmed ID: 36596929
• Comparison of Different Pancreatic Stump Management Strategies During Robot-assisted Distal Pancreatectomy
  The International Journal of Medical Robotics + Computer Assisted Surgery : MRCAS. Feb, 2023  |   Pubmed ID: 36256862
• Surgery Combined with Intra-operative Microwaves Ablation for the Management of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis: A Case-matched Analysis and Evaluation of Recurrences
  Frontiers in Oncology. 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 36505851
• Zebrafish Patient-Derived Xenograft Model to Predict Treatment Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Patients
  Biomedicines. Jun, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35884780
• Pattern of Recurrence and Survival After D2 Right Colectomy for Cancer: is There Place for a Routine More Extended Lymphadenectomy?
  Updates in Surgery. Aug, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35778547
• A Polymorphic Variant in Telomere Maintenance is Associated with Worrisome Features and High-risk Stigmata Development in IPMNs
  Carcinogenesis. Sep, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35675759
• A "tailored" Interventional and Surgical Management for Moderate to Critical Acute Pancreatitis in Late Phase: a Cohort Study
  Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery. Nov, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35639137
• In Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Alpha-Synuclein Increases and Marks Peri-Neural Infiltration
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Mar, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35409135
• Robot-assisted Pancreatoduodenectomy with the Da Vinci Xi: Can the Costs of Advanced Technology Be Offset by Clinical Advantages? A Case-matched Cost Analysis Versus Open Approach
  Surgical Endoscopy. Jun, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 34708294
• Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy: a Case-matched Cost-analysis Between Robot-assisted Surgery and Direct Manual Laparoscopy
  Surgical Endoscopy. Jan, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 33534074
• Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Literature Review and Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Findings
  Journal of Ultrasound. Mar, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 32886346
• Detailing the Ultrastructure's Increase of Prion Protein in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
  World Journal of Gastroenterology. Nov, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 34876792
• Association of Genetic Variants Affecting MicroRNAs and Pancreatic Cancer Risk
  Frontiers in Genetics. 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 34527018
• Zebrafish Patient-Derived Xenografts Identify Chemo-Response in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients
  Cancers. Aug, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 34439284
• Technical Validation and Usability of a Portable Ultrasound-Based System for Carotid Assessment of Vascular Ageing: A Pilot Study
  Heart, Lung & Circulation. Nov, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 34366219
• Perioperative Nutritional Aspects in Total Pancreatectomy: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature
  Nutrients. May, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 34067286
• Prognostic Impact of Conservative Surgery for Pancreatic IPMNs
  Surgical Oncology. Sep, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 33892432
• Genome-wide Scan of Long Noncoding RNA Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Pancreatic Cancer Susceptibility
  International Journal of Cancer. Jun, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 33534179
• Ileo-colic Intra-corporeal Anastomosis During Robotic Right Colectomy: a Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis of Different Techniques
  International Journal of Colorectal Disease. Jun, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 33486533
• Somatostatin Administration Following Pancreatoduodenectomy: a Case-matched Comparison According to Surgical Technique, Body Mass Index, American Society of Anesthesiologists' Score and Fistula Risk Score
  Surgery Today. Jun, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 33270148
• Use of Barbed Suture Without Fashioning the "classical" Wirsung-jejunostomy in a Modified End-to-side Robotic Pancreatojejunostomy
  Surgical Endoscopy. Feb, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 33025248
• Tissue Microarray-chip Featuring Computerized Immunophenotypical Characterization More Accurately Subtypes Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Than Routine Histology
  World Journal of Gastroenterology. Nov, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 33268964
• A Plea for Surgery in Pancreatic Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma: Indications and Outcome from a Multicenter Surgical Experience
  Journal of Clinical Medicine. Oct, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 33066168
• Renal Cell Carcinoma: The Role of Radical Surgery on Different Patterns of Local or Distant Recurrence
  Surgical Oncology. Dec, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32866943
• The Occurrence of Prion Protein in Surgically Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
  Pancreatology : Official Journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et Al.]. Sep, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32828686
• Use of Zebrafish Embryos As Avatar of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer: A New Xenotransplantation Model Towards Personalized Medicine
  World Journal of Gastroenterology. Jun, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32550755
• A Model of a Zebrafish Avatar for Co-Clinical Trials
  Cancers. Mar, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32183229
• Pancreatic Resections for Metastases: A Twenty-year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center
  European Journal of Surgical Oncology : the Journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology. May, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 31806518
• Is There a Role of Robotic Surgery in Abdominal Organs Transplantations?
  Journal of Robotic Surgery. Aug, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 31531754
• The Role of Robotic-assisted Surgery for the Treatment of Diverticular Disease
  Journal of Robotic Surgery. Feb, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 31375994
• Pancreatic Resections in Elderly Patients with High American Society of Anesthesiologists' Risk Score: a View from a Tertiary Care Center
  Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. May, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 31347102
• Robotic-assisted Surgery for Colorectal Liver Metastasis: A Single-centre Experience
  Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 30777992
• Robotic-assisted Versus Open Left Pancreatectomy for Cystic Tumours: A Single-centre Experience
  Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 30178768
• Robot-assisted Trans-gastric Drainage and Debridement of Walled-off Pancreatic Necrosis Using the EndoWrist Stapler for the Da Vinci Xi: A Case Report
  World Journal of Clinical Cases. Jun, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 31363474
• Comment on "Lessons Learnt from Living Donor Liver Transplantation with ABO-incompatibility: A Single-center Experience from Southern India"
  Indian Journal of Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. Jun, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 31230263
• The Role of Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Mega Spleens in the Da Vinci Era
  Journal of Robotic Surgery. Dec, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 31168743
• Role of Abdominal Ultrasound for the Surveillance Follow-up of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: a Cost-effective Safe Alternative to the Routine Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  World Journal of Gastroenterology. May, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 31143072
• Total Abdominal Proctocolectomy: What is New with the Da Vinci Xi?
  Journal of Robotic Surgery. Oct, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 31055772
• Gray-scale, Doppler and Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound in Pancreatic Allograft Surveillance: A Systematic Literature Review
  Transplantation Reviews (Orlando, Fla.). Jul, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30940408
• Technical Details and Preliminary Results of a Full Robotic Type II Endoleak Treatment with the Da Vinci Xi
  Journal of Robotic Surgery. Jun, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30830571
• Use of 3D Models for Planning, Simulation, and Training in Vascular Surgery
  Updates in Surgery. Mar, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30805868
• Alternative Uses of Virtual Simulators for Laparoscopy and Robot-assisted Surgery for Medical Students
  Updates in Surgery. Jun, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30623295
• Should We Use Virtual Simulators for Surgical Resident Selection?
  Journal of Robotic Surgery. Aug, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30607693
• Comment On: 'Money for Nothing'. The Role of Robotic-assisted Laparoscopy for the Treatment of Endometriosis
  Journal of Robotic Surgery. Jun, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30536132
• Structured Cost Analysis of Robotic TME Resection for Rectal Cancer: a Comparison Between the Da Vinci Si and Xi in a Single Surgeon's Experience
  Surgical Endoscopy. Jun, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30251144
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of Stomach: Robot-assisted Excision with the Da Vinci Surgical System Regardless of Size and Location Site
  Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 29595183
• Pancreatoduodenectomy Without Vascular Resection in Patients with Primary Resectable Adenocarcinoma and Unilateral Venous Contact: A Matched Case Study
  Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 30595690
• The Future Today: New Options for Surgical Care
  Updates in Surgery. Sep, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 30120744
• Augmented Reality in Open Surgery
  Updates in Surgery. Sep, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 30006832
• Control Comparison of the New EndoWrist and Traditional Laparoscopic Staplers for Anterior Rectal Resection with the Da Vinci Xi: A Case Study
  Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Part A. Dec, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29920142
• Robotic Colorectal Resection With and Without the Use of the New Da Vinci Table Motion: A Case-Matched Study
  Surgical Innovation. Jun, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29577830
• Multiple Small Bowel Perforations Due to Invasive Aspergillosis in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Case Report and a Systematic Review of the Literature
  Infection. Jun, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29357049
• Robot-assisted Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer: Case-matched Comparison of Short-term Surgical and Functional Outcomes Between the Da Vinci Xi and Si
  Surgical Endoscopy. Feb, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 28733738
• Technical Details and Results of a Modified End-to-Side Technique of Pancreatojejunostomy: a Personal Series of 100 Patients
  Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. Dec, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28936588
• Full Robotic Colorectal Resections for Cancer Combined With Other Major Surgical Procedures: Early Experience With the Da Vinci Xi
  Surgical Innovation. Aug, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28498018
• Use of the New Da Vinci Xi® During Robotic Rectal Resection for Cancer: a Pilot Matched-case Comparison with the Da Vinci Si®
  The International Journal of Medical Robotics + Computer Assisted Surgery : MRCAS. Mar, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 26804716
• Robotic Assisted Versus Pure Laparoscopic Surgery of the Adrenal Glands: a Case-control Study Comparing Surgical Techniques
  Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery. Nov, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27516077
• Robot-assisted Versus Laparoscopic Rectal Resection for Cancer in a Single Surgeon's Experience: a Cost Analysis Covering the Initial 50 Robotic Cases with the Da Vinci Si
  International Journal of Colorectal Disease. Sep, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27475091
• Use of a Novel Multi-purpose Sponge for Laparoscopic Surgery: Does It Have Special Relevance to Robotically-assisted Laparoscopic Surgery?
  Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27251845
• Use of a New Integrated Table Motion for the Da Vinci Xi in Colorectal Surgery
  International Journal of Colorectal Disease. Sep, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27236322
• Incidental Appendectomy? Microscopy Tells Another Story: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Patients Presenting Acute Right Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain
  International Journal of Surgery (London, England). Apr, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26931338
• Robot-assisted Surgery for the Radical Treatment of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis with Colorectal Involvement: Short- and Mid-term Surgical and Functional Outcomes
  International Journal of Colorectal Disease. Mar, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26686873
• Da Vinci Single Site© Surgical Platform in Clinical Practice: a Systematic Review
  The International Journal of Medical Robotics + Computer Assisted Surgery : MRCAS. Dec, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26525827
• Sexual and Urinary Functions After Robot-assisted Versus Pure Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer
  International Journal of Colorectal Disease. Apr, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26149941
• Short-term Clinical Outcomes of Robot-assisted Intersphincteric Resection and Low Rectal Resection with Double-stapling Technique for Cancer: a Case-matched Study
  International Journal of Colorectal Disease. Mar, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 25982464
• Robotic Surgery and Hemostatic Agents in Partial Nephrectomy: a High Rate of Success Without Vascular Clamping
  Journal of Robotic Surgery. Sep, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26531202
• Use of the New Da Vinci Xi During Robotic Rectal Resection for Cancer: Technical Considerations and Early Experience
  International Journal of Colorectal Disease. Sep, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26255257