Francesco Petrella

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September 15, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Idiopathic diaphragmatic relaxation is a rare condition characterized by the abnormal elevation of one hemidiaphragm within the thoracic cavity without any evidence of abdominal visceral herniation. This anatomical displacement can lead to symptoms such as...

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June 25, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Robotic thymectomy is an effective therapeutic approach for the treatment of thymic epithelial tumors, offering a low complication rate and favorable oncological outcomes (1). Several techniques have been described for...

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May 29, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Primary chest wall sarcomas are rare malignancies that require complete surgical resection, which remains the mainstay of treatment (1). Different histological subtypes, such as chondrosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma, exhibit distinct...

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February 20, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a benign, uncommon pulmonary anomaly characterized by the presence of a mass separated from the normal bronchopulmonary tree and a systemic aortic arterial blood supply (1). Intralobar...

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February 13, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Schwannomas are benign nerve sheath tumors that most commonly occur singularly in otherwise normal individuals. Multiple schwannomas in a single patient are most often seen in neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2),...

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February 6, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Minimally invasive thoracic approaches are usually not recommended in redo procedures when severe adhesions are expected. However, in cases involving complex adhesions of the apex of the chest, particularly with...

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October 5, 2023 | Francesco Petrella

This video shows the case of a thirty-eight-year-old patient with a previous history of colonic cancer and Lynch syndrome. She was referred to the thoracic surgery department because of a...

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January 17, 2022 | Francesco Petrella

Holography is a method of creating three-dimensional images called holograms. These are made by superimposing a second wavefront, usually defined as a reference beam, on the wavefront of interest. This...

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August 16, 2021 | Francesco Petrella

The cardiophrenic angle lymph nodes were classified by Rouvière (1) as diaphragmatic lymph nodes and divided into: 1) Anterior (prepericardic) draining portions of the diaphragm, liver , pleura, and abdominal...

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March 17, 2021 | Francesco Petrella

Pulmonary metastases excision is indicated for lung-sparing resection of small and central lesions when wedge resection or segmentectomy are unfeasible. This procedure can be challenging in case of deep-located metastases...

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November 13, 2019 | Francesco Petrella

Partial anomalous pulmonary vein connection (PAPVC) is due to the failure of one or more of the pulmonary veins to be incorporated into the left atrium, thus flowing into the...