Franca Melfi
This video presents the case of a fifty-nine-year-old man who is a former smoker with no significant comorbidities. He came to the team’s attention in January 2023 with fever and hemoptysis. First, he was treated...
Robotic surgery is characterized by a progressive enhancement of its application in the thoracic field, notably regarding the management of mediastinal lesions. The most common robotic mediastinal procedure reported in...
In May 2020, the SIET (Italian Society of Thoracic Endoscopy) organized a virtual roundtable of experts directly involved with the first phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The aim was to...
…In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Marco Nardini of the University Hospital of Catania in Italy speaks with Franca Melfi, Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Chief of Robotic Multispecialty Center...
Clinical Summary A 52-year-old male light smoker was under regular annual checks following a previous ocular melanoma, which was treated in 2013 with brachytherapy. During one of the follow-up visits,...