Surgery and Gastro-Esophageal Diseases
Research Topics
Clinical Research:
Evolutive behavior of achalasia.
Treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux diseases.
Treatment of esophago-gastric perforations and other emergencies.
Basic and Translational Research:
Computational model for the simulation of functional esophageal disorders.
Esophageal tissue engineering.
Funding:
Ordinary Department funding.
LifeLab, CORIS – Consorzio per la Ricerca Sanitaria Regione Veneto.
Publications
1: Barbon S, Biccari A, Stocco E, Capovilla G, D’Angelo E, Todesco M, Sandrin D, Bagno A, Romanato F, Macchi V, De Caro R, Agostini M, Merigliano S, Valmasoni M, Porzionato A. Bio-Engineered Scaffolds Derived from Decellularized Human Esophagus for Functional Organ Reconstruction. Cells. 2022; 11(19):2945. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11192945.
2: Salvador R, Nezi G, Forattini F, Riccio F, Vittori A, Provenzano L, Capovilla G, Nicoletti L, Moletta L, Pierobon ES, Valmasoni M, Merigliano S, Costantini M. Laparoscopic Heller-Dor is an effective long-term treatment for end-stage achalasia. Surg Endosc. 2022 Oct 10. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09696-8.
3: Moletta L, Pierobon ES, Capovilla G, Valotto G, Gavagna L, Provenzano L, Zanchettin G, Salvador R, Costantini M, Merigliano S, Valmasoni M. Could the Pittsburgh Severity Score guide the treatment of esophageal perforation? Experience of a single referral center. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Jan 1;92(1):108-116. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003417.
4: Salvador R, Costantini M, Tolone S, Familiari P, Galliani E, Germanà B, Savarino E, Merigliano S, Valmasoni M. Manometric pattern progression in esophageal achalasia in the era of high-resolution manometry. Ann Transl Med. 2021 May;9(10):906. doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.03.149.
5: Capovilla G, Salvador R, Provenzano L, Valmasoni M, Moletta L, Pierobon ES, Merigliano S, Costantini M. Laparoscopic Revisional Surgery After Failed Heller Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia: Long-Term Outcome at a Single Tertiary Center. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Sep;25(9):2208-2217. doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-05041-x.
6: Salvador R, Provenzano L, Nezi G, Capovilla G, Nicoletti L, Pierobon ES, Moletta L, Valmasoni M, Merigliano S, Costantini M. Laparoscopic Heller-Dor Is an Effective Treatment for Esophageal-Gastric Junction Outflow Obstruction. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Sep;25(9):2201-2207. doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-05021-1.
7: Moletta L, Pierobon ES, Salvador R, Volpin F, Finocchiaro FM, Capovilla G, Piangerelli A, Ciccioli E, Zanchettin G, Costantini M, Merigliano S, Valmasoni M. Pharyngo-Esophageal Perforation Following Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: A Single Center Experience and a Systematic Review of the Literature. Global Spine J. 2022 May;12(4):719-731. doi: 10.1177/21925682211005737.
8: Costantini A, Familiari P, Costantini M, Salvador R, Valmasoni M, Capovilla G, Landi R, Mangiola F, Provenzano L, Briscolini D, Merigliano S, Costamagna G. Poem Versus Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy in the Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia: A Case-Control Study from Two High Volume Centers Using the Propensity Score. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Mar;24(3):505-515. doi:10.1007/s11605-019-04465-w.
9: Provenzano L, Salvador R, Cutrone C, Capovilla G, Moletta L, Nicoletti L, Costantini M, Merigliano S, Valmasoni M. Traction on the septum during transoral septotomy for Zenker diverticulum improves the final outcome. Laryngoscope. 2020 Mar;130(3):637-640. doi: 10.1002/lary.28030.
10: Salvador R, Savarino E, Pesenti E, Spadotto L, Voltarel G, Capovilla G, Cavallin F, Nicoletti L, Valmasoni M, Ruol A, Merigliano S, Costantini M. Effects of laparoscopic myotomy on the esophageal motility pattern of esophageal achalasia as measured by high-resolution manometry. Surg Endosc. 2017 Sep;31(9):3510-3518. doi: 10.1007/s00464-016-5377-9.
People involved
Michele Valmasoni (Associate Professor)
Renato Salvador (Associate Professor)
Lucia Moletta (Assistant Professor)
Sandra Zampieri (Assistant Professor)
Marco Agostini (Assistant Professor)
Luca Provenzano (Research Fellow)
Stefano Merigliano (Full Professor – Senior Scholar)
Mario Costantini (Associate Professor – Senior Scholar)
Group members
Raffaele De Caro (Full Professor)
Andrea Porzionato (Associate Professor)
Andrea Bagno (Associate Professor)
Veronica Macchi (Associate Professor)
Elisa Sefora Pierobon (Attending Surgeon)
Gianpietro Zanchettin (Attending Surgeon)
Giovanni Capovilla (Attending Surgeon)
Silvia Barbon (Research Fellow)
Andrea Biccari (Research Fellow)
Elena Stocco (Research Fellow)
Edoardo D’Angelo (Research Fellow)
Martina Todesco (Research Fellow)