Silvia Madafferi
Boston Children's Hospital
15 Papers
40 Citations
Silvia Madafferi is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
Local control in metastatic neuroblastoma in children over 1 year of age
Maria Antonietta De Ioris,Alessandro Crocoli,Benedetta Contoli,Maria Carmen Garganese,Gianluigi Natali,Paolo Tomà,Alessandro Jenkner,Renata Boldrini,Maria Debora De Pasquale,Giuseppe Milano,Silvia Madafferi,Aurora Castellano,Franco Locatelli,Alessandro Inserra +13 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that the degree of resection does not influence survival in metastatic NBL patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy; local RT contributes to local disease control.
Elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein in Wilms tumor may follow the same pattern of other fetal neoplasms after treatment: evidence from three cases.
TL;DR: Elevated AFP serum levels in patients with WT could be related to peculiar histological features and serial dosage might be a useful diagnostic and prognostic test.
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Ultrasound-guided percutaneous sclerosis of congenital splenic cysts using ethyl alcohol 96% and minocycline hydrochloride 10%: A pediatric series.
TL;DR: The high success rate achieved with percutaneous drainage and sclerotherapy of cystic lesions supports the results and should encourage the use of this treatment because it is a valid and safe option in childhood.
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Endobronchial tumor in children: Unusual finding in recurrent pneumonia, report of three cases.
TL;DR: Recurrent pneumonia in pediatric endobronchial tumors presented with recurrent pneumonia allows parenchymal-sparing surgery, which offers the best chance of cure and reduces clinical and functional complications in these patients.
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Journal Article
Paraplegia after thoracotomy: a single center experience with pediatric patients and a review of the literature.
Silvia Madafferi,Antonella Accinni,Cristina Martucci,Valerio Voglino,Simone Frediani,Sergio Picardo,Alessandro Inserra +6 more
TL;DR: A prompt post-surgical neurological status routine assessment in pediatric patients undergoing epidural anesthesia or thoracotomy should be mandatory and, associated with the correct imaging study, may lead to the most appropriate therapeutic pathway and to a better prognosis.
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