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  1. Adductor longus tenotomy in a population of football players affected by adductor-related groin pain syndrome

    Article • The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, November 2025, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Francesco Di Marzo

  2. Groin Pain Syndrome Italian Consensus Conference update 2023

    Article • The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, April 2024, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Francesco Di Marzo

  3. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

    Article • The Lancet, November 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dr Mohmmad Khursheed Alam, Dr Katerina Kasapinova, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Prof Marco Clementi, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Dr khaled Mohamed Abdel wahab , Gerardo Caruso, Hitesh Chopra, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Shadi Hamouri, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr Fakher Rahim

  4. Correction: Evolving Trends in the Management of Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19 Waves: The ACIE Appy II Study

    Article • Extremophiles, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Mostafa Shalaby

  5. ACOI Surgical Site Infections Management Academy (ACOISSIMA)

    Article • Il Giornale di Chirurgia - Journal of Surgery, August 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Francesco Di Marzo

  6. Long-standing groin pain syndrome in athletic women: a multidisciplinary assessment in keeping with the Italian Consensus Agreement

    Article • The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, August 2022, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Francesco Di Marzo

  7. Evolving Trends in the Management of Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19 Waves: The ACIE Appy II Study

    Article • Extremophiles, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Muhammad Umar Younis, Vittoria Bellato, Francesco Di Marzo, Mostafa Shalaby

  8. Early non compliance to enhanced recovery pathway might be an alert for underlying complications following colon surgery

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, July 2022, Elsevier

    Francesco Di Marzo

  9. Selected Patients With Peritoneal Metastases From Breast Cancer May Benefit From Cytoreductive Surgery: The Results of a Multicenter Survey

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, May 2022, Frontiers

    Francesco Di Marzo

  10. The impact of surgical delay on resectability of colorectal cancer: An international prospective cohort study

    Article • Colorectal Disease, April 2022, Wiley

    Professor Wim Ceelen, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Francesco Di Marzo, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson

  11. (INVITED)Quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 virions in aqueous mediums by IoT optical fiber sensors

    Article • Results in Optics, December 2021, Elsevier

    Francesco Di Marzo

  12. Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Article • BJS, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Prof Marcello Migliore, Dr Ioannis Gkekas, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Francesco Di Marzo

  13. BJS commission on surgery and perioperative care post-COVID-19

    Article • BJS, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Muhammad Umar Younis, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Vittoria Bellato, Dr DARYLL M BAKER, Mostafa Shalaby

  14. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Oncology, October 2021, Elsevier

    Francesco Di Marzo, Professor Wim Ceelen, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Dr Fakher Rahim, Professor Eng H. Ooi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Dr Ioannis Gkekas, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dickon Hayne, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  15. WSES/GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with intra-abdominal infections

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Professor Stefano Di Bella, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  16. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Martin Karamanliev, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  17. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Fernando Cordera, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Professor Dickon Hayne, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Prof Marcello Migliore

  18. Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Edward Tan, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  19. Long splenic flexure carcinoma requiring laparoscopic extended left hemicolectomy with CME and transverse-rectal anastomosis: technique for a modified partial Deloyers in 5 steps to achieve enough reach and preserving middle colic vessels

    Article • Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Giovanni Domenico Tebala

  20. Duodenal ulcer perforation: A systematic literature review and narrative description of surgical techniques used to treat large duodenal defects

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, July 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Francesco Di Marzo

  21. A multidisciplinary assessment of 320 athletes with long-standing groin pain syndrome in keeping with the Italian consensus agreement: the high incidence and the multiple causes of inguinal and hip pathologies and pubic osteopathy

    Article • The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, July 2021, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Francesco Di Marzo

  22. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

    Article • BJS, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ronald Flumignan, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Emre Balık, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Professor Khaled Saad

  23. The role of procalcitonin in reducing antibiotics across the surgical pathway

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  24. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Anaesthesia, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Professor shahnoor islam, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Stênio Zequi, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Fernando Cordera, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Prof Marcello Migliore

  25. Proof of Concept for a Quick and Highly Sensitive On-Site Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Plasmonic Optical Fibers and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

    Article • Sensors, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Francesco Di Marzo

  26. Re-exploring the pelvic neuroanatomy from a new perspective and a potential guidance for TaTME: a “bottom-up” approach

    Article • Updates in Surgery, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Francesco Di Marzo

  27. OUP accepted manuscript

    Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Francesco Di Marzo

  28. Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19–Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, January 2021, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Francesco Di Marzo, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Mr Paul COOL

  29. Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic

    Article • Colorectal Disease, November 2020, Wiley

    Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson

  30. Surgical management of oncologic patient during and after the COVID-19 outbreak: practical recommendations from the Italian society of Surgical Oncology

    Article • Updates in Surgery, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  31. Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Article • BJS, November 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Francesco Di Marzo

  32. Global attitudes in the management of acute appendicitis during COVID‐19 pandemic: ACIE Appy Study

    Article • BJS, October 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Francesco Di Marzo, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Vittoria Bellato, Mostafa Shalaby

  33. Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • BJS, September 2020, Wiley

    Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  34. Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on elective surgical volume in Tuscany: effects on local planning and resource prioritization

    Article • BJS, July 2020, Wiley

    Francesco Di Marzo

  35. 2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  36. A proposal of a response-model for general surgery activities during pandemic crisis

    Article • BJS, April 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Francesco Di Marzo

  37. Surgery in COVID-19 patients: operational directives

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  38. “Regarding ‘Understanding the "Scope" of the Problem: Why Laparoscopy is Considered Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic.’”

    Article • Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, April 2020, Elsevier

    Francesco Di Marzo

  39. A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Professor Stefano Di Bella

  40. Injury patterns and causes of death in 953 patients with penetrating abdominal war wounds in a civilian independent non-governmental organization hospital in Lashkargah, Afghanistan

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Simone Sibio

  41. Variables contributing to post-operative infections in severe oncologic patients.

    Article • Gastroenterology Research and Practice, May 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Simone Sibio, Francesco Di Marzo

  42. Italian consensus conference on guidelines for conservative treatment on lower limb muscle injuries in athlete

    Article • BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, May 2018, BMJ

    Francesco Di Marzo

  43. A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway

    Article • Surgical Infections, November 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Prof. Majdi Al-Hasan, MD Massimo Girardis, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Salomone Di Saverio

  44. Cam morphology and inguinal pathologies: is there a possible connection?

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  45. The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship—results from an international cross-sectional survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Majdi Al-Hasan, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Francesco Di Marzo, Andras Vereczkei, Souha Kanj, Dr Hong Bin Kim

  46. Inguinal Hernia and Other Types of Hernia: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  47. Sports Hernia: A Comparison of the Different Surgical Techniques

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  48. Correction

    Article • BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, January 2017, BMJ

    Francesco Di Marzo

  49. Groin Pain Syndrome Italian Consensus Conference on terminology, clinical evaluation and imaging assessment in groin pain in athlete

    Article • BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, November 2016, BMJ

    Francesco Di Marzo

  50. Topic: Inguinal Hernia — Post op chronic pain: incidence, evaluation, legal consequences, therapy, follow up

    Article • Hernia, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  51. Abdominal Wall: Register & Miscellaneous

    Article • Hernia, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  52. Inguinal Hernia: Recurrences, Tailored Surgery & Pubic Inguinal Pain Syndrome (Sportsman Hernia)

    Article • Hernia, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  53. Groin pain syndrome: an association of different pathologies and a case presentation

    Article • Muscles Ligaments and Tendons Journal, January 2015, Edra SpA

    Francesco Di Marzo

  54. Giant inframuscular lipoma disclosed 14 years after a blunt trauma: A case report

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo

  55. Effects of Melatonin in Perimenopausal and Menopausal Women: Our Personal Experience

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2005, Wiley

    Francesco Di Marzo