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  1. Learning curve in open inguinal hernia repair: a quality improvement multicentre study about Lichtenstein technique

    Article • Hernia, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  2. Is robotic right colectomy economically sustainable? a multicentre retrospective comparative study and cost analysis

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  3. Pooled data analysis of primary ventral (PVH) and incisional hernia (IH) repair is no more acceptable: results of a systematic review and metanalysis of current literature

    Article • Hernia, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  4. Laparoscopic resection with complete mesocolic excision for splenic flexure cancer: long-term follow-up data from a multicenter retrospective study

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  5. Is Shouldice the best NON-MESH inguinal hernia repair technique? A systematic review and network metanalysis of randomized controlled trials comparing Shouldice and Desarda

    Article • International Journal of Surgery, February 2019, Elsevier

    Giovanni Merola

  6. Present and Future of EBM in Inguinal Hernia Repair and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  7. Lack of advantages of slit mesh placement during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TAPP): a single centre, case matched study

    Article • BMC Surgery, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  8. Achieving the Learning Curve in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair by Tapp: A Quality Improvement Study

    Article • Journal of Investigative Surgery, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Giovanni Merola, Giusto Pignata

  9. Predictive factors for anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic colorectal surgery

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, June 2018, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Giovanni Merola

  10. Defining the characteristics of certified hernia centers in Italy: The Italian society of hernia and abdominal wall surgery workgroup consensus on systematic reviews of the best available evidences

    Article • International Journal of Surgery, June 2018, Elsevier

    Giovanni Merola

  11. The Use of Barbed Suture for Intracorporeal Mechanical Anastomosis During a Totally Laparoscopic Right Colectomy: Is It Safe? A Retrospective Nonrandomized Comparative Multicenter Study

    Article • Surgical Innovation, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Merola

  12. Laparoscopic treatment of abdominal unicentric castleman’s disease: a case report and literature review

    Article • BMC Surgery, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  13. Reply to Early colon cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

    Article • ESMO Open, December 2016, BMJ

    Giovanni Merola

  14. Simultaneous abdominal wall defect repair and Tenckhoff catheter placement in candidates for peritoneal dialysis

    Article • Journal of Nephrology, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Domenico Russo, Giovanni Merola

  15. Multidisciplinary diagnostic approach combining fine needle aspiration, core needle biopsy and imaging features of a presacral myelolipoma in a patient with concurrent breast cancer

    Article • Pathology - Research and Practice, March 2015, Elsevier

    Giovanni Merola

  16. Emergency endovascular management of the common femoral artery rupture due to radiotherapy for scrotal carcinoma

    Article • Acta Radiologica Short Reports, January 2015, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Merola

  17. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to Select the Surgical Approach in Hernia Repair: Laparoscopic (TAPP) versus Open Surgery

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  18. Single-Access Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  19. Beneficial effects of fibrin glue (Quixil) versus Lichtenstein conventional technique in inguinal hernia repair: a randomized clinical trial

    Article • Hernia, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  20. Which is the best laparoscopic approach for inguinal hernia repair: TEP or TAPP? A systematic review of the literature with a network meta-analysis

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  21. Lynch II syndrome: a case report

    Article • BMC Geriatrics, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  22. The Tenckhoff catheter in elderly patients with chronic renal failure: placement in spinal anesthesia with open technique, without required location in the hollow of Douglas

    Article • BMC Geriatrics, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola