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  1. Scientific evidence for the updated guidelines on indications for metabolic and bariatric surgery (IFSO/ASMBS)

    Article • Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, November 2024, Elsevier

    Giovanni Merola

  2. Gastric Cancer in One-Anastomosis Mini-gastric Bypass: Case Report and Systematic Review

    Article • Obesity Surgery, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  3. Scientific Evidence for the Updated Guidelines on Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (IFSO/ASMBS)

    Article • Obesity Surgery, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  4. Resmetirom and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis: Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Management from Global Healthcare Professionals

    Article • Current Obesity Reports, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  5. Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a SICE (Società Italiana di Chirurgia Endoscopica e Nuove tecnologie) network prospective study on the approach to right colon lymphadenectomy in Italy: is there a standard?—CoDIG 2 (ColonDx Italian Group)

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Marco Clementi, Giovanni Merola

  6. How future surgery will benefit from SARS-COV-2-related measures: a SPIGC survey conveying the perspective of Italian surgeons

    Article • Updates in Surgery, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Prof Marcello Migliore, Dr Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Giovanni Merola

  7. Young-IFSO Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery Training and Education Survey

    Article • Obesity Surgery, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Muhammad Umar Younis, Giovanni Merola

  8. Metabolic bariatric surgery as a therapeutic option for patients with type 2 diabetes: A meta‐analysis and network meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Article • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, June 2023, Wiley

    Giovanni Merola

  9. Minimally invasive approach to incisional hernia in elective and emergency surgery: a SICE (Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery and new technologies) and ISHAWS (Italian Society of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery) online survey

    Article • Updates in Surgery, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Marco Clementi, Giovanni Merola

  10. Effects of the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with colorectal cancer: what has really changed in the outcomes?

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

    Giovanni Merola

  11. Correction to: Changes in surgicaL behaviOrs dUring the CoviD-19 pandemic. The SICE CLOUD19 Study

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

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Giovanni Merola

  12. Interval appendicectomy for complicated appendicitis: do not let your guard down!

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

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Giovanni Merola

  13. Smoke Evacuation During Laparoscopic Surgery: A Problem Beyond the COVID-19 Period. A Quantitative Analysis of CO2 Environmental Dispersion Using Different Devices

    Article • Surgical Innovation, May 2021, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Merola

  14. IFSO Update Position Statement on One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (OAGB)

    Article • Obesity Surgery, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  15. Laparoscopic gastrectomy for stage II and III advanced gastric cancer: long‑term follow‑up data from a Western multicenter retrospective study

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  16. Changes in surgicaL behaviOrs dUring the CoviD-19 pandemic. The SICE CLOUD19 Study

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

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Giovanni Merola

  17. Laparoscopic segmental resection for tumours of the Angle of Treitz: a challenging but feasible surgical option. Results from a retrospective case-series analysis

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

    Giovanni Merola

  18. Use of the ORBEYETM Exoscope in General Surgery: The Advent of Video-Assisted Open Surgery

    Article • Surgical Innovation, October 2020, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Merola

  19. Laparoscopic treatment of mixed adenoneuroendocrine cancer of right colon: case report and review of literature

    Article • Chirurgia, May 2020, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Giovanni Merola

  20. Does a 3D laparoscopic approach improve surgical outcome of mininvasive right colectomy? A retrospective case–control study

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

    Giovanni Merola

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

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

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

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

    Article • ESMO Open, December 2016, BMJ

    Giovanni Merola

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. Single-Access Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Merola

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. Lynch II syndrome: a case report

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

    Giovanni Merola

  42. 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