The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease-
2019 (COVID-19) infection a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of the end of October 2020 …

Introduction: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent a risk to patients' health, as
well as being an issue of worldwide relevance in terms of public health and increased …

Abstract In 1999 the Institute of Medicine reported that most medical injuries relate to
unavoidable human error in a context of system failure. Patient safety improves when …

Background: Bilateral lower extremity lymphedema is a rare and invalidating condition that
poses a great challenge to the scientific community, and deeply affects the quality of life …

(1) Introduction: Medical malpractice claims against both health institutions and physicians
are a crucial topic in Italy, as well as in other countries, particularly regarding civil …

Necrotizing fasciitis is one of the most dangerous complication of an abscess and it is still a
disease with a high mor-tality. In this work, we decided to consider two cases: the first one …

A true umbilical cord knot can be defined as an entwining of a segment of the umbilical cord.
These knots are usually due to fetal slippage through a loop of the cord. A true knot is a rare …

Technological developments in healthcare have been spreading fast. On the one hand,
innovation has forced a re-examination of the traditional healthcare relationship between the …

The present paper deals with the reform of medical liability in Italy (Law 8 March 2017, No.
24). After giving an overview of the main changes introduced by the 2017 law, the paper …

Female sexual pain (FSP) is a disorder that can greatly affect women's health, relationships,
work productivity, and quality of life. FSP is characterized by genital pain just before, during …