Optimizing Healthcare Expenditure for Spinal Cord Stimulation in Italy: The Value of Battery Longevity Improvement and a Direct-to-Implant Approach by Federica Tito, Gianfranco Sindaco, Simon Eggington, Elisa Tacconi, Francesca Borghetti, Mara Corbo, Gilberto Pari

“…Costs considered were the initial device implantation procedure, device replacements, and serious adverse event (SAE) management. Italian diagnosis-related group (DRG) tariffs were applied for costs, and a 15-year time horizon was used. …”
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Smartphone overuse and distraction: which relationship with general well-being across different generations? by Diego Bellini, Maria Lidia Mascia, Rachele Conti, Maria Pietronilla Penna

“…Method A total of 430 Italian participants ranging across four generations categorized by age groups, completed a comprehensive questionnaire. …”
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Digital connection, real bonding: Brief online chats boost interpersonal closeness regardless of the conversational topic by Chiara Fini, Vanessa Era, Giovanna Cuomo, Ilenia Falcinelli, Mattia A. Gervasi, Matteo Candidi, Claudia Mazzuca, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Bodo Winter, Anna M. Borghi

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Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and inflammation in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective dual-center cohort study by Angela Pepe, Cristina Fevola, Daniela Dolce, Silvia Campana, Novella Ravenni, Giovanni Taccetti, Donatello Salvatore, Vito Terlizzi

“…Methods: PwCF aged ⩽ 18 years treated with ETI at two Italian reference centers were included in this study. …”
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The roadmap to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in hematology clinical trials: an American Society of Hematology initiative by Alice Kuaban, Alysha K. Croker, Jeffrey Keefer, Leonard A. Valentino, Barbara E. Bierer, Stephen Boateng, Donna DiMichele, Patrick Fogarty, C. Michael Gibson, Anna M. Hood, Lloryn Hubbard, Antonella Isgrò, Karin Knobe, Leslie Lake, Iman Martin, Michel Reid, Jonathan C. Roberts, Wendy Tomlinson, Lanre Tunji-Ajayi, Harriette G.C. Van Spall, Caroline Voltz-Girolt, Allison P. Wheeler, Alan E. Mast, Stephanie Seremetis

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Length of stay after colorectal surgery in Italy: the gap between “fit for” and “actual” discharge in a prospective cohort of 4529 cases by Lorenzo Pandolfini, Duccio Conti, Piercarlo Ballo, Silvia Rollo, Alessandro Falsetto, Gian Matteo Paroli, Paolo Ciano, Michele Benedetti, Leonardo Antonio Montemurro, Giacomo Ruffo, Massimo Giuseppe Viola, Felice Borghi, Gianandrea Baldazzi, Massimo Basti, Pierluigi Marini, Mariano Fortunato Armellino, Vincenzo Bottino, Giovanni Ciaccio, Alessandro Carrara, Gianluca Guercioni, Marco Scatizzi, Marco Catarci, the Italian ColoRectal Anastomotic Leakage (iCral) study group

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