Baudolino Mussa

KEYWORDS: Chemotherapy PICC PORT venous access metaanalyses complications costs Dear Editor, We thank the authors of the Letter for their engagement with our systematic review and meta-analysis [Citation1] and for recognizing the clinical relevance of integrating clinical and economic outcomes in the comparison between PORTs and PICCs. However, a careful reading of the Letter reveals that its core argument rests on a substantial misrepresentation of our paper: every methodological concern it...

You are already at the latest version Background: Intestinal stomas affect an estimated 1.5 million people worldwide. The comparative psychosocial burden of colostomy versus ileostomy remains poorly synthesised, leaving clinicians without quantitative guidance for shared decision-making. Methods: PRISMA-2020-compliant systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis (DerSimonian–Laird) of studies published January 2000–March 2026 (PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO).

You are already at the latest version Background: Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are the most frequently inserted intravascular devices globally (~2 billion per year), yet their infectious complications—and particularly hematogenous distant infections—remain systematically underestimated and excluded from mainstream catheter-associated bloodstream infection (CABSI) surveillance.