Filippo La Torre

Surgical Sciences, International Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Society, Italy

Filippo La Torre


- 1/11/2001: Professor of General Surgery
- 1986: Chief of Surgery
- 24/11/1980: Specialist in General Surgery
- 1/08/1980: Confirmed Researcher in General Surgery
- 23/6/1975: Degree in Medicine and Surgery – University of Rome “LA SAPIENZA”.

Member of:

- SIC: Italian Society of Surgery – Fellow;
- IPFDS: International Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Society (Past-President);
- SICCR: Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (Founder, President Elect);
- ESCP: European Society of Colon-Proctology (Fellow)
- ALSI- AIStom LAZIO (President)
- ASAS (Academy of Health Art History) – Effective Fellow.

Scientific Activities:
- > 200 National and International Congresses;
- > 200 Papers;
- 12 Monographies.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Gastroenterology & Hepatology > Colon & Rectum (since 13 June 2006)

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All recent recommendations

• 6.4
  Defunctioning stoma reduces symptomatic anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection of the rectum for cancer: a randomized multicenter trial.
  Recommended by Mattias Soop, Filippo La Torre
  
• 6.4
  Is the increasing rate of local excision for stage I rectal cancer in the United States justified?: a nationwide cohort study from the National Cancer Database.
  Recommended by Luca Stocchi, Filippo La Torre
  
• 3.2
  Pathologic stage is most prognostic of disease-free survival in locally advanced rectal cancer patients after preoperative chemoradiation.
  Recommended by Imran Hassan with Dawn Wietfeldt, Filippo La Torre
  
• 4.8
  The future of surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease.
  Recommended by Jacques Heppell, Filippo La Torre
  
• 9.6
  Controversies of total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer in elderly patients.
  Recommended by Riccardo Audisio, Filippo La Torre
  
• 3.2
  Early vs. delayed elective laparoscopic-assisted colectomy in sigmoid diverticulitis: timing of surgery in relation to the acute attack.
  Recommended by Imran Hassan with Dawn Wietfeldt, Filippo La Torre
  
• 4.8
  Obstetric factors associated with levator ani muscle injury after vaginal birth.
  Recommended by Anton Emmanuel, Filippo La Torre
  
• 3.2
  Development of abdominal pain and IBS following gynecological surgery: a prospective, controlled study.
  Recommended by Klaus Bielefeldt, Filippo La Torre
  
• 3.2
  Colonoscopic screening of first-degree relatives of patients with large adenomas: increased risk of colorectal tumors.
  Recommended by John Inadomi, Filippo La Torre
  
• 3.2
  Long-term results after stapled hemorrhoidopexy: high patient satisfaction despite frequent postoperative symptoms.
  Recommended by Denis Nyam, Filippo La Torre
  
• 8.4
  Continuous preperitoneal infusion of ropivacaine provides effective analgesia and accelerates recovery after colorectal surgery: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
  Recommended by Andreas Sandner-Kiesling, Filippo La Torre, Valerie Billard, Alain Borgeat
  
• 3.2
  The status of radical proctectomy and sphincter-sparing surgery in the United States.
  Recommended by Robert Cima, Filippo La Torre
  
• 4.8
  What patients know about irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and what they would like to know. National Survey on Patient Educational Needs in IBS and development and validation of the Patient Educational Needs Questionnaire (PEQ).
  Recommended by Klaus Bielefeldt, Filippo La Torre
  
• 4.8
  Irritable bowel syndrome and the Rome III criteria: for better or for worse?
  Recommended by Annamaria Staiano, Filippo La Torre
  
• 4.8
  An open-label study of chronic polyethylene glycol laxative use in chronic constipation.
  Recommended by Annamaria Staiano, Filippo La Torre
  
• 6.4
  A quantitative immunochemical fecal occult blood test for colorectal neoplasia.
  Recommended by Theodore Levin, Filippo La Torre
  
• 3.2
  CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells suppress anti-tumor immune responses in patients with colorectal cancer.
  Recommended by David Adams, Filippo La Torre
  
• 3.2
  Diverticulitis: a progressive disease? Do multiple recurrences predict less favorable outcomes?
  Recommended by Peter Carne, Filippo La Torre
  
• 4.9
  Biofeedback is superior to laxatives for normal transit constipation due to pelvic floor dyssynergia.
  Recommended by Adil Bharucha, Filippo La Torre, Anton Emmanuel
  
• 3.2
  Efficacy of anal fistula plug vs. fibrin glue in closure of anorectal fistulas.
  Recommended by Peter Carne, Filippo La Torre