About the Authors

Domenico Giannotti

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Gregorio Patrizi

g_patrizi@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giorgio Di Rocco

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Anna Rita Vestri

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Camilla Proietti Semproni

Affiliation Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Leslie Fiengo

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Stefano Pontone

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giorgio Palazzini

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Adriano Redler

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG G. Patrizi AR. Performed the experiments: SP G. Palazzini LF. Analyzed the data: ARV CPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR. Wrote the paper: DG G. Patrizi GDR.