From diagnosis to recovery

Conference to address the topic of oncological disease of the nervous system, from diagnosis to rehabilitation, with nationally renowned experts, scheduled for Saturday at the Città di Rovigo nursing home of the Pederzoli Group.

The initiative, which is open to surgeons of all specialties, general practitioners, occupational therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists, physiotherapists, speech therapists and nurses, will see four working sessions and one round table: from epidemio aspects -logical, clinical and timing of the rehabilitation intervention. to secondary disability problems, from organizational and clinical aspects from rehabilitation management to a personalized rehabilitation project, up to involvement in patient and carer associations.

The conference is supported by the management of the Città di Rovigo nursing home, led by CEO Stefano Mazzuccato, and by the Pederzoli group. The faculty, of great importance, will present, among others, Romina Cazzaro, director of the functional unit of health planning in the Veneto Region; Sofia Straudi, physician and researcher at the neurology and rehabilitation department of the University of Ferrara; Mario Caccese, neuro-oncologist at the Iov in Padua; Isabella Springhetti, medical director at the Piancavallo Auxological Institute in Milan; Paolo Boldrini, scientific coordinator of the Pederzoli group and member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation (ESPRM); professors Nicola Smania and Stefano Masiero.

“The treatment of oncological pathology of the nervous system requires answers that come from a more collegial and multidisciplinary approach than ever before, therefore there is a network approach, of functional links between operating units, lack of cooperation between professionalism – says Dr. Massimo Ianilli, director of the extensive intensive rehabilitation area of ​​the City of Rovigo Nursing Home and scientific director of the joint talk – Neurological patients – oncological treatments are often recommended to physicians to start rehabilitation after a surgical program and, almost always, while waiting for radio-oncological findings are stopped by the result of histological typing of the lesion. The timing of the intervention is particularly difficult in these cases without specific pathways, coordinated intervention chains, and shared care activities. This context also includes the need for appropriate communication with the patient and family members, along with informational education that allows effective treatment of the consequences of disability”.

“For this reason – he concludes – we have decided to promote an initiative that aims to bring together skills and experiences pto bring them together for the good of the patient and his family.”