Premio Scientifico Scaglietti–Dini

SIXTH EDITION — SCAGLIETTI–DINI SCIENTIFIC AWARD 10 December 2025 — Pietrasanta Historic Town Hall, Piazza Matteotti ───────────────────────────────────────────── The Awarded Research Dr. Luca Orsetti 3rd-year specialising trainee in Orthopaedics and Traumatology — University of Pisa Topic: "The influence of body weight on operative time and the onset of post-operative complications in patients undergoing total hip replacement" The research addresses prevention, clinical appropriateness and quality of surgical outcomes, demonstrating how healthy lifestyle habits and maintaining correct body weight directly affect post-operative clinical progress. ───────────────────────────────────────────── Award • Study grant (cash) • 300-hour practical training programme in orthopaedic operating theatres ───────────────────────────────────────────── Winner's words — Dr. Luca Orsetti "Every doctor builds on what was planted by those who came before, and must work to pass on this knowledge to those who will follow. I want to honour this legacy by thanking the Universities of Pisa and Florence: in these places I discovered the importance of research, the beauty of knowledge and the enthusiasm for a learning that never ends." ───────────────────────────────────────────── Prof. Fernando Colao "This is a very important topic: healthy living habits, maintaining a correct weight, maintaining a good quality of life affects the need or otherwise to undergo surgery, and when surgery is needed it directly shapes the post-operative clinical course. The university is committed to bringing this knowledge into everyday communication between patients." ───────────────────────────────────────────── Sen. Alberto Barachini Undersecretary for Publishing and Information (video message from Rome) "We are fortunate that Professor Scaglietti, born in Costa Rica to a family of emigrants, was able to return to Italy to continue his studies and plant the seeds of his extraordinary scientific research here." ───────────────────────────────────────────── Source: La Nazione, 10 December 2025 Article by Daniele Masseglia