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OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to evaluate the quality of life in patients who underwent an elective lumbar stabilization and fusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We treated 208 patients (120 females and 88 males) for degenerative lumbar spine conditions. In 165 cases we performed the transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)…

OBJECTIVE: Levetiracetam has been widely used for childhood epilepsy, but there is no high quality evidence to support its use. This study performed a systematic review to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of levetiracetam therapy for childhood epilepsy. METHODS: The papers related to levetiracetam therapy for chi…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to find out whether Procalcitoni, Neopterin and C-reactive protein are sensitive and specific markers of intrauterine infection. METHODS: We evaluated 155 patients from 26. to 41. week of pregnancy at the time of delivery. We measured serum concentrations of procalcitonin (PCT)…

BACKGROUND: Acute mesenteric ischemia is an entity characterized by rapid developing of circulatory failure. Reperfusion following ischemia causes further mucosal injury. METHODS: In our study, an experimental model of 15 minutes of reperfusion following 45 minutes of superior mesenteric artery occlusion was establish…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to compare the complications of different types of thyroidectomy for benign and malignant thyroidal diseases. METHODS: Between January 2001 and March 2006, 982 patients underwent thyroidectomy in single institute. A retrospective analysis was performed on demographic characteri…

BACKGROUND: Distribution of cytokine gene polymorphisms may vary significantly among different ethnic groups, and eventually contribute to observed differences in disease frequencies. OBJECTIVES: To genotype 22 cytokine polymorphisms in the Macedonian population. The Macedonian population consists of 301 healthy unrel…

AIM OF STUDY: Retrospective analysis of surgical correction of TAPVD performed between January 1992 and March 2008. METHODS: Review of patients' medical records. Patients' preoperative, operative as well as postoperative data were collated and analyzed using JMP statistical program version 5. RESULTS: A total of 51 p…

OBJECTIVES: To compare the analgesic potency and side effects of epidural combination trimecaine with morphine and bupivacaine with fentanyl in postoperative analgesia after a major urological surgery. METHODS: We randomised 150 consecutive patients. In the trimecain/morphine group (n = 75) trimecaine 50 mg with 4 mg…

INTRODUCTION: X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy from the group of peroxisomal disorders presents with an extensive spectrum of phenotypes. The mutation affects the ABCD1 gene encoding a peroxisomal membrane protein. So far, its detailed function has not been clarified. However, it plays an essential role in the ethiopathog…

BACKGROUND: Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL) has only recently been recognized as a distinct clinicopathological entity which is characterized by an expansion of hematopoietic cells in the special microenvironment of the skin with no evidence of extracutaneous disease within the first six months after staging.…

BACKGROUND: An intracardiac thrombus is extremely rare in children with the nephrotic syndrome (NS). OBJECTIVES: To present a case report of a child with steroid resistant NS and intracardiac thrombus. METHODS AND RESULTS: A 3.5-year-old boy with the first attack of steroid resistant NS was admitted to the hospital.…

Lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are a major health burden to society for which early detection plays a crucial role for treatment success. For detection, as well as diagnosis and serial evaluation, imaging plays a major role, but lung diseases are often still diagnosed in progressed states f…

Building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems account for nearly half of building energy consumption and [Formula: see text] of total energy consumption in the US. Their operation is also crucial for ensuring the physical and mental health of building occupants. Compared with traditional model-base…

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Although considerable progress has been made regarding the implementation of smoke-free policies (SFPs), many people continue to be exposed to second-hand smoke (SHS) in the home environment. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review on the association of SFPs in multi-unit housing (M…

DATA SOURCES: The authors searched Medline via Pubmed, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Scielo. Additionally, grey literature was also searched with no restrictions regarding date of publication and journal up to March 2022. The search was conducted by two pre-calibrated independent reviewers using A…

BACKGROUND: Cystoscopy remains the gold standard for diagnosing bladder lesions; however, its diagnostic accuracy is operator dependent and prone to missing subtle abnormalities such as carcinoma in situ or misinterpreting mimic lesions (tumor, inflammation, or normal variants). Artificial intelligence-based image-anal…

The article presents data on the relationship of pathogenetic mechanisms for the development of menstrual disorders of functional and organic origin in connection with mental disturbances from the point of view of the psychosomatic concept. According to the latter, functional disorders of the menstrual cycle are c…

OBJECTIVE: This study employed analysis of workers' compensation (WC) claims in the landscaping services industry to identify occupational factors associated with claims from workers of different ages. METHODS: Private sector claims for 2005 to 2017 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (OHBWC) and their free-te…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate recognition of pathologists and radiologists as coauthors in case reports in the field of surgical oncology. The MEDLINE database was searched for all full free text case reports involving human material published from April 1, 2011 until March 31, 2016, using search terms: "ca…

The unique properties and great variety of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials make them highly attractive for energy storage applications. Here, an insight into the progress made towards the application of 2D nanomaterials for capacitive energy storage is provided. Synthesis methods, and electrochemical performance of…