The application of llizarov technique in the treatment of comminuted distal tibia fractures
High-energy distal tibia fractures are characterized by great comminution and extensive lesions of the surrounding soft tissues. The risk of developing complications during treatment is high. The application of the Ilizarov's technique reduces the risk of complications significantly, and provides good final treatment results. In our prospective obs...
By Ivica Lalić, Vladimir Harhaji, Oliver Dulić, Mile Bjelobrk, Nataša Janjić, Nensi Lalić, Marko Bojović, Marko Mladenović
The effect of educational compilation through video tutorials and visual AIDS on the quality of bowel preparation in patients undergoing colonoscopy
High-quality bowel preparation is a prerequisite for colonoscopy. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of educational compilation through educational videos and visual cards on the quality of bowel preparation in colonoscopy. The present study was carried out in Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia, Iran, 2018. In this experimental study, 1...
By Jahanbakhsh Amirarsalani, Leyla Alilu, Masoumeh Hemmati-Maslakpak, Javad Rasouli
Implications of anesthetic techniques on cardiocirculatory stability in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of volatile induction and maintenance of anesthesia (VIMA) and target controlled infusion (TCI) on cardiovascular stability in New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In the present study, 90 patients were randomized into two groups depend...
By Biljana Stošić, Marija Stošić, Jelena Živadinović, Ines Veselinović
Current knowledge on the prevention of hyperhomocysteinemia as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases
Homocysteine is an amino acid that is formed in the metabolism of methionine as the quantitatively most important metabolite. Its chemical structure has been known for 90 years and its biological roles are still being investigated. Under normal conditions, homocysteine is present in plasma at the concentration of 5 - 9 mmol/l. When the cell capacit...
By Bojana Miladinović, Vladana Živković, Dušanka Kitić, Maja Nikolić
Can continuous glucose monitoring be used as a new tool for diagnosing white coat hyperglycaemia and possibly some other entities?
Since 1999 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been used to measure the amount of glucose in the interstitial fluid. CGM is crucial when it comes to developing the ambulatory glucose profile and giving information on time spent in range (TIR), percentage of time spent above and below range, as well as variability. It was in 1992 that Campbell e...
By Milovan Stojanović, Milica Pešić, Stevan Ilić, Marina Deljanin-Ilić, Vojislav Ćirić
A case of bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (Nora's lesion): A brief description
Nora's lesion or bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation is a rare benign bone neoplasm that is usually localized on the small bones of the hands. The paper was aimed at clinical, morphological and structural analysis of Nora's lesion case, the second registered in Ukraine. A 42-year-old male patient presented with complaints of painless...
By Borys Fylenko, Nataliia Roiko, Andriy Roiko, Іvan Starchenko, Dmytro Kuvichka, Volodymyr Koka
A correlation between body mass index and refractive errors
Body mass index (BMI) is a person's weight in kilograms (or pounds) divided by the square of height in meters (or feet). Obesity affects a wide spectrum of age groups, from the young to the elderly, and there are several eye diseases related to obesity like diabetic retinopathy, floppy eyelid syndrome, retinal vein occlusion, stroke-related vision ...
By Suzan Rattan, Abdulhadi Alrubaie, Send Salih, Sajad Abdalla, Sajad Hussein, Fatima Tariq
Children born small for gestational age
Those born small for gestational age are all newborns whose weight, length and head circumference deviate by more than minus two standard deviations in relation to the same parameters of average children of the same sex, corresponding gestational age and population. The goal is their early recognition and adequate treatment. They should be clearly ...
By Jelena Miolski, Maja Ješić, Vlada Bojić, Smiljka Kovačević, Jelena Blagojević, Vera Zdravković
The effect of self-care training program based on digital health on the quality of life of burn patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at evaluating the impact of self-care training programs based on digital health on the quality of life of burn patients. Electronic databases such as Science Direct, Medline/PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, Google Scholar, and Cochrane library were searched independently by two research...
By Kolsoum Deldar, Farnoosh Khodabandelool, Mahdieh Arian, Seyed Hosseini, Razieh Froutan
Antimicrobial activity of chlorhexidine and cerium oxide nanoparticles composition
Antiseptics are non-specific antimicrobial drugs that are widely used in dentistry. The "gold standard" in periodontology is chlorhexidine digluconate (CHG). A widespread use of CHG-containing products for daily care in medicine and dentistry and other fields leads to acquiring resistance to CHG in microorganisms. A macro method of serial dilution ...
By Maksym Skrypnyk, Maiia Ananieva, Tatiana Petrushanko, Karine Neporada, Mykola Spivak