The aim of this study was to analyze the cases of five patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and to draw attention to the dilemma in the treatment of incontinence on admission of these patients and to present, through a literature review, locations of the surgical treatment. The anal carcinoma is a rare disease which involves different histop...

By Momčilo Stošić, Igor Stojanović, Svetlana Mihajlović, Kosta Zdravković

Research is an approach with which human beings can attempt to answer questions and discover the unknowns. Research methodology is something that is determined by the researcher’s attitude toward the universe as well as by the question he is trying to answer. Some essential questions regarding the research process are: “What is the natu...

By Abdolghader Assarroudi, Abbas Heydari

The aim of the paper was to determine the factors related to the initial therapy that may contribute to death from severe necrotizing acute pancreatitis and to analyze their clinical importance as well as possible additive effects. A retrospective case-control study included all adult patients treated for severe necrotizing acute pancreatitis in th...

By Ivan Praznik, Marko Spasić, Ivan Radosavljević, Bojan Stojanović, Dragan Čanović, Dragče Radovanović, Zorica Savović, Radiša Vojinović, Živan Babić, Nela Đonović, Tanja Luković, Predrag Lazarević, Nataša Đorđević, Irena Kostić, Ivana Jelić, Jelena Petrović, Stefan Stojanović, Milena Jurišević, Iva Grubor, Ljiljana Nikolić, Ksenija Vučićević, Viktorija Artinović, Anđela Milojević, Marina Kostić, Srđjan Stefanović, Slobodan Janković

Breast involvement by lymphoma is uncommon and poses challenges in diagnosis. Breast involvement by malignant lymphoma, whether primary or secondary, is a rare event. Primary breast lymphomas account for 0.38% - 0.7% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas, 1.7% - 2.2% of all extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and only 0.04% - 0.5% of all breast cancer cases. ...

By Daliborka Marić, Dragan Stojanov, Saša Vujnović, Violeta Kovačević Dragosavljević

Lower airways are sterile, but many researchers have reported the existence of bronchial colonization with pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms in smokers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the existence and type of bronchial colonization in patients with no...

By Ana Stojanović

Stress is defined as a state in which homeostasis, as a dynamic balance of internal conditions necessary for the proper functioning of cells or the living organism as a whole, is affected by the action of various stressors. Stress reaction occurs as a result of stress system activities, which is located in the central and peripheral nervous system....

By Nedeljka Ivković, Đorđe Božović, Maja Račić, Dijana Popović-Grubač, Brankica Davidović

The application of anthracycline and trastuzumab in adjuvant breast cancer treatment approach has significantly improved the survival of patients, but also carries the risk of cardiotoxicity that is manifested by reducing the ejection fraction of the heart. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of cumulative anthracycline dose in combi...

By Ivana Krstić, Marina Deljanin Ilić, Svetislav Vrbić, Ivica Pejčić

Leech therapy is likely to cause symptomatic relief in migraine headache sufferers, but there is little clinical data in this field. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of leech therapy in the management of migraine headaches. This is a quasi-experimental pilot study with a three-month post-treatment follow-up. Twenty-six patients wit...

By Mahmoud Bakhshi, Babak Jalalian, Maryam Valian, Saeide Shariati, Tahere Saeidi, Hossein Ranjbar

The aim of the paper was to investigate the tissue response to the implantation of "Endomethasone" (Septodont) in artificially prepared defect in the rat mandible. Sixteen Wistar male rats were used for the experiment. After anesthesia, a defect between the midline and the mental foramen of the left mandible was made (diameter 1.4 mm, 1.6 mm depth)...

By Marija Nikolić, Jovanka Gašić, Aleksandar Mitić, Jelena Popović, Aleksandra Radovanović, Radomir Barac

Universities play a vital role in social progress. Knowledge management (KM) is a kind of process which transforms data into knowledge and knowledge into capital. The aim of this paper is to investigate the use of KM in the field of education of medical sciences in order to help educators and students benefit from the knowledge present in the field...

By Zahra Marzieh Hassanian, Mohammad Reza Ahanchian, Hossein Karimi-Moonaghi