Penetrating injuries of the knee joint are among the most difficult groups of bone - joint system injuries. They are characterized by extensive destruction of all anatomical structures of the knee joint.  This paper presents two patients with penetrating wounds of the knee joint, of which one was injuried by shrapnel bomb, while another was wo...

By Zoran Golubović, Zoran Popović, Saša Milenković, Predrag Stojiljković, Goran Stevanović, Zoran Radovanović, Ivan Golubović, Milan Trenkić, Stevo Najman, Slađana Petrović

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults and carries the poorest prognosis despite aggressive multimodal therapy. The majority of GBMs develop de novo (primary) with a short clinical history, while secondary GBMs develop through progression from preexisting lowergrade precursor gliomas and show distin...

By Irena Dimov, Desanka Tasić, Ivan Stefanović, Dragan Dimov

Cervical cancer is the third most common malignant neoplasm in women. It is also the fourth cause of death in women amongst malignant neoplasms in the Toplica District. The aim of the paper was to show the most important epidemiological characteristics of cervical cancer and to analyze its incidence and mortality trends during the period 1999-2012....

By Mirko Ilić, Biljana Kocić, Nataša Rančić

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important worldwide public health problem and stroke represents a continuously evolving medical and social problem. Renal dysfunction carries a substantial risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, the risk increases with a decline in kidney function. In the last 15 years the link between CKD and cerebrovas...

By Radovan Hojs, Tanja Hojs Fabjan

Evaluation of Some Anatomical and Anthropometric Characteristics of the Chest Based on the Analysis of Digital Images of the Anterior Aspect of Trunk in Top Athletes The aim of this research was to assess the size and shape of the chest in students and top athletes. The research involved 23 first-year students of the Faculty of Sport and Physical E...

By Natalija Stefanović, Ivana Ćirić, Snežana Pavlović, Braca Kundalić, Saša Bubanj, Emilija Petković, Miloš Puletić, Vlada Antić

Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is the surgical treatment of choice for patients with medically refractory ulcerative colitis, ulcerative colitis with dysplasia or cancer, or familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), regardless of their age. The aim of the paper was to report our 6-year experience of restorative proctocole...

By Gjorgji Jota, Zoran Karadžov, Milčo Panovski, Nenad Joksimović, Andrijan Kartalov, Radomir Gelevski, Vladimir Joksimović

Quality and safety in the health sector go “hand in hand”, which means that both components are inseparably linked - quality improvement will often affect more security. Good quality services will be successfully implemented in organizations that already have a "quality culture", i.e., where the value system of employees is consistent w...

By Aleksandar Višnjić, Vladica Veličković, Slađana Jović

72 years-old woman suffered an open fracture of the right tibia, as a pedestrian, when the bus tires crossed over the right foot. She was immediately transported to the Clinical Center Niš and following clinical examination, the amputation of the lower leg was advised due to extensive injury. On admission to the hospital (Clinic for Orthoped...

By Ivan Golubović, Goran Stevanović, Predrag Stojiljković, Zoran Golubović, Danilo Stojiljković, Aleksandar Višnjić, Stevo Najman, Vera Baščarević, Milan Grubor

In the recent years the exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been an important public health hazard, especially in Serbia, a country with too many smokers. A common component of tobacco smoke is particulate matter less than 10μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10), which is considered to be the most dangerous air pollutant for health. Th...

By Maja Nikolić, Aleksandra Stanković, Ivana Mladenović Ćirić

Hair loss is not a common feature of secondary syphilis. There are two types of syphilitic alopecia: “symptomatic” type where hair loss is associated with other symptoms of secondary syphilis, and “essential” alopecia that is either patchy (“moth-eaten” type), diffuse pattern with a generalized thinning of the sc...

By Milan Bjekić