Thoracolumbar spine fractures are most common in the young healthy population. The most common causes of these fractures are high-energy traumas, traffic accidents or falls from heights. Fractures can be followed by neurological damage, which is a direct consequence of the spinal cord damage. Fractures are treated with surgical or nonsurgical metho...

By Saša Milenković, Jordan Saveski, Neda Trajkovska, Goran Vidić, Mile Radenković

The dog nematodes Dirofilaria immitis (D. immitis) and D. repens, well known as zoonotic agents, can infect humans in whom they usually produce abortive infections or immature worms. Dirofilarioses, asymptomatic in most patients and suspected only when the worm reaches surface locations or imaging detects coin lesions, are underdiagnosed because bo...

By Gabriella Cancrini, Simona Gabrielli, Suzana Otašević, Nataša Miladinović-Tasić, Aleksandar Tasić, Jovana Đorđević

Breast carcinoma is the most common female malignancy. Mastectomy and breast reconstruction are indicated to treat the disease and to improve quality of life. The aim of this study was to compare the esthetic results of breast reconstruction with extended latissimus dorsi flap and implant for breast cancer with and without denervation of latissimus...

By Milan Višnjić, Predrag Kovačević, Ljiljana Paunković, Goran Đorđević, Aleksandar Višnjić