Medicina, Volume 43, Issue 11

Ventral hernia is a common problem in general surgery practice. Incisional hernia can develop in 15–25% of patients after abdominal surgery. The aim of this study was to compare two different methods of incisional hernia surgery.

Materials and method...

Objectives. To determine the threshold values of Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM 2) score, Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS), and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score for mortality in children after severe head injury and to evaluate changes in outcomes of...

Object. To determine the prevalence and incidence of Staphylococcus aureus strains among preschool- and school-aged pupils and susceptibility of these strains to antimicrobial materials.

Material and methods. A study of 243 preschool- and 300 school-a...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the need of the elderly for outpatient nursing and social services in Kaunas district.

Material and methods. The object of the study was elderly people (aged 65 years and more) living in Kaunas district. A questi...

Our purpose was to evaluate the relevance of repeat laterally directed sextant prostate biopsy for detection of prostate cancer in high-risk patients.

Material and methods. Our study included 195 men at high risk for prostate cancer (elevated prostat...

Background. Various diagnostic utilities have been used in the diagnosis of strangulated obstruction. Despite this, there is no simple and reliable marker for it, and diagnosis in most cases is based on clinical, laboratory, and radiological investig...

The case of rear complicated homozygous hypercholesterolemia treated by a direct adsorption of lipoprotein apheresis procedure is presented in this article. In total, 30 sessions of direct adsorption of lipoprotein apheresis were performed on a 14–16...

Background. Cervical pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy, and the most effective method of its treatment is still under investigation. We would like to call attention to selective uterine artery embolization as an effective modern treatment...

Cross-cultural tests and research instruments are broadly used to adapt questionnaires developed in different countries and cultures. The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) – a comprehensive, standardized classification of patient outcomes – can b...

The high morbidity and mortality in patients with serious heart failure is a therapeutic challenge for current medicine. The leading cause of left ventricular dysfunction remains ischemic heart disease. Coronary artery bypass surgery is a treatment o...

Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction, its severity, and other sexual function domains in hypertensive and normotensive Qatari’s men and to estimate the association between hypertension and predic...