- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Abdominal Surgery and Complications
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema
University of Rijeka
2012-2024
Klinički Bolnički Centar Rijeka
2014-2024
University of Birmingham
2021-2022
University of Glasgow
2021
University of Malta
2021
Hospital Selayang
2021
NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre
2021
Yorkshire Cancer Research
2021
Urology Foundation
2021
Association for Cancer Surgery
2021
Study Design. A prospective, randomized study. Objectives. To compare the incidence of perioperative and early postoperative complications surgical tracheostomy (ST) vs. ultrasound-guided percutaneous dilational (PDT) in patients with anterior cervical spine fixation (ACSF). Summary Background Data. The ACSF after acute spinal cord injury often require tracheostomy. Surgical is burdened relatively high peristomal infections, and, recently, PDT proposed ACSF. Methods. Sixteen adult who...
Early intervention with nutritional supplementation has been shown to halt malnutrition and may improve outcome in some patients colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was investigate whether dietary counseling, oral nutrition megestrol acetate during chemotherapy affected status survival advanced disease.Six hundred twenty-eight disease were included the from January 2000 through December 2009 divided into one two groups. Group I consisted 315 who monitored prospectively given support. II...
Preoperative management involves patients fasting from midnight on the evening prior to surgery. Fasting period is often long enough change metabolic condition of patient which increases perioperative stress response. That could have a detrimental effect clinical outcome. The aim present study was investigate possible effects carbohydrate-rich beverage response after colon resection.Randomized and double blinded included 40 with colon, upper rectal or rectosigmoid cancer. Investigated group...
Aim: The aim of this prospective, nonrandomized, observational study was to present our results in operative treatment complex anal fistulas using video-assisted fistula (VAAFT) procedure with a curative intent 2 years follow-up period. Materials and Methods: Between March 2016 2018, 73 patients underwent the VAAFT procedure. Postoperative years, up 2020. Only cryptoglandular were included. All referred for magnetic resonance imaging pelvis. Fecal incontinence severity index score used...
The aim of the study was to investigate whether COVID-19 pandemic caused an increased incidence complicated appendicitis due late presentation when compared pre-COVID-19 period. Summary Background Data. Acute is one most common surgical emergencies. During coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, there has been a reported delay in some urgencies emergency hospital departments. Methods. A total 427 patients who underwent treatment suspected acute from June 2019 November 2020 were retrospectively...
During the war in Croatia, from April 1991 until November 1993, 33,468 wounded persons were reported, and 24,865 of them hospitalized. Out total number hospitalized 588 suffered 629 injuries urogenital system. This study reports on experience treatment such at 17 urological surgical institutions.
The aim of this prospective study was to assess the dynamics potential common bile duct (CBD) dilatation and find best predictors in patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy due gallstones.Fifty (36 women, 14 men) with gallstones scheduled for underwent preoperative sonography one day prior surgery again within 24 hours cholecystectomy. In all patients, diameter CBD measured on 7 (th), 90 (th) 180 luminal just below bifurcation hepatic ducts, at level intersection artery pancreatic head....
The aim of this study was to validate City Hope Quality Life-Ostomy Questionnaire (CoH-QoL-OQ) for assessing the quality life (QoL) ostomy patients in Republic Croatia. CoH-QoL-OQ is widely used, but has not been translated or validated so it can be used This cross-sectional encompassed 302 surgery with colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy (182 (60.3%) male and 120 (39.7%) female), whose average age 59 (M = 59.3, SD 15.8). into Croatian language using accepted guidelines translation. Patients were...
Pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD) is the standard treatment for periampullary and pancreatic head tumors. Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) most common (ranging from 15-45%) but not life threatening complication impairs patient recovery prolongs hospital stay after PPPD. The precise pathomechanism of DGE still unclear. aim this study was to evaluate whether method pyloric dilatation performed at time PPPD could improve emptying.Forty patients underwent or lesions January 1999...
Spontaneous or non-traumatic gas gangrene is a rare condition. The present report refers to previously healthy 57-y-old male who developed in the left lumbar region, flank, scapular, inguinal and suprapubic regions. Despite surgical, intensive care treatment, antibiotic therapy, patient died 32 h after onset of first symptoms.
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Akutni abdomen podrazumijeva skup različitih kliničkih stanja koja zbog svoje ozbiljnosti i nepredvidljivog tijeka bolesti vrlo često iziskuju neodložne dijagnostičke terapijske postupke uključujući hitan operacijski zahvat. Zbog složenosti, usprkos brojnim dijagnostičkim mogućnostima, još uvijek predstavlja jednu od najčešćih dilema u hitnoj medicinskoj službi. Glavno je obilježje akutnog abdomena bol te se procjenjuje da 5 - 10 % svih posjeta službi povezano s akutnom boli trbuhu, što ga...
AbstractOnly a few cases of leiomyoma the vena cava or iliac vein and, according to our knowledge, only one case renal have been reported. We report patient with left vein. Tumour resection was performed by resecting part along tumour and ligation Left kidney drainage established through preserved ovarian In order establish diagnosis, careful pathologic examination multiple sections has be done because potentially malignant behaviour, long-term follow-up after total is necessary.Key words:...
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Arterial myocardial revascularization using different arterial conduits as mammary, radial, gastroepiploic, subscapular and epigastric arteries are well documented. This report describes a preparation use of thoracodorsal artery free graft for coronary bypass grafting. The removal were performed through right axilla. was used conduit left anterior descending (LAD) in 58-year-old female the second revascularization. saphenous veins, mammary arteries, radial not available. perioperative course...