Renal function in patients with chronic hepatitis B during antiviral therapy
Aim To analyse the impact of the length of antiviral therapy with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) on the renal function in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).Methods A cross-sectional study included 75 patients with CHB treated with tenofovir, who had a normal renal function at the beginning of the treatment. Renal function was determined ...
By Nerma Čustović, Lejla Alić, Ismar Rašić, Aida Saray, Amila Mehmedović, Nadža Zubčević
Is preoperative hypoproteinemia associated with colorectal cancer stage and postoperative complications?
Aim To investigate the relationship between preoperative level of serum albumin in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), stage of CRC and postoperative complications.Methods This cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted at the Clinic for General and Abdominal Surgery of the UniversityClinical Centre Sarajevo (UCCS). A total of 107 patient...
By Amina Sofić, Ismar Rašić, Emsad Halilović, Alma Mujić, Denis Muslić
Appropriateness of colonoscopy at a tertiary care centre – are we overdoing gastrointestinal endoscopy?
Aim To evaluate the pattern of indications and a spectrum of colonic pathology, and to determine appropriateness of indications for colonoscopy in order to improve patient selection for colonoscopy.Methods This retrospective study includes 294 patients who were referred to the Gastroenterology Department from a primary carephysician in order to app...
By Nerma Čustović, Lejla Džananović, Ismar Rašić, Nadža Zubčević, Lejla Šaranović-Čečo, Jasmina Redžepagić
Better non-invasive endoscopic procedure: endoscopic ultrasound or magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography?
Aim To compare the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on taxane and/or anthracycline to the extent of an objective response in female patients with unresectable breast cancer with evaluation of the toxic profile of applied chemotherapy. Methods One hundred patients with histologically verified breast cancer, treated with neoadjuvant chemother...
By Azra Rašić, Amela Sofić, Semir Bešlija, Ismar Rašić, Hasanbegović Berisa
The association between the serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase 9 and colorectal cancer
Aim To determine the serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) concentration and their association with the stage and histopathologic sizes of colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods One hundred and two patients with clinically diagnosed and histologically confirmed colorectal cancer ready for surgical treatment were included in the study. In eac...
By Ismar Rašić, Azra Rašić, Goran Akšamija, Svjetlana Radović, Nedžad Šehović