Aim To describe results of spinal cord stimulation technique when the conventional multidisciplinary treatment of neuropathic ormixed pain failed.Methods The research was conducted at the Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation “Dr. Miroslav Zotović”, Banjaluka.Ten patients, who had chronic pain resistant to other therapeutic...

By Tatjana Bućma, Ostoja Savić, Tatjana Boškić, Lena Arambašić Topić, Igor Sladojević, Snježana Novaković Bursać

Aim Compare the efficacy of nebulized hypertonic saline and normal saline in the treatment of infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis.Methods This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Pulmonology, Paediatric Clinic, Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo, covering the period from January 2015 to December 2019 and comprising 380 chi...

By Ganimeta Bakalović, Tarik Jarkoč, Nedim Begić, Orhan Lepara, Dejan Bokonjić, Dušan Mihajlović, Amela Pasić, Almir Fajkić

Aim To determine the relationship between coagulation disorders and septic condition in COVID-19 critically ill patients.Methods Data from 99 patients who presented with COVID-19 acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (CAHRF) were divided intotwo groups: Group 1- patients who developed sepsis, and Group 2 - patients who developed septic shock. Age, se...

By Mirza Kovačević, Nermina Rizvanović, Adisa Šabanović Adilović, Senada Čaušević

Aim To examine and quantify patients’ satisfaction and correlate with the objective clinical presentation after the treatment and to present a comprehensive literature review on tarsoconjunctival/Hughes flap technique.Methods A review of more than 159 peer-review articles and a combined retrospective-prospective two-centres case series of 17p...

By Nina Jovanović, Patricia Reisz-Majić, Sunita Mehic-Fazlić, Selma Terzić, Jasmina Alajbegović Halimić, Admira Dizdarević

Aim To report a novel surgical technique of capsular reconstruction of post-traumatic instability of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ). Methods The clinical case is related to a 24-year-old male athlete whose clinical symptoms began with pain and spontaneous dislocation of the left first MTPJ during a kickboxing fight. He received conserva...

By Gianni Caizzi, Michele Coviello, Andrea Franchini, Flavia Riefoli, Florianna Palmiotto, Biagio Moretti

Aim To investigate the relationship between C-reactive protein, anthropometric parameters, and lipids in women in the menopausal transition. Methods This cross-sectional study included 150 women divided into three groups: premenopausal (n=50), perimenopausal (n=50), and postmenopausal (n=50). All women were interviewed, body mass index (BMI) and wa...

By Dženana Softić, Lejla Mešalić

Aim To evaluate Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) resistance to clarithromycin and quinolones in patients with dyspepsia in TuzlaCanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a region with no data on clarithromycin or quinolones resistance.Methods A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UniversityCl...

By Ismar Hasukić, Nermin Salkić, Nijaz Tihić, Ervin Alibegović, Šefik Hasukić, Alan Jahić

Aim To investigate morphometric determinants of lumbar canal in patients treated in Cantonal Hospital Zenica, and their variationaccording to gender.Methods Morphometry of lumbar spinal canal was assessed in 52 patients treated at the Department of Neurosurgery of CantonalHospital Zenica in the period between September 2022 and November 2022. Data ...

By Belma Jaganjac, Amina Džidić-Krivić, Hakija Bečulić, Armin Šljivo, Emir Begagić, Adis Šišić

Lung cancer incidence in Bosnia and Hercegovina is high. The implementation of evidence-based lung cancer screening based on low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) may detect lung cancer early and decrease mortality specific to lung cancer. However, LDCT receipt may be unsatisfactory in Europe due to a low distribution of scanners and radiologists or ...

By Larisa Gavran, Gina Fatahi, Maja Račić

Aim Allergic rhinitis (AR) is an IgE-mediated inflammation of the nose. Regulatory T cells (Tregs), plasma cells and inflammatory cytokines have shown to play a critical role in allergic airway inflammation. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in generating Treg cells and plasma cells associated with re...

By Delfitri Munir, Iqbal Pahlevi Nasution, Lia Restimulia, Agung Putra, Nur Dina Amalina