Aim To investigate the role of short-term diazepam therapy for improving long-term outcomes and reducing neck pain after whiplash injury.Methods A total of 89 patients suffering from whiplash injury were included. They were randomly assigned into 2 groups: groupA (study group), and group B (control group). The test group was prescribed with diazepa...

By Edin Mešanović, Ćamil Habul, Ermin Hadžić

Aim Plastic clips are a diamagnetic material and produce fewer artefacts in the MR field than titanium clips, which are standardin neurosurgery. However, alongside their physical properties, the shape of the clips, and their very geometry subtlety affects their behaviour in the magnetic field. Therefore, we performed a simulation in order to establ...

By Samir Delibegović, Mirza Batalović, Mirela Delibegović, Tarik Bujaković

Aim Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a heterogeneous condition that has been associated with inflammatory responses and is characterized by clinical typical symptoms of nasal itching, sneezing, watery discharge and congestion. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells that have the immunoregulatory ability by secreting various cytokines whi...

By Lia Restimulia, Syafruddin Ilyas, Delfitri Munir, Agung Putra, Teti Madiadipoera, Farhat Farhat, Rosita Juwita Sembiring, Muhammad Ichwan, Nur Dina Amalina

Aim To describe the technique of the four-corner fusion with two retrograde crossed headless screws in cases of carpal collapse.Methods This technique is a consolidated procedure performed in cases of scaphoid non- union advanced collapse (SNAC) typeII and III, scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) type II and III and in other cases of carpal colla...

By Dariush Ghargozloo, Alessandro Tomarchio, Mauro Ballerini, Emanuela Saccalani, Giorgio Grazioli, Gianpaolo Chitoni

Aim To investigate clinical presentation of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy, its course during pregnancy, effects on pregnancyoutcomes for both mothers and newborns as well as the potential for vertical transmission.Methods This retrospective observational study included all identifi ed COVID-19-positive pregnant women admitted to the Cantonal Hosp...

By Jasmin Hodžić, Bedrana Muračević, Hana Štimjanin, Rasim Iriškić, Muamera Husika

Aim To investigate the effect of intermittent traction therapy (ITT) on pain in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP).Methods A total of 81 patients with CLBP were included: experimental group received ITT (n=40) and control group receivedconservative physical treatment (n=41) 10 times for two weeks. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used for ...

By Edina Tanović, Damir Čelik, Đemil Omerović, Vanda Zovko Omeragić, Amila Jaganjac, Hadžan Konjo, Emina Rovčanin, Hana Omerović

Aim To explore the possibility of C-reactive protein (CRP) and haemoglobin (Hb) in prediction and risk assessment of acute kidney injury (AKI) among preterm newborns. This is believed to be closely related to the incidences of AKI, and could be the most affordable in early detection of AKI.Methods A case control study was carried out at Dr Hasan Sa...

By Fiva Aprilia Kadi, Tetty Yuniati, Yunia Sribudiani, Dedi Rachmadi

Aim To illustrate the surgical treatment of relapses of traumatic peroneal tendons subluxation.Methods We came across a young woman, who sustained a sprain in her dominant ankle after a trauma; we noticed subluxation ofthe peroneal tendons during eversion and extension of the foot. She referred to a previous accident some years before with peroneal...

By Alessandro Tomarchio, Luigi Meccariello, Dariush Ghargozloo, Andrea Pasquino, Enrico Leonardi

Aim This case-control study aimed to determine a possible association of single nucleotide polymorphism rs211037 of thegamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit gamma-2 (GABRG2) gene with the susceptibility to idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) in the Macedonian population.Methods It enrolled 96 patients with clinically verified IGE and 51 health...

By Marija Milanovska, Emilija Cvetkovska, Sasho Panov

The Holy Communion is the oldest Christian practice, through which a gathered group of people partake bread and wine witha shared spoon. The pandemic of COVID-19 produced unexpected social instability and chaos. In Greece, a recent bishop’s death from COVID-19 re-awaked the issue of infection transmission by using a common chalice and spoon. ...

By Dimitrios Anyfantakis