Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020
Original article
Correlation of signal to noise ratio (SNR) value on distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) and expression of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) in cochlear organ of Corti in rat exposed to noise
- Diana Amellya
- Tengku Siti Hajar Haryuna
- Wibi Riawan
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 102-106
Comparing hand strength and quality life of locking plate versus intramedullary k wire for transverse midshaft metacarpal fractures
- Andrea Pasquino
- Alessandro Tomarchio
- Enio De Cruto
- Jacopo Conteduca
- Damiano Longo
- Valentina Russi
- Giuseppe Pica
- Luigi Meccariello
- Giuseppe Rollo
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 316-321
Allogenic platelet concentrates from umbilical cord blood for knee osteoarthritis: preliminary results
- Vincenzo Caiaffa
- Francesco Ippolito
- Antonella Abate
- Vittorio Nappi
- Michele Santodirocco
- Domenico Visceglie
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 260-266
Radiographic evaluation of the tunnel position in single and double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Michele Losco
- Francesco Giron
- Luca Giannini
- Pierlugi Cuomo
- Roberto Buzzi
- Stefano Giannotti
- Nicola Mondanelli
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 239-246
Application of a personal Santini technique in the resolution of a complex celiac trunk aneurysm - endovascular treatment
- Gianpaolo Santini
- Pasquale Quassone
- Luca Tarotto
- Francesco Arienzo
- Giuseppe Sarti
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 143-147
A new technique of flexor carpi ulnaris transfer in multilevel surgery for upper extremity deformities in spastic cerebral palsy
- Georgy Chibirov
- Mairbek Pliev
- Dmitry Popkov
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 202-207
The challenge of the surgical treatment of paediatric distal radius/ forearm fracture: K wire vs plate fixation - outcomes assessment
- Salvatore Di Giacinto
- Giuseppe Pica
- Alessandro Stasi
- Lorenzo Scialpi
- Alessandro Tomarchio
- Alberto Galeotti
- Vlora Podvorica
- Annamaria dell’Unto
- Luigi Meccariello
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 208-215
Arthroscopic labral repair with all-suture anchors: a magnetic resonance imaging retrospective study with a 2.5-year follow-up
- Federico Sacchetti
- Martina Di Meglio
- Nicola Mondanelli
- Nicola Bianchi
- Vanna Bottai
- Federico Cartei
- Fabio Cosseddu
- Rodolfo Capanna
- Stefano Giannotti
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 192-195
Impact of load on the knee in relation to a treadmill angle
- Fikret Veljović
- Edin Begić
- Avdo Voloder
- Reuf Karabeg
- Amer Iglica
- Nedim Begić
- Alden Begić
- Adisa Chikha
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 226-231
Anti-fibrotic effect of intravenous umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) injection in experimental rats induced liver fibrosis
- Taufik Sungkar
- Agung Putra
- Dharma Lindarto
- Rosita Juwita Sembiring
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 62-69
Current status of localized submental fat treatment with sodium deoxicolate (ATX-101)
- Cristina Ibáñez-Vicente
- Miguel Carrato-Gomez
- Luigi Meccariello
- Umberto Ripani
- Michele Bisaccia
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 148-152
Lived experiences of patients with COVID-19 infection: a phenomenology study
- Ali-asghar Jesmi
- Zohreh Mohammadzade-Tabrizi
- Mostafa Rad
- Elyas Hosseinzadeh-younesi
- Ali Pourhabib
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 18-26
Concordance of non-invasive serology-based scoring indices and transient elastography for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C
- Emir Trnačević
- Nermin Salkić
- Alma Trnačević
- Anja Divković
- Fatima Hukić
- Nusret Butković
- Amra Serak
- Amer Mujkanović
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 70-76
The importance of education in patients with metabolic syndrome with regard to their knowledge and attitudes about the disease, and the impact of education on laboratory parameters
- Azra Bureković
- Elvira Đozo
- Anida Divanović
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 170-175
Scrotal trauma: interest of preoperative ultrasound in the prediction of the rupture of the tunica albuginea
- Stefano Manno
- Antonio Cicione
- Lorenzo Bagalà
- Antonio Catricalà
- Piero Ronchi
- Simona Tiburzi
- Carolina Giannace
- Lucio Dell’Atti
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 128-132
A new prognostic pelvic injury outcome score
- Luigi Meccariello
- Cristina Razzano
- Cristina De Dominicis
- Juan Antonio Herrera-Molpeceres
- Francesco Liuzza
- Rocco Erasmo
- Guido Rocca
- Michele Bisaccia
- Enzo Pagliarulo
- Pietro Cirfeda
- David Gómez Garrido
- Giuseppe Pica
- Giuseppe Rollo
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 299-308
Clinical use of an analysis of oxidative stress and IL-6 as the promoters of diabetic polyneuropathy
- Emina Karahmet
- Besim Prnjavorac
- Tamer Bego
- Adaleta Softić
- Lejla Begić
- Edin Begić
- Esma Karahmet
- Lejla Prnjavorac
- Irfan Prnjavorac
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 12-17
Efficacy and safety of three plant extracts based formulations of vagitories in the treatment of vaginitis: a randomized controlled trial
- Kemal Durić
- Selma Kovčić Hadžiabdić
- Mahira Durić
- Haris Nikšić
- Alija Uzunović
- Hurija Džudžević Čančar
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 47-54
Left to right shunt congenital heart disease as a risk factor of recurrent pneumonia in under five-year-old children: a single centre experience in Bandung Indonesia
- Sri Endah Rahayuningsih
- Rahmat Budi Kuswiyanto
- Filla Reviyani Suryaningrat
- Heda Melinda Nataprawira
- Abdurachman Sukadi
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 33-37
Oxidative stress markers in initial therapy and remission of nephrotic syndrome and serum malondialdehyde level predictor from routine laboratory test
- Riska Habriel Ruslie
- Oke Rina Ramayani
- Darmadi Darmadi
- Gontar Alamsyah Siregar
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 90-95
Serum total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA): correlation with diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer in core needle biopsy
- Nina Čamdžić
- Suada Kuskunović-Vlahovljak
- Mirsad Dorić
- Svjetlana Radović
- Edina Lazović Salčin
- Mirsad Babić
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 122-127
The importance of plasma ferritin values in blood donors for the evaluation of body iron store in a five-month period
- Elma Ćatović-Baralija
- Gorana Ahmetović-Karić
- Sabaheta Hasić
- Nesina Avdagić
- Nermina Babić
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 7-11
Effectiveness of teriparatide combined with the Ilizarov technique in septic tibial non-union
- Giuseppe Rollo
- Francesco Luceri
- Gabriele Falzarano
- Carlo Salomone
- Enrico Maria Bonura
- Dmitry Popkov
- Mario Ronga
- Giuseppe Pica
- Michele Bisaccia
- Valentina Russi
- Predrag Grubor
- Raffaele Franzese
- Giuseppe M. Peretti
- Luigi Meccariello
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 287-292
Navigated percutaneous screw fixation of the pelvis with O-arm 2: two years’ experience
- Gianluca Ciolli
- Daniele Caviglia
- Carla Vitiello
- Salvatore Lucchesi
- Corrado Pinelli
- Domenico De Mauro
- Amarildo Smakaj
- Giuseppe Rovere
- Luigi Meccariello
- Lawrence Camarda
- Giulio Maccauro
- Francesco Liuzza
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 309-315
Traumatic bilateral scaphoid fractures
- Dariush Ghargozloo
- Alessandro Tomarchio
- Mauro Ballerini
- Gianpaolo Chitoni
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 222-225
Modalities of extensor tendon repair related to etiological factors and associated injuries
- Sanela Salihagić
- Zlatan Zvizdić
- Dženana Hrustemović
- Redžo Čaušević
- Ahmad Hemaidi
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 216-221
Medial pivot vs posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty designs: a gait analysis study
- Nicola Bianchi
- Andrea Facchini
- Nicola Mondanell
- Federico Sacchetti
- Roberta Ghezzi
- Marco Gesi
- Rodolfo Capanna
- Stefano Giannotti
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 252-259
Characterization and clonal representation of MRSA strains in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 2009 to 2017
- Fatima Numanović
- Urška Dermota
- Jasmina Smajlović
- Sandra Janežič
- Nijaz Tihić
- Zineta Delibegović
- Amela Bećirović
- Edina Muratović
- Merima Gegić
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 38-46
Rare and uncommon diseases of the hip: arthroscopic treatment
- Christian Carulli
- Alberto Schiavo
- Alberto Rigon
- Wondi De Marchi
- Matteo Innocenti
- Luigi Meccariello
- Massimo Innocenti
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 293-298
Effects of semi-refined carrageenan (food additive E407a) on cell membranes of leukocytes assessed in vivo and in vitro
- Anton Tkachenko
- Anatolii Onishchenko
- Alexander Roshal
- Oksana Nakonechna
- Tetyana Chumachenko
- Yevgen Posokhov
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 176-183
Posthumous sperm retrieval: a procreative revolution
- Francesca Negro
- Renata Beck
- Antonella Cotoia
- Maria Cristina Varone
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 114-121
Prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Blastocystis hominis in faecal samples among diarrheic HIV patients in Medan, Indonesia
- Hemma Yulfi
- Muhammad Fakhrur Rozi
- Yunilda Andriyani
- Dewi Masyithah Darlan
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 55-61
Correlation between numerical and categorical immunohistochemical score of Ki-67 and HER2 with clinicopathological parameters of breast cancer
- Mirsad Dorić
- Suada Kuskunović-Vlahovljak
- Edina Lazović Salčin
- Svjetlana Radović
- Nina Čamdžić
- Mirsad Babić
- Haris Čampara
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 107-113
Minimally invasive sinus tarsi approach in Sanders II-III calcaneal fractures in high-demand patients
- Paolo Ceccarini
- Francesco Manfreda
- Rosario Petruccelli
- Giuseppe Talesa
- Giuseppe Rinonapoli
- Auro Caraffa
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 322-327
Two-stage bone-and-strut technique in the treatment of septic non-unions in the upper limb
- Luigi Meccariello
- Ante Prkić
- Vincenzo Campagna
- Alberto Serra
- Vincenzo Piccinni
- Denise Eygendaal
- Michele Bisaccia
- Giuseppe Pica
- Andrea Schiavone
- Giuseppe Rollo
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 232-238
Comparison of analgesic efficacy of acetaminophen monotherapy versus acetaminophen combinations with either pethidine or parecoxib in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized prospective study
- Francesk Mulita
- Georgios Karpetas
- Elias Liolis
- Michail Vailas
- Levan Tchabashvili
- Ioannis Maroulis
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 27-32
Intra-operative local plus systemic tranexamic acid significantly decreases post-operative bleeding and the need for allogeneic blood transfusion in total knee arthroplasty
- Lidia De Falco
- Elisa Troiano
- Martina Cesari
- Pietro Aiuto
- Giacomo Peri
- Nicolò Nuvoli
- Mattia Fortina
- Nicola Mondanelli
- Stefano Giannotti
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 267-272
Efficacy of Zhu’s acupuncture techniques to improve muscle strength of motion limbs in stroke patients
- Indri Seta Septadina
- Erial Bahar
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 164-169
Refractive errors in children: analysis among preschool and school children in Tuzla city, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Amra Nadarević Vodenčarević
- Meliha Halilbašić
- Anis Međedović
- Vahid Jusufović
- Adisa Pilavdžić
- Aida Drljević
- Mufid Burgić
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 96-101
Key factors influencing clinical and functional outcomes in extracapsular proximal femur fractures: the role of early weightbearing - one-year follow-up cohort of 495 patients
- Enrique Sanchez-Munoz
- Beatriz Lozano-Hernanz
- Daniel Vicente Velarde-Garrido
- Leticia Alarma-Barcia
- Victor Trivino Sanchez-Mayoral
- Paula Romera-Olivera
- Cristina Lopez Palacios
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 280-286
Does low intensity direct current affect open fracture wound healing?
- Yoyos Dias Ismiarto
- Kemas Abdul Mutholib Luthfi
- Mahyudin Mahyudin
- Adriel Benedict
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 153-157
Distal biceps tendon repair and posterior interosseous nerve injury: clinical results and a systematic review of the literature
- Silvio Chiossi
- Marco Spoliti
- Pasquale Sessa
- Valerio Arceri
- Attilio Basile
- Francesca Romana Rossetti
- Riccardo Maria Lanzetti
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 196-201
Intermittent traction therapy in the treatment of chronic low back pain
- Edina Tanović
- Damir Čelik
- Đemil Omerović
- Vanda Zovko Omeragić
- Amila Jaganjac
- Hadžan Konjo
- Emina Rovčanin
- Hana Omerović
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 158-163
Workload changes during the COVID-19 pandemic and effects on the flow of cancer patients in the Maxillofacial Surgery Department
- Ana Kvolik Pavić
- Vedran Zubčić
- Slavica Kvolik
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 133-137
Single use instruments for total knee arthroplasty
- Michele Romeo
- Giuseppe Rovere
- Leonardo Stramazzo
- Francesco Liuzza
- Luigi Meccariello
- Giulio Maccauro
- Lawrence Camarda
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 247-251
An epidemiological study of neuroendocrine tumours at tertiary hospitals in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Maja Konrad Čustović
- Ermina Iljazović
- Azra Sadiković
- Zinaida Karasalihović
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 77-83
Radiographic and functional outcome of complex acetabular fractures: implications of open reduction in spinopelvic balance, gait and quality of life
- Vitaliano F. Muzii
- Giuseppe Rollo
- Guido Rocca
- Rocco Erasmo
- Gabriele Falzarano
- Francesco Liuzza
- Michele Bisaccia
- Giuseppe Pica
- Raffaele Franzese
- Luigi Meccariello
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 273-279
Balance assessment after altering stimulation of the neurosensory system
- Valentina Li Causi
- Alessandro Manelli
- Valentina Gianpaola Marini
- Mario Cherubino
- Luigi Meccariello
- Michael Mazzacane
- Mario Ronga
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 328-333