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Wound management represents a great burden for the patients’ quality of life and also for the healthcare expenditures. The understanding of the complex cellular and molecular mec­hanisms involved in the healing process enabled the recent development in the field of wound dressing. One of the recent advances in the field is the negative wound pressure therapy. This modern wound dressing

The digital world of computer technologies is becoming increasingly important in all fields of science, including medicine. Many new approaches that seemed to be pure fantasy decades ago are now being realised, in both diagnostics and treatment. One of these incredible advances in modern medicine are implantable pacemakers, which have undergone tremendous devel­opment since first implantation in 1958 by Senning

Based on experimental data, it is widely believed that any extended climbing rope fall may cause life-threatening injuries when using a sit harness alone. This is mainly due to the danger of thoraco-lumbar spinal and visceral abdominal injuries secondary to hyperextension trauma, as well as the risk of a »head down« position during suspension. The aim of this retrospective study

A surgical procedure is a stressful event that triggers an inflammatory response. An exces­sive pro-inflammatory response is associated with a worse prognosis, while on the other hand an excessive anti-inflammatory response increases the probability of infection. Measurement of inflammatory parameters can therefore be very useful. In our study, the release of inf­lammatory parameters into the circulation was measured during liver

The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Slovenia is increasing, the steepest rise occur­ring over the age of 50. Adenoma is regarded as a precancerous lesion, which develops because of accumulated (congenital and acquired) genetic mutations. As a result of increasing fecal blood loss, the most usual manifestation of CRC is iron deficiency anemia, followed by chan­ges in bowel habits

Background. Rectal cancer is a highly treatable and often curable disease when localised. The prognosis is clearly related to the degree of tumour penetration through the bowel wall and presence or absence of nodal involvement. The incidence of colorectal cancer in Slovenia is among the highest in malignant diseases. It is the third most common cause of death due to

Abstract. Glucagonoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor with pancreatic alpha cell differen­tiation. This tumor is characterized by hypersecretion of a peptide hormone glucagon, which can be detected in this type of neoplasia. The majority of tumors are malignant and most patients already have a metastasis. The average patient age at the time of tumor discovery is 52.5 years. A characteristic,