Treatment of male infertility using the technique of intracytoplasmic sperm injection brought about a basic change in the possibilities of male infertility treatment. The described method of microsurgical egg fertilization…

Fertilization is the process of paternal and maternal chromosomes uniting in the activated oocyte. The most frequent reason for fertilization failure is sperm incapacity to penetrate into the oocyte. In…

The term heterotopic ossification denotes new bone formation in tissues which do not nor­mally ossify. Fibrous tissue and striated muscles are the most commonly involved. Heterotopic ossification often develops after…

Amongst the recently well known groups of human disorders is the ciliary motility syndrome. It is caused by genetically-determinated defects of cilia, consequently leading to impaired transport of mucus and…

The purpose of the research was to determine the prevalence of migraine and recurrent headaches in students. Five hundred ninety-five students of University of Ljubljana and University of Maribor with…

Backgrounds. Severe trauma of the spleen can be followed by excessive internal bleeding. The life of the injured person can be saved only with splenectomy. Removal of the spleen reduces…

Background. The basis for the function of the nervous system is signalling among the nerve cells through the synapses. Normal signalling requires precise synthesis and localisation of synaptic structures within…

Background. Despite doubts about safety of in vitro fertilisation-embryo transfer (IVF-ET), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and use of frozen embryos, statistical analyses up to date have shown that risk of…

The authors discuss the fundamentals of the pathological and pathophysiological processes 41 in coronary arteries that lead to acute coronary syndrome.

Acids are donors, while bases are acceptors of protons in solutions. Many various acids and bases are incorporated into organisms by everyday alimentation and cell metabolism, whi­le the output routes…

A mathematical model can be used to evaluate the biomechanical status of the hip after sur­gical intervention. By using such a model, it is possible to evaluate changes in the…

Reliable diagnosis of prion diseases is based on a positive immunohistochemical reaction (IHR) using antibodies against prion protein (PrP). Unfortunately, this does not distinguish between cellular PrP (PrPC) and the…

Gallbladder perforation can appear as an acute perforation followed by biliary peritonitis, as subacute perforation with the formation of a pericholecystic abscess, or as a chronic con­dition leading to cholecysto-enteric…

The annual and cumulative radiation exposure of the non-professional Slovene population is 21% greater than that world-wide, and so is the risk of stochastic effects. During a lifetime of 70…

The demand for outpatient surgery and office-case anesthesia is increasing for medical, tech­nological and economic reasons. Ophtalmic day-case surgery and anesthesia have developed over the past ten years. Careful selection…

In developed countries, also in Slovenia − cerebrovascular diseases are the third most com­mon cause for death, and are on the top of the list of diseases that cause disablement. Epidemiological…

The cerebral cortex represents a relatively small part of the central nervous system. It con­tains a prodigious number of cells that lead our behaviour. In a general way, the central…

The notochord and para-axial mesoderm induce the overlying ectoderm to differentiate into the neural plate. Formation of the neural tube begins in the fourth week, when the walls of the…

Exercise intolerance, a key symptom of chronic heart failure, has been linked to peripheral derangements, and marked endothelial dysfunction (i. e. the inability of endothelium to medi­ate a proper vasodilatatory…

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a Gram negative diplococcus the cause of sexually transmitted dis­ease gonorrhea. It is transmitted through a promiscuous intercourse, from infected mother to the newborn and from one…

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative neurological disease progressing by affecting the abil­ities of communication (verbal, non-verbal, written). These disorders are present in a half to three-fourths of patients. Parkinson’s disease…

There were some studies reporting an increasing incidence of testicular cancer and geni­tourinary abnormalities such as cryptorchidism and hypospadias whereas human sperm quality is declining. Over the last decades, there…

Chronical periapical parodontitis is chronical inflamatory response of periapical parodon­tal tissues to bacterial infection. Patohistologically it represents nonspecifical chronical mononuclear inflamatory infiltration of fibrous tissue. Its pathogenesis depends on more…

Topography, contents and some clinical problems of the popliteal fossa are presented. The popliteal fossa is a rhomboid-shaped intermuscular space situated at the back of the knee. It contains the popliteal…