Today, arthroscopy of the knee is a well-established method for diagnosing lesions of the meniscus. Arthroscopic meniscectomy is technically more demanding than the open technique, yet thanks to the introduction…

To the clinician, malignant neoplasia, generally known as breast cancer, is a comprehensive term denoting a variety of diseases. The author points to this heterogeneity thus opposing the conventional opinion…

The author describes chronic synergy of the left ventricle at rest due to chronic, painless, persistent severe myocardial ischemia. The reason why this phenomenon is so attractive include a high…

Descent of the testis is presented. Relationship between the gubernaculum, abdominal layers and coverings of the testis during development and after birth are described.

The most important aspects of radiological diagnosis of acute cervical spine injuries (ACSI) below the level of C2 are presented. The major task of the radiologist is to determine, as…

The hithero development of systemic treatment - cancer chemotherapy is presented and analysed. The main approaches to chemotherapy, such as induction chemotherapy, adjuvant chemotherapy, primary chemotherapy and individually planed chemotherapy,…

Mitochondria occupy a unique position among cellular organelles because of their possession of a separate genome (mitochondrial DNA - mtDNA) and capability to duplicate DNA and transcribe and translate the…

Between September 1989 and October 1990, 25 gonococcal strains were isolated from 55 ureteral swabs of patients with clinical diagnosis of acute gonococcal infection. Their sensitivity to penicillin was determined…

The aim of the study was to determine: - whether in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) the duration of the QTc interval correlates with the echocardiographically determined left ventricular…

Eight females with anorexia nervosa under treatment, and seven women with a past history of this disorder were evaluated by a directed interview. They were found to share several characteristic…