The paper reviews the current methods of treating trigeminal neuralgia. Procedures on the preganglionic fibres are considered useless, while those at the ganglion level, such as thermocoagulation, chemoneurolysis, and percutaneous compression,…

Cancer of the head and neck has particularly devastating effects both on the patients and his physician. All aspects of cancer pain, i.e. physical, psychological and sociological ones, are much…

The authors describe different forms of eye pain in ocular diseases.

The author outlines the etiology, clinical picture and management of compartment syndrome. He stresses the frequency of this complication which may occur in all types of fractures.

Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome is a rare chronic condition which became more widely known in the seventies after its histological criteria had been established. In nearly all cases, solitary rectal…

The paper outlines the fundamentals of morphology and the function of microcirculation, and presents the physiological and pathophysiological aspects of microcirculation. Changes in microcirculation due to hypoxia resulting from involvement of great arteries…

The aim of this study was to find out whether changes in the QTc interval duration in patients with acute myocardial infarction are related to the effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy.…

Postdural puncture headache is the most common complication of subarachnoid regional anesthesia. The incidence of postdural puncture headache is influenced by sex and age of the patient, by the size…

The authors transplanted Ehrlich ascites tumor (EAT) cells to 90 inbred mice of CBA strain in order to investigate the role that sex of animal and dose of tumor cells…

  the authors report on a rare case of acute myocardial infarction associated with dissection of the aortic arch. Treatment and differential diagnosis are presented. Early administration of fibrinolytic agents is undoubtedly…

Fractures about the calcaneus and intraarticular calcaneal fractures with displacement of fragments should be treated operatively. Complete reconstruction of the calcaneus is a demanding procedure because of a complex structure…

Transmetatarsal osteotomies (TMO) are indicated primarily in adduction deformity of the anterior part of the foot or the great toe. Most commonly this deformity occurs as a result of unsuccessful…

An image is a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional object. Images obtained by physical or optic sectioning can be used for stereological analysis, while those resulting from projection from the…

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent an important healthcare problem in Europe. Among the objectives of cardiovascular disease prevention a more rigorous risk factor control is needed, including control of cholesterol levels. In…

The author presents a female patient with severe status asthmaticus. He presents pathogenesis, pathophysiology and potential complications of the disease and stresses the importance of clinical evaluation of the patient…

The author describes different methods employed in the treatment of warts, classifying them by their therapeutic value and frequency of use. They include the use of keratolytic agents, surgical excision,…

Modern medicine has been paying increasing attention to eating disorders. The official classification of the diseases deals only with those clinical entities which are related to serious mental and physical…

In congenital coxa vara, the femoral neck-shaft angle is extremely small. Therefore valgus osteotomy is usually performed in order to increase the neck-shaft angle, and thus reduce stress in the…

The clinical relevance and theories on intraabdominal adhesion formation are presented. Pathogenesis and some basic attitudes towards intraabdominal adhesion prevention are described. Intraabdominal adhesion prevention by surface active materials and…

The tumor marker CA 125 was detected in the sera of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer using high levels of labeled monoclonal antibodies. The paper lists the tissues in which…

In spite of long term expectations of the discovery of heart natriuretic substance only nine years ago the atrial natriuretic peptide was discovered. Some essential data about structure, synthesis, secretion…

Oxygen free radicals play an important role in many processes: they are involved in various phases of the inflammatory process and therefore take part in the defence of the organism.…

Clinical entities that most commonly complicate the early postinfraction course and have adverse effects on prognosis include myocardial ischemia, heart failure and arrhythmias. The objective of the study was to…

We studied 62 young healthy volunteers, mostly students, with the mean age of 23,7 years. They were devided into a group with positive family history of hypertension (group A, N=27)…