Publications by authors named "Aleksandar Gavric"

Background: Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) develop early colorectal adenomas and if left untreated, progression to cancer is an inevitable event. Prophylactic surgery does not prevent further development of cancer in the rectal remnant, rectal cuff in patients with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) and even on the ileal mucosa of the pouch body. The aim of this review is to assess long-term rates of cancer and adenoma development in patients with FAP after prophylactic surgery and to summarise current recommendations for endoscopic management and surveillance of these patients.

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Recently, biallelic MSH3 germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants have been recognized as a rare cause of adenomatous polyposis. We present a 49-year-old woman who was admitted to our high-risk colorectal cancer clinic after incidental detection of a biallelic MSH3 (likely) pathogenic variant when tested for the germline (likely) pathogenic variants in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer related genes. The focus of this case report is to describe the genotype and phenotype of our patient with MSH3-related adenomatous polyposis.

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Article Synopsis
  • The "diagnose-and-leave-in" policy aims to lower risks and costs linked to unnecessary polypectomies in the average-risk population but recommends removing all polyps in individuals with Lynch syndrome due to their higher cancer risk.
  • A study analyzed data from a clinical trial involving 256 Lynch syndrome patients, using advanced visual techniques to assess diminutive rectosigmoid lesions before making decisions about polypectomy.
  • Results indicated that this strategy could safely avoid 59% of unnecessary polypectomies, suggesting it's a feasible approach for managing diminutive polyps in Lynch syndrome patients.
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Objectives: Data on the long-term survival outcome of patients with missed upper gastrointestinal cancers (MUGC) is lacking. Retrospective studies have found no difference in 1- and 2-year survival among patients with missed gastric and oesophageal cancers; we thus aimed to assess 3-year survival of patients with MUGC at oesophagogastroduodenoscopy.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at a single tertiary endoscopy centre.

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In the article a virus transmission model is constructed on a simplified social network. The social network consists of more than 2 million nodes, each representing an inhabitant of Slovenia. The nodes are organised and interconnected according to the real household and elderly-care center distribution, while their connections outside these clusters are semi-randomly distributed and undirected.

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Intramural hematoma of the colon is a rare complication of colonoscopy. We present a case of a 78-year-old woman on warfarin who presented with hematochezia and hypotension due to intramural hematoma of the sigmoid colon after colonoscopy with polypectomy of small polyps in the right colon.

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Dietary supplements known as "fat burners" are typically marketed with claims of increasing energy expenditure through alterations in fat metabolism. They are marketed as natural products and their use is thus perceived as a safe body weight reduction strategy. We report on five episodes of liver injury in four patients.

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Acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass is a common and serious complication and it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis of acute kidney injury is based on the serum creatinine levels which rise several hours to days after the initial injury. Thus, novel biomarkers that will enable faster diagnosis are needed in clinical practice.

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