Impact of timing on surgical outcome in patients with cauda equina syndrome caused by lumbar disc herniation.

Aim To analyze the relationship between timing of surgery and outcome in patients with cauda equina syndrome caused by lumbar disc herniation. Methods A retrospective, non-randomized clinical study included 25 consecutive patients with cauda equina syndrome (CES) caused by lumbar disc herniation. All patients were operated within 24 hours after hospitalization at the Department of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, between January 2000 and December 2010.

Evaluation of the surgical treatment of diabetic foot.

Aim: To examine two modalities of surgical treatment of diabetic foot based on two different approaches, classical and multidisciplinary.

Methods: A retrospective-prospective study including 120 consecutive patients with diabetic foot treated in the Department of Surgery, General Hospital Tešanj in the period 1999-2006. Since 2003 a new multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of diabetic foot based on a more conservative approach has been introduced.

Quality of life for tobacco smokers in relation to their socioeconomic status.

Aim: To analyze differences in quality of life between smokers and non-smokers in relation to socioeconomic factors.

Methods: This study was conducted on a sample of 600 respondents equally divided in two groups, smokers (300) and non-smokers (300). Former smokers were excluded.

Bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: risk of procedure or professional negligence?

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy introduced in the late eighties has now become the gold standard and has taken the place of conventional cholecystectomy. Bile duct injury during cholecystectomy is an iatrogenic, but rare catastrophe associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The incidence of bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is 0.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha serum level in assessment of disease activity in inflammatory bowel diseases.

Aim: To investigate an influence of the concentration of proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in serum on the activity of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: The IBD patients of both genders (n=60) were divided in two equal groups, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Based on the result of activity index each group was subdivided in two subgroups: active and inactive phase of the disease.

Retrocaecal appendix position--findings during the clasic appendectomy.

Introduction: Appendicitis is one of the most common diseases that require urgent surgical intervention. Due to its position, the inflamed appendix can cause many complications in abdominal cavity. Most of these complications are based on the anatomical position of the appendix.

Intrahepatic transposition of bile ducts.

Objective. To describe the intrahepatic bile duct transposition (anatomical variation occurring in intrahepatic ducts) and to determine the frequency of this variation. Material and Methods.

[Variations in position and place of formation of appendix vermiformis found in the course of open appendectomy].

This paper describes variations of the appendix vermiformis, found in the course of open appendectomy. Investigations involved surgeries performed in 2008 year in the Regional Hospital TeSanj. Variations in the site of formation and position of appendix vermiformis were established.