Ischemic Stroke in the Course of COVID-19 in a 16-Year-Old Boy.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease is still evolving and, despite the end of the acute phase of the pandemic, still poses a risk to public health. One of the very rare complications, occurring in less than 1% of children, is multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC). Due to the risk of thromboembolic complications as well as cardiac problems, MISC carries a number of life-threatening complications.

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Antagonists-A New Hope in Endometriosis Treatment?

Endometriosis is a chronic disease, in which endometrial-like tissue is found outside the uterine cavity. Lesions are typically located in the true pelvis but can be found, in addition to extragenital endometriosis, in the respiratory system, the diaphragm, the pleura or the pericardium. As the extrauterine endometrial lesions undergo the menstrual cycle, they cause many symptoms, including pain, and besides infertility, they all mostly affect the quality of the patient's life.

Rehabilitation in the treatment of mandibular condyle fractures.

Background: The objective of rehabilitation after the treatment of a mandibular condyle fracture is to retrieve the effortless, symmetrical opening of the jaws with the preservation of appropriate movements to the sides, and appropriate occlusion without a sense of tension in the mastication muscles or pain sensations.

Objectives: The aim of the article was to establish the conditions of the rehabilitation of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) after the surgical treatment of a fractured condyle.

Material And Methods: The research featured 46 of patients treated surgically between January 2, 2017 and December 30, 2017.

Laparoscopic enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal Rives-Stoppa repair (eTEP-RS) for ventral and incisional hernias - early operative outcomes and technical remarks on a novel retromuscular approach.

Introduction: Incisional hernias can complicate up to one in four laparotomy procedures, and successful repair remains a significant clinical challenge for surgeons. Recently, the surgical technique of ventral hernia repair (eTEP-RS) has been introduced.

Aim: To present early results in treating patients with ventral hernia using the eTEP-RS technique and to discuss key technical aspects affecting the safety and efficiency of repair.

Psychological characteristics versus swallowing and speech rehabilitation efficiency in patients after oral cavity cancer excision.

Introduction: Personality traits of the patients surgically treated due to oral cancer form anxiety and depression levels associated with body deformation, as well as life quality during illness, and they are also associated with life span of the patients. It is purposeful to take personality traits into account during treatment management and rehabilitation of the patients. The aim of work is to recognize the association between personality traits and functional rehabilitation course in the patients treated due to oral cancer.

Compensatory Mechanisms in Patients After a Partial or Total Glossectomy due to Oral Cancer.

Excision of a part or the whole of tongue due to oral cancer disturbs swallowing and speech. Lower airways aspiration of the swallowed bolus in patients after such oral structures excision is a symptom of major swallowing disorder and may be the cause of aspiration pneumonia. Restoration of oral nutrition is possible after exclusion or reduction of aspiration threat in the patients.

Composite polyacrylate-poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene) membranes for improved all-solid-state ion-selective sensors.

A novel type of self-plasticizing polyacrylate-based membrane was developed for all-solid-state ion-selective potentiometric electrodes. The membrane composition contains a conducting polymer (CP): poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) end capped with methacrylate groups, chemically grafted with the membrane during the photopolymerization step. This composition results in ion-selective membranes with the following advantages: lower electrical resistance compared to the CP-free membrane, facile ion-to-electron transduction between the membrane and the electrode support, controlled low activity of analyte ions, and high concentration of interferent ions (incorporated with the CP) within the membrane, potentially resulting in improved analytical parameters.

[The tongue as a receptor and effector after tumor resection in the oral cavity].

Purpose: To evaluate functional impairment in the oral cavity after resection of neoplasm.

Material And Methods: 71 patients after partial or total glossectomy were examin ed to evaluate tongue mobility, superficial sensation, oral stereognosis and efficiency of deglutition. The extent of tongue resection, reconstruction procedures, tumor localization and the postoperative radiotherapy were taken into consideration.