Publications by authors named "Biljana R Milicic"
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- * The study analyzed 152 SM samples and found that patients with fractures had a higher rate of progesterone receptor (PR) positivity compared to those without fractures.
- * No significant differences were found in estrogen receptor (ER), HER2+, or Ki-67 status between the two groups, indicating that PR status may help identify high-risk fracture patients and guide treatment choices.
Introduction: The association between the expression of HIF-1α in the laryngeal carcinoma and the prognosis of disease is quite well documented, but the significance of HIF-1α C1772T polymorphism and its relation to disease phenotype have to be clarified. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of C1772T polymorphism on the clinical-pathological characteristics and disease-free survival after initial surgical treatment of patients with laryngeal carcinoma.
Materials And Methods: The prospective cohort study included 65 patients with laryngeal carcinoma.
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- The study looked at how chronic ear infections (chronic otitis media) affect people's feelings, like depression, anxiety, and stress.
- It involved 316 adults, where doctors checked their ear health and asked them questions about their symptoms and feelings using special tests.
- The results showed that many patients felt anxious and stressed, and those with worse ear symptoms had higher feelings of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Objective: In emergency airway management, the occurrence of surgical tracheotomy complications is increased and may be fatal for the patient. However, the factors that play a role in complication occurrence and lead to lethal outcome are not known. The objective of this study was to determine predictors associated with the occurrence of complications and mortality after emergency surgical tracheostomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the incidence and identify risk factors for the occurrence of intraoperative hypertension (IOH) during surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT).
Subjects And Methods: The study included 269 patients surgically treated between January 2008 and January 2012 for pHPT. IOH was defined as an increase in systolic blood pressure ≥20% compared to baseline values which lasted for 15 min.
Introduction: Anesthesia management is characterized by salary limiting and pressure for decreasing anesthetics and other drug budget. The aim of this paper is to determine the possibility of reducing the direct costs in anesthesia.
Materials And Methods: This paper is a part ofa five-year (2005-2009), academic, pharmaco-economic retrospective- prospective study (phase IV).
Introduction: Cost of anaesthesiology represent defined measures to determine a precise profile of expenditure estimation of surgical treatment, which is important regarding planning of healthcare activities, prices and budget.
Objective: In order to determine the actual value of anaestesiological services, we started with the analysis of activity based costing (ABC) analysis.
Methods: Retrospectively, in 2005 and 2006, we estimated the direct costs of anestesiological services (salaries, drugs, supplying materials and other: analyses and equipment.
Background: Nerve transfers in cases of directly irreparable or high-level extensive brachial plexus traction injuries have been done using a variety of donor nerves with various success, but an ideal method has not been established. The purpose of this study is to analyze the results of nerve transfers using the thoracodorsal and medial pectoral nerves as donors in patients with upper palsy.
Methods: This retrospective study included 40 patients with 29 procedures using the thoracodorsal nerve and 33 procedures using the medial pectoral nerve as donors for reinnervation of the musculocutaneous or axillary nerve.
Background: The incidence of perioperative myocardial ischemia (PMI) is the highest in patients who have coronary artery disease, and it is the best predictor of intrahospital morbidity and mortality.
Objective: To identify predictors of PMI in patients who have coronary artery disease and are undergoing abdominal nonvascular surgery.
Methods: A prospective, observational, clinical study of 111 consecutive patients with angiographically verified coronary artery disease, scheduled for open abdominal nonvascular surgery, was conducted.