Anatomy education and clinical practice: students' views.

Background And Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate students' perspectives on the relevance of anatomy education to clinical practice throughout their studies at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje.

Materials And Methods: The study was designed as a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based investigation and took place at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje at the University of "Ss Cyril and Methodius", R. North Macedonia.

Hook Wire Localization Procedure and Early Detection of Breast Cancer - Our Experience.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to describe our experience with needle localization technique in diagnosing small breast cancers.

Material And Methods: This retrospective study included a hundred and twenty patients' with impalpable breast lesions and they underwent wire localization. All patients had mammography, ultrasound exam and pathohystological results.

Anatomy of coronary sinus ostium.

Background: The coronary sinus is the main cardiac vein and it has become a clinically important structure especially through its role in providing access for different cardiac procedures.

Materials And Methods: The study was carried out on 100 randomly selected adult human cadaver hearts fixed in 10% formalin. The transverse and craniocaudal diameters of the coronary sinus ostium (CSO) were directly measured.

Morphologic characteristics of sacra associated with assimilation of the last lumbar vertebra.

Background: The impact of lumbosacral transitional states on biomechanics of load transmission between the spine and the legs has been sporadically reported. The aims of the study were to identify morphostructural alterations of sacra associated with assimilation of the last lumbar vertebra and to analyse them in the light of their biomechanical impact.

Materials And Methods: Linear dimensions of sacrum, its body and base and articular surfaces were measured in 31 normal and 41 transitory sacra.

Morphological characteristics of the superior cerebellar artery.

With the introduction of new techniques in diagnostic and interventional radiology and progress in micro neurosurgery, accurate knowledge of the brain blood vessels is essential for daily clinical work. The aim of this study was to describe the morphological characteristics of the superior cerebellar artery and to emphasize their clinical significance. In this study we examined radiographs of 109 patients who had CT angiography at the University Clinic for Radiology in Skopje, R.

Posterior cerebral artery--variation in the origin and clinical significance.

With the introduction of new techniques in diagnostic and interventional radiology and progress in micro-neurosurgery, accurate knowledge of the brain blood vessels is essential in daily clinical work. The aim of this study was to describe the different types of PCA origin, their diameter, and to emphasize their clinical significance. In this study we examined radiographs of 53 patients who had CT angiography undertaken for a variety of clinical reasons, performed as a part of their medical treatment at the University Radiology Clinic in Skopje, R.

Computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging - our experiences in determining preoperative TNM staging of bladder cancer.

Unlabelled: Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer diagnosis worldwide. Early detection of bladder cancer is important, since up to 47% of bladder cancer-related deaths might be avoided.

Aim: To show our experience in determining the staging of bladder cancer with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), making comparison of stage accuracy with contrast enhanced MDCT, conventional MR imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging on the one hand and pathoistological diagnoses after transurethral resection of the non-muscle invasive bladder cancers or radical cystectomy for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancers.

Morphometric analysis of the cervical spinal canal on MRI.

Two useful numerical values, called the Torg ratio and the spinal canal diameter (SC diameter) are widely accepted as reliable morphometric determinants of spinal stenosis. The aims of the study were to examine morphometric determinants of the cervical spinal canal on MRI in both sexes and analyse them as reliable indicators of spinal stenosis. Measurements were made on 50 MR images (sagittal T2 weighted images from C3 to C7) of the cervical spine of patients from the Emergency Centre who had undertaken MRI of the cervical spine in addition to CT for various diagnostic indications.

Morphological characteristics of the first part of the vertebral artery.

Because of their anatomical localization, vertebral arteries were neglected in research for a long period of time. Vertebral arteries are responsible for about 30% of the brain blood supply. The aim of this study was to examine the vertebral artery's course in the first segment, and to define the anatomic variations and percentage of their appearance in the adult population using CT angiography.

Basilar artery fenestration.

The posterior circulation of the brain constitutes the vertebrobasilar system and its branches, which are responsible for about 30% of the brain's blood supply. The aim of this study was to describe the anomalies of the basilar artery, especially fenestrations. For that purpose, we examined 50 patients with computed tomography (CT) angiography during an 8-month period.