Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Before and After Surgical Oncological Treatment: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.

BACKGROUND Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common of head and neck malignancies in well-developed countries. In most cases, patients with OSCC experience a degree of nutritional status disturbances and decreased quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to compare nutritional status and QoL in 51 patients before and after surgery for OSCC.

Comparison of the Fractured and Non-Fractured Orbit Before and After Surgery Using a Titanium Implant or a Resorbable Poly-d,l-lactic Acid (PDLLA) Implant: A Study from a Single Center in Niš, Serbia of 58 Patients with Unilateral Orbital Floor Fracture Using Volumetric Measurement.

BACKGROUND A fracture of the orbital floor can lead to complications such as enophthalmos, impaired eye motility, or diplopia, which is why it is necessary to reconstruct the bony walls of the orbit. This study from a single center in Niš, Serbia, included 58 patients with unilateral orbital floor fracture and aimed to use volumetric measurement to compare the fractured and non-fractured orbit before and after surgery using a titanium implant or a resorbable poly-d, l-lactic acid (PDLLA) implant. MATERIAL AND METHODS From 2018 to 2022, a total of 58 patients with unilateral orbital floor fractures were treated at the Clinic of Dental Medicine, Niš.

Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the mandible – A case report.

Introduction: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, compared to other tumors of salivary glands, occurs in 5–10% of cases. Histopathologically, it is divided into a well differentiated tumor that is of low-grade of malignancy, and a medium and poorly differentiated tumor of high grade of malignancy. Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma (CMEC) of the mandible was firstly described by Lepp in 1936, on a 66-year-old female patient.

Lip, oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers in the population of the city of Belgrade in the period 1999-2010.

Background/aim: Cancers of the lip, oral cavity and pharynx (LOCP) are frequently grouped together mainly because they have similar risk factors. The incidence rate of these cancers varies worldwide depending on the geographic location. The aim of this study was to determine trends in age-standardized incidence rates of LOCP cancers in the Belgrade population during a 12-year period, from 1999 to 2010.

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in the Population of the City of Belgrade in the Period 1999-2011.

Introduction: Nonmelanoma skin cancers in the literature are mainly related to basal cell and squamous cell skin carcinoma.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the trend in the incidence of histological types of nonmelanoma skin cancers in the population of the city of Belgrade from 1999 to 2011.

Methods: From the Serbian National Cancer Registry we extracted all recorded cases of skin cancer in Belgrade from January 1st 1999 to December 31st 2011.

A retrospective review of 139 major and minor salivary gland tumors.

Aim: To describe demographic and histomorphological characteristics of 139 patients with epithelial salivary gland tumors in the Southeastern Serbia population.

Methods: A total number of 139 patients with epithelial tumors arising in major and minor salivary glands in the period 2010-2012 was evaluated. After standard tissue proceeding, the routine haematoxylin-eosin (HE) and histochemical alcian blue-periodic acid-Schiff (AB - PAS) methods were used for histomorphological examination.

Comparative analysis of clinicopathological and immunohistochemical characteristics of Merkel cell carcinoma.

Purpose: To investigate both the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical characteristics of a very rare skin cancer - Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) - and to review the relevant literature.

Methods: The study group was composed of 12 patients, with mean age 53.08±10.

Use of 2-Octyl-Cyanoacrylate in surgical closing of Postparotidectomy salivary fistulas.

A salivary fistula is one of possible postoperative complications in the surgery of parotid gland tumors. We present three cases of postparotidectomy salivary fistulas, successfully treated by surgical access using 2-octyl-cyanoacrylate while closing the skin layer. The previous treatment of these cases by other therapeutic options did not give satisfactory results.

[Macroglossia and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome].

Introduction: In 1963 Beckwith presented a report on the first patient with extreme cytomegaly of adrenal cortex, hyperplasia of kidneys and pancreas and Leydig cell hyperplasia. Wiedemann completed description of the new syndrome by adding umbilical hernia and macroglossia. The diagnosis is made based on the clinical signs of omphalocele or some other umbilical deformity, macroglossia, congenital asymmetry, visceromegaly (liver, pancreas, and kidneys).

[Microvascular submental island flap prelaminated with oral mucosa in reconstruction of the lateral defect of nose].

Introduction: Reconstruction of perinasal area is still a challenge for the surgeon who is involved in excisional tumor surgery. The authors report their experience in reconstruction of hemi-nose defects with the free microvascular submental island flap prelaminated with oral mucosa.

Material And Methods: A 73-year-old male patient with recurrent extensive basal cell carcinoma of the right hemi-nose (nasal ala and lateral nasal part) and portion of the upper lip underwent to excisional surgery and creation of lateral nasal defect 3 x 2 cm in size.

The use of absorbable polyglactin/polydioxanon implant (Ethisorb(®)) in non-surgical closure of oro-antral communication.

Oro-antral communications (OAC) greater than 4-5 mm in diameter can seldom be counted on to heal spontaneously without the necessity for surgical closure. The initial experience in applying an absorbable polyglactin/polydioxanon implant (Ethisorb(®)), in non-surgical closure of OAC ranging from 5 to 7 mm in diameter, is presented. Twelve patients of varying ages with OAC up to 72 h in duration, have been treated with Ethisorb(®).

Clinical, histopathological and immunohistological study of lymphoid disorders in the parotid gland of patients with Sjögren's syndrome.

Background/aim: Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune systemic disease characterized by polyglandular tissue destruction, leading to keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia. These patients have 44-fold increased risk of developing salivary gland lymphoma, of which 80% are marginal zone (MALT) type. Having in mind that criteria for distinguishing benign lymphoepithelial lesions from MALT lymphoma are obscure, the aim of this study was to provide practical information that could be integrated into diagnostic practice.

[MALT lymphoma of the parotid salivary gland].

Background: Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma was described for the first time in 1983 by Isaacson and Wright. It was classified into extranodal non-Hodkin's lymphomas of B-cell lymphocytes of the marginal zone of reactive lymphe follicles. It is characterized by both hyperplasia and colonization of plasmocytic, centrocytoid and monocytoid cells, by the infiltration of interfollicular and parafollicular parts of interstitium, as well as by the invasion of clusters of neoplastic lymphoid cells of the glandular epithelium, forming the pathognomic lymphoepithelial MALT limphoma lesions.

[Fasciocutaneous flaps in the treatment of soft tissue defects of the lower leg caused by explosive war injuries].

The use of fasciocutaneous flaps for the reconstruction of lower leg soft-tissue defects inflicted during the bombing of our country is presented in this case report. The experience with 9 patients with soft-tissue defects of the lower leg is presented with the aim of examining the possibilities of war-wound reconstruction. The results of the earlier use of fasciocutaneous flaps in the lower leg reconstruction as well as the those obtained during the reconstruction of the lower leg soft-tissue defects in war wounds was proven to be safe and reliable method of the reconstructions of severe lower leg injuries, particularly of its distal segment and the malleolus region.

Investigation of the bone tissue response to glass-ionomer microimplants in the canine maxillary alveolar ridge.

This paper reports the results of experimental use of glass-ionomer microimplants in the augmentation of the maxillary alveolar ridge in dogs. The study included ten adult mongrel dogs 5 years of age, weighing between 50 and 70 pounds (25-30 kg), divided into 2 groups of 5 dogs each. In both groups, the maxillary 4th premolar and 1st molar were removed after the elevation of a buccal mucoperiosteal flap.