Publications by authors named "G Dumitrescu"
Metastases are the most common tumors of the spine. As an important increase in the annual incidence of spinal metastases (SMs) has been observed in the last decade, the aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology and histopathological types of SMs surgically treated in the Neurosurgery Clinics of a Regional Hospital in North-Eastern Romania over a period of five years, in order to define a certain tumor profile that would benefit from an early screening. We retrospectively evaluated 115 adult patients, searching for demographic data (gender and age of the patients), primary tumor characteristics (location and histological type), topography of the SMs, and the time interval between the diagnosis of the primary tumor and the surgery for the SMs.
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- The study looks at how certain proteins in the blood are connected to blood clots in patients with severe COVID-19.
- Researchers checked blood samples from 207 patients to see if there was a link between these proteins and a serious condition called pulmonary embolism (PE) that can happen with COVID-19.
- They found that while some proteins were higher in patients, there wasn't a clear difference between those with PE and those without, so more research is needed to understand this better.
Background: Streptococcus agalactiae, a Gram-positive bacterium, has emerged as an important pathogen for the aquaculture industry worldwide, due to its increased induced mortality rates in cultured fish. Developing interventions to cure or prevent infections based on natural alternatives to antibiotics has become a priority, however, given the absence of scientific evidence regarding their mode of action progress has been slow.
Methods: In this study we aimed to investigate the effect of a mixture of organic acids (natural antimicrobials), AuraAqua (Aq), on the virulence of S.
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- Ocular melanoma is a rare and complex disease, and this 28-year retrospective study focused on uveal and conjunctival melanomas treated at a specific hospital in Romania.
- The study aimed to summarize the epidemiological and pathological characteristics of these cancers in the Northeastern region and found no gender preference among affected patients.
- The most common types of ocular melanomas identified were heavily pigmented spindle cell and epithelioid subtypes, and patients generally sought treatment before the disease spread systemically.
Background: Meningiomas are the most common primary neoplasms of the central nervous system in adults, arising from the arachnoid cap cells. Thus, grade 2 meningiomas are situated on the border between benignity and malignancy. Among the many prognostic factors that have been investigated in these tumors, bone invasion is one of them.
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