Quality of Life Indicators in Patients Operated on for Breast Cancer in Relation to the Type of Surgery-A Retrospective Cohort Study of Women in Serbia.

Quality of life (QoL) after breast cancer surgery is an important public health issue. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the levels of perceived quality of life in patients operated on for breast cancer in relation to the type of surgery, using the standardized questionnaires. We assessed 425 women after surgery for breast cancer.

Platelet gel in wound treatment in patient with pemphigus vulgaris and Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Case report.

Treatment of wounds, especially in patients with systemic diseases, is very difficult and time consuming, and it represents great challenge. Complications like infections and impaired healing are regularly seen in these patients, sometimes leaving almost no other treating option, but amputation surgery. In wound healing process, platelets play one of key roles, both in hemostasis, and, by releasing many growth factors, in reepithelization and tissue remodeling.

Validity of ultrasound-guided aspiration needle biopsy in the diagnosis of micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes in patients with cutaneous melanoma.

Background/aim: Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most aggressive solid cancers, that develops local, regional and distant metastases. The presence of metastases in lymph nodes is in correlation with Breslow tumor thickness. According to various researches, in melanoma with more than 4 mm Breslow thickness, lymph node micrometastases can be found in 60-70% of cases.

Surface enlargement of a new arterialised venous flap by the surgical delay method.

Background/aim: The delay method is a surgical, pharmacological and combined method that includes two or more time separated phases, which gives bigger flap surface. In our research we explored the possibility of flap surface enlargement in a new arterialised venous flap (AVF) on an experimental rabbit ear model by the delay surgical method. The aim of this research was to establish vitality surface of our AVF and to maintain the difference in flap vital surface between AVF flaps, with or without performing the delay surgery method.

Surgical treatment of hand vascular anomalies--a case report.

Background: Vascular anomalies in the hand do not occur frequently. Their presence in the metacarpal region can cause different functional disorders. The extent of such disorders directly depends on the localization and size of vascular anomalies, duration and the nature of the anomaly growth as well as on eventual secondary complications such as ulceration or bleeding.