Periodontal therapy improves gastric Helicobacter pylori eradication.

The oral cavity has been proposed as a reservoir for H. pylori that could be responsible for the refractoriness of gastric infection to triple therapy (antibiotics, antimicrobials, and proton pump inhibitors). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of combined periodontal and triple therapy vs.

Diagnostic and therapy of locally advanced rectal cancer.

The aim of the study was to check the results of the protocol with neoadjuvant chemoirradiation for the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer. The value of preoperative methods for staging of rectal cancer was also studied. In the period 1st of June 2000 - 31st of December 2005, 116 patients were included into the study, all with histologically proven rectal cancer up to 12 cm from anal verge and all with T3/T4 No-2 M0 stage.

Assessment of gamma dose rates from terrestrial exposure in Serbia and Montenegro.

The gamma dose rates due to naturally occuring terrestrial radionuclides ((226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K) were calculated based on their activities in soil samples, determined by gamma-ray spectrometry. A total of 140 soil samples from 21 different regions of Serbia and Montenegro were collected. The gamma dose rates ranged from 7.

[Evaluation of periodontal and oral mucosa status in HIV seropositive individuals].

We present the results of clinical and laboratory studies of HIV seropositive individuals. Twenty individuals in different stages of HIV infection (CDC clasification) and 20 healthy individuals were included in this study. The number of leucocytes, differential leucocyte count, number of CD4+ T lymphocytes and CD4/CD8 index were determined.

[Open reduction with pelvic osteotomy and femoral shortening].

The combined procedure of femoral shortening, reduction of the hip, iliac osteotomy, transfer of the iliopsoas muscle, and redirection of the femoral head, applied in 225 hips of children over the age of 7, gave good results in two-thirds of the cases, and poor in one-tenth. The quality of the outcome diminished with increasing age at surgery.