Improvement in Body's Dynamic Adaptation during Walking with Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy in Patients with Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor Resection.

Background: Our study aimed to investigate the effects of vestibular rehabilitation therapy on functional gait performance in patients with balance disorders.

Methods: A total of 40 post-operative patients with balance disorders were included in the study. They were divided into two groups and participated in a vestibular rehabilitation program during their hospital stay.

Evaluation of an Early Individualized Integrated Rehabilitation Program versus Standard Rehabilitation Program for Smoking Cessation in 115 Smokers Among 467 Female Breast Cancer Patients 2019-2021 in Slovenia.

BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking affects cancer risk and cardiovascular risk. Smoking cessation is very beneficial for health. This study aimed to evaluate an early individualized integrated rehabilitation program and standard rehabilitation program for smoking cessation in breast cancer patients.

COVID-19 and Surgical Practice in Slovenia: Managing the Crisis in Neurosurgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Worldwide, the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a significant threat to global health. Worldwide, COVID-19 has affected the health service also in Slovenia. During this time, neurosurgery is facing difficulties in its service, both in emergency and elective surgeries.

Selective dorsal rhizotomy: short-term results and early experiences with a newly established surgical treatment in Slovenia.

Background: Spasticity is characterised by an atypical increase of muscle tone, affecting normal movements and interfering with the patient quality of life. The medicines may limit the effects of the disease and selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) can be used for selected cases or cases refractory to medicine. We present the surgical technique and the short-term results of this newly established surgical treatment in Slovenia.

Impact of a 12-month multifaceted neurological physiotherapy intervention on gross motor function in women with Rett syndrome.

Background: Rett syndrome is a rare genetic neurological syndrome that affects mostly females. The syndrome leads to severe impairments impacting all areas of the affected persons' life, including speech, mobility, eating, and breathing impairments. The most distinct symptoms include stereotyped hand movements, ataxia, and atrophy of the lower limbs, and signs of autism.

Functional Gait Assessment scale in the rehabilitation of patients after vestibular tumor surgery in an acute hospital.

Background: Patients in the acute phase of rehabilitation after vestibular tumor surgery are dysfunctional in basic daily activities. Balance, gait impairments, and falls are prevalent with vestibular loss.

Aim: To determine the degree of balance disorders after vestibular tumor surgery, the susceptibility to falls and to assess motor tasks using the Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) scale for functional gait, as part of the vestibular rehabilitation program during hospital stay.

Feasibility and safety of exercise training and nutritional support prior to haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with haematologic malignancies.

Background: Prehabilitation with regular exercise and nutritional care for patients undergoing surgeries for malignant disease was recently introduced to increase physiologic reserve prior to the procedure, accelerate recovery and improve outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility and safety of combined exercise training and nutritional support in patients with haematologic malignancies prior to haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

Methods: In this single-arm pilot study, 34 HSCT candidates were enrolled at least two weeks before admission for the procedure.

A Brief Review of the Degenerative Intervertebral Disc Disease.

Introduction: The degenerative processes of the intervertebral disc represent an important cause of morbidity in everyday clinical practice, exerting burden on patients and clinicians treating them. Numerous factors may initiate degenerative processes, which most commonly affect the nucleus pulposus and ultimately influence the biomechanics of the whole spine.

Aim: This paper provides an overview from the literature about the process, causes and mechanisms of disc degeneration and the associated factors.

Selective dorsal rhizotomy in cerebral palsy spasticity - a newly established operative technique in Slovenia: A case report and review of literature.

Background: Spasticity affects a large number of children, mainly in the setting of cerebral palsy, however, only a few paediatric neurosurgeons deal with this problem. This is mainly due to the fact that until 1979, when Fasano has published the first series of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR), neurosurgeons were able to provide such children only a modest help. The therapy of spasticity has made a great progress since then.

Early medical rehabilitation after neurosurgical treatment of malignant brain tumours in Slovenia.

Background: The number of patients with malignant brain tumours is on the rise, but due to the novel treatment methods the survival rates are higher. Despite increased survival the consequences of tumour properties and treatment can have a significant negative effect on the patients' quality of life. Providing timely and appropriate rehabilitation interventions is an important aspect of patient treatment and should be started immediately after surgery.

Mobility and functional outcomes after femoral neck fracture surgery in elderly patients: a comparison between hemiarthroplasty and internal fixation.

Purpose: To find out whether patients with femoral neck fracture treated with hemiarthroplasty differ from those treated with internal fixation regarding functional outcome, walking ability, pain or short-term mortality.

Method: Sixty-six patients aged 64 years or more with femoral neck fracture were included in a prospective non-randomised trial with two equal-sized groups recruited consecutively within each group. All patients were treated operatively and encouraged to pursue an active rehabilitation.

The comparison of photooxidation processes for the minimization of organic load of colored wastewater applying the response surface methodology.

In this comparative study, the effectiveness of three photooxidation processes (UV/H(2)O(2), UV/S(2)O(8)(2-) and UV/O(3)) for degradation of an azo dye model pollutant was investigated using several process parameters. The process parameters such as initial pH, the concentrations of oxidant in the reactor inlet stream and the type of oxidant were considered. In order to investigate the influence of cross-factor effects of process parameters, the full factorial design was applied with three factors (two numeric and one categorical) at three levels combined with response surface modeling.