Publications by authors named "Ozren Vugrinec"
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the number and characteristics of head and neck cancer patients in two consecutive periods, pre-pandemic and pandemic. For this purpose, we performed a retrospective analysis of patients with primary carcinomas of head and neck mucosal sites, salivary gland tumors, as well as neck metastases. Two pre-COVID-19 years (2018-2019) and two pandemic years (2020-2021) were compared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurgical management of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) includes total thyroidectomy and lobectomy. After lobectomy, a reoperation called completion thyroidectomy is occasionally required. Postoperative hypocalcemia is the most common complication associated with thyroid surgery.
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- The study investigates the relationship between septal deformities and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) across five countries (Croatia, Romania, Italy, Russia, and Turkey).
- Researchers examined 505 adults using various techniques to identify and classify septal deformities according to the Mladina classification.
- Results showed that type 3 septal deformity was most common in CRS patients from Turkey, Croatia, Italy, and Romania, while Russian patients had a high incidence of type 4 deformity, indicating a link between certain septal deformities and CRS.
Mosses, lichens, mushrooms are able to efficiently accumulate different radioactive elements from their environment to a much higher degree than other vegetation. They are sensitive bioindicators of radioactive contamination for various ecosystems, particularly in the event of a nuclear accident and uncontrolled emission oh fission products. Results of systematic, long-term measurements of 137Cs activities in mosses and in some edible mushroom species in North Croatia for the post-Chernobyl period (1986-2007) are summarized.
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