Validity of the Health Personality Assessment among rectal cancer survivors in Serbia.

Understanding health personality traits in rectal cancer survivors could help to optimize recovery and coping mechanisms. The objective of this study was to evaluate psychometric properties of the Health Personality Assessment in Serbian language among rectal cancer survivors. A cross-sectional study was carried out from June to December 2022.

Outcomes of Open Surgery for Retroperitoneal Hematoma in Covid-19 Patients: Experience from a Single Centre.

Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma is a severe and potentially fatal complication that appears in the course of anticoagulation therapy. Therapeutic doses of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) are used for the prevention of thrombosis in patients seriously ill with Covid-19. We describe 27 (0.

Predicting mortality in severe polytrauma with limited resources.

Background: Objective evaluation of the severity of injured patients is crucial for the adequate triage, decision-making, operative and intensive care management, prevention, outcome studies and system quality assessment. This study aimed to compare six, widely- used, trauma scores as predictors of mortality, and to identify the most powerful among them in limited-resources settings.

Methods: Seventy-five polytraumatized patients, admitted to the ICU of the Clinic for Emergency Surgery (Level 1 trauma center, CSS Belgrade) from June 2018-August 2020, were included in the study.

"Zooming" in strategies and outcomes for trauma cases with Injury Severity Score (ISS) ≥16: promise or passé?

Objective: Rescuing severe trauma cases is extremely demanding. The present study purposed to analyze the efficiency of trauma management at Emergency Centre, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, included outcome within 28 days.

Methods: This retrospective study involved 131 intensive care unit trauma cases with total Injury Severity Score ≥16, in terms of administrating the two strategies: (i) definitive surgical repair and (ii) damage control laparotomy.

Comparison of Preoperative Evaluation with the Pathological Report in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms: A Single-Center Experience.

The key to the successful management of pancreatic cystic neoplasm (PCN), among which intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is the one with the highest risk of advanced neoplasia in resected patients, is a careful combination of clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings. This study aims to perform the comparison of a preoperative evaluation with pathological reports in IPMN and further, to evaluate and compare the diagnostic performance of European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms (EEBGPCN) and Fukuoka Consensus guidelines (FCG). We analyzed 106 consecutive patients diagnosed with different types of PCN, among whom 68 had IPMN diagnosis, at the Clinical Center of Serbia.