Publications by authors named "Stjepan Ivandic"
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- The study reviews the effectiveness of decompression-only procedures for managing lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis, highlighting their advantages such as shorter surgery time and minimized blood loss.
- It found an overall failure rate of 9.1%, with open decompression at 10.9% and microendoscopic decompression at 6.7%, suggesting varying outcomes based on the technique used.
- The analysis indicates that failure rates increase over time, peaking at 11.7% by the fifth year, but shows no significant differences between single-level and multilevel decompressions.
: Postoperative epidural hematomas of the cervical and thoracic spine can pose a great risk of rapid neurological impairment and sometimes require immediate decompressive surgery. : We present the case of a young patient operated on for stabilization of a two-level thoracic vertebra fracture who developed total paralysis due to an epidural hematoma postoperatively. The course of epidural hematoma was quickly reversed with the help of a conservative technique that prevented revision surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Blunt abdominal trauma is the major cause of abdominal injury in children. No clear guidelines exist for the initial management of blunt pancreatic trauma in children. The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of initially non-operative versus initially operative treatment in children with blunt pancreatic injury.
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