The Surgical Lips Deformity Corrected with Hyaluronic Fillers: A Case Report.

Background: Hyaluronic filler is a sterile, biodegradable, viscoelastic, isotonic, transparent injectable gel implant which was approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 1996. It is used for face reconstruction and modelling.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 40-year-old Serbian woman who presented after surgery of cleft lip, primary and secondary palate.

Predictive parameters of survival in hemodialysis patients with restless leg syndrome.

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) affects the quality of life and survival in patients on hemodialysis (HD). The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics and survival parameters in patients on HD with RLS. This study was a non-randomized clinical study involving 204 patients on HD, of whom 71 were female and 133 were male.

Predictive value of serum myeloperoxidase activity for thrombosis of arteriovenous fistulas.

Myeloperoxidase is a proinflammatory protein that appears as a result of increased oxidative stress. It plays an important role in the promotion and progression of atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to determine the importance of MPO as a predictive parameter for thrombosis of arteriovenous fistula (AVF).

Arteriovenous fistulas and digital hypoperfusion ischemic syndrome in patients on hemodialysis.

Aim: To determine survival parameters as well as characteristics of patients with this syndrome.

Methods: The investigation was conducted over a period of eight years, as a prospective, non-randomized, clinical study which included 204 patients, treated by chronic hemodialysis. Most patients received hemodialysis 12 h per week.

Distal ischemia induced by vascular access for hemodialysis - a case report.

Arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis may cause significant local and general changes in the bloodstream. Vascular access-induced ischemia is a rare but very serious complication which, if not treated in time, can lead to tissue necrosis. We describe a 66 year-old man with symptoms of distal limb ischemia caused by an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis.

Correlation of mortality and location of arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis patients.

Purpose: Since the type of vascular access is very important and a significant risk factor for mortality in patients on hemodialysis, the aim of our study was to determine the impact of AVF positioning on the mortality of our patients.

Methods: The survey was organized as a prospective, clinical and non-randomized study of 538 surgical interventions on 323 patients, which indicates that a large number of patients had more than one fistula. Among these patients, 120 subjects (81 (67.

Carotid ultrasonographic parameters as markers of atherogenesis and mortality rate in patients on hemodialysis.

Background/aim: Vascular endothelium plays an important role in atherogenesis. The aim of this study was to estimate the correlation of endothelium malfunction and arteriosclerosis in patients on hemodialysis.

Methods: The investigation was designed as a clinical, non-randomized, five-year study in the "Kragujevac" Clinical Center and included 146 patients.

Nutrition parameters as hemodialysis adequacy markers.

Background And Aim: The nutritive status has significant role in improving the quality of life of dialysis' patients. The aim of this study was to find out if there is any correlation of the anthropometric parameters and markers of nutrition with the adequacy of HD.

Methods: The investigation was organized as a clinical, cross sectional study.

Association of metabolic changes with mortality of patients treated by peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the survival of patients treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) and to detect any association with the type of metabolic changes.

Methods: The outcome of clinical treatment of 407 dialysis patients was analyzed over a 4-year period. This included the demographic characteristics, the duration of dialysis, smoking, residual renal function, existence of metabolic syndrome and malnutrition, waist girth, body mass index (BMI), comorbidity, and routine biochemical parameters.

Characteristics of depression in obese people living in an insecure environment.

Background: Obesity and depression are significant characteristics of people living in a state of chronic stress.

Purpose: Our aim was to determine the characteristics of depression in obese people living in an insecure unstable environment.

Materials And Methods: The case-control study was organized in two rural environments in Kosovo and Metochia, Serbia.

[Early pathohistological changes in dysfunction of arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis].

Background: In hemodialysis patients the most common cause of vascular access failure is neointimal hyperplasia of vascular smooth muscle cells at the venous anastomosis of arteriovenous fistulas.

Case Report: We presented a 76-year old patient who had developed fistula thrombosis without the presence of known risk factors the eighth day after the initial function. A histopathological finding pointed to a significant rate of neointimal proliferation, as an initial reasons for the fistula stenosis and trombosis.

Impact of metabolic syndrome and malnutrition on mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Objective: Metabolic abnormalities contribute to increases in the mortality rate of patients on hemodialysis. Here, we estimate the importance and influence of metabolic syndrome and malnutrition on mortality rate.

Design: This was a follow-up study.

[Frequency and characteristics of metabolic disorders in patients on haemodialysis].

Background/aim: . Metabolic syndrome and malnutrition represent metabolic abnormalities which significantly characterize patients on haemodialysis. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence and find characteristics of metabolic disbalance in patients on haemodialysis.

Central venous catheters in hemodialysis: to accept recommendations or to stick to own experience.

Background/aim: Hemodialysis catheter, as an integral part of hemodialysis, is a catheter placed into the jugular, subclav ian and femoral vein. The most common catheter-related complications are infections and thrombosis. The aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of complications associated with differently inserted central-vein catheters for hemodialysis.

[The influence of Helicobacter pylori infection on the occurance of gastroesophageal reflux in patients with renal insufficiency].

Introduction/aim: Gastric acid is a key factor in the pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease. A plausible mechanism by which the Helicobacter pylori infection might protect against reflux disease is by its propensity to produce atrophic gastritis. The aim of the study was to establish the influence of Helicobacter pylori infection on the occurrence of gastroesophageal reflux in patients with different stages of renal insufficiency.