Abstract Background: Anastomotic leakage is a dreaded complication of colorectal surgery, as it greatly increases the morbidity, mortality and has been associated with augmented local recurrence and diminished survival. The...
Abstract Objective: This study was undertaken in order to determine if antibiotic prophylaxis is mandatory, after the insertion of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in order to decrease the risk of pelvic inflammatory...
Abstract Rationale: Different Utstein based reporting systems are used for research purpose in resuscitative medicine worldwide and resuscitation attempts data are available from different countries. In Romania, the only data...
Abstract Breast cancer is a major health problem that requires multiple forms of treatment, including surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy and more recently, reconstructive surgery. The aim of this study is to...
Abstract Background. Hepatitis B and C viruses’ infections are often associated with hematological disorders in evolution, suggesting that these viruses have a tropism for peripheral blood and/or bone marrow cells. Aim....
Abstract Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an autosomal dominant genetic transmitted disease, with a rare incidence (1-2 cases/million persons) and it usually affects female patients. Its manifestations include...
Abstract Objective. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between fasting proinsulin (PI) and age in general population and to determine whether there are differences regarding this association in obese and...
Abstract Hypothesis: The length of hospital stay (LOS) is a unanimously accepted measure of risk and treatment efficacy for in-patients. Purpose: Our aim was to identify the parameters with predictive value for the LOS of...