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Volume 39, Issue 1, 2025
Online ISSN: 3042-3511
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Volume 39 , Issue 1, (2025)
Published: 31.03.2025.
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01.07.2017.
Original Article
Intracranial and chest bullets retained for 35 years - “luck’s always to blame”
Head gunshot injures are usually fatal. Elderly patients may have survived penetrating head injuries, since old bullets with lower velocity produce much less damage to brain tissue. We report a case of elderly male patient with mild head injury due to accidentally fall. Patient died a few hours after admission to Emergency Department. Autopsy finding showed one strayed projectile in the posterior horn of left lateral ventricle and one in the soft tissue of right VIII intercostal space. Later we obtained information that patient suffered multiple gunshot wounds about 35 years earlier. However, the cause of death was deterioration of long-term and severe hypertensive and atherosclerotic heart disease.
Vuk Aleksic, Miljan Mihajlovic, Marko Rapaic, Slobodan Savic, Dragan Jecmenica, Perica Jockic, Milan Spaic, Marko Samardzic, Nenad Zivkovic, Milenko Stanic, Ognjen Cukic
01.07.2017.
Case Report
A case of abandoned carcinoma of the penis
Penile tumors are rare neoplasms of the male urogenital tract and represent approximately 1% of all urogenital cancers in men. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common histological type of these tumors, and is seen in about 95% of the cases. We report a case of a 66 years old male patient presented with large, neglected cancer of the penis, which grew about 6 months, but patient was not motivated for treatment until tumor began to bleed. Patient was operated and tumor was completely removed. The early postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged from hospital Since penile cancers are rare entity, there are counted controversy about the best method of treatment. We believe that the individual approach to each patient relying on existing good clinical practice guidelines is currently the best therapeutic approach.
Perica Jockić, Vuk Aleksić, Zorana Bokun
01.12.2016.
Review Article
A case of abandoned carcinoma of the penis
Penile tumors are rare neoplasms of the male urogenital tract and represent approximately 1% of all urogenital cancers in men. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common histological type of these tumors, and is seen in about 95% of the cases. We report a case of a 66 years old male patient presented with large, neglected cancer of the penis, which grew about 6 months, but patient was not motivated for treatment until tumor began to bleed. Patient was operated and tumor was completely removed. The early postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged from hospital Since penile cancers are rare entity, there are counted controversy about the best method of treatment. We believe that the individual approach to each patient relying on existing good clinical practice guidelines is currently the best therapeutic approach.
Perica Jockić, Vuk Aleksić, Zorana Bokun
01.12.2015.
Review Article
The importance of Charlsonovog comorbidity index in assessing multiyear survival of patients with prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer mortality in men population. Multifactorial etiology, unpredictable course and outcome of the disease put survival determining factors of disease in the spotlight. One of new survival prognostic factors is Charlson Comorbidity Index – CCI. We presented basic characteristics of CCI, literature review regarding the CCI, as well as advantages and disadvantages of this index. CCI represents optimal balance between ease of use and prognostic capabilities. CCI value significantly contributes to better assessment of the long-term survival and the selection of appropriate cancer therapy.
Nikola Kolarovic, Bora Cvetkovic, Dragan Grebenarovic, Sasa Mazibrada, Goran Potpara, Aleksandar Argirovic, Aleksandar Antic, Vuk Aleksic, Perica Jockic
01.12.2015.
Review Article
PRIKAZI SLUČAJA CASE REPORTS Le Fort type 3 fracture or not?
Axial non-contrast CT scan is the standard technique in patients with head and/or face injury. The three dimensional CT imaging reconstruction is becoming a gold standard in trauma of maxillofacial region enabling a clear perception of fracture lines and resulting displacement of fracture fragments. Le Fort fractures are fractures of the midface. In Le Fort type 3 fracture the craniofacial disjunction is present. A 91-yearold female had a mild facial trauma as a result of accidental fall. Axial CT scan showed artifacts, but three dimensional CT imaging reconstruction showed typical Le Fort type 3 fracture. Since clinical and 3D CT reconstruction finding were in complete contradiction, we repeated CT scan, which showed normal finding. This case is shows that in an era of incredible progress of neuroradiology, clinical examination still remains the best diagnostic tool.
Vuk Aleksic, Nenad Zivkovic, Marko Samardzic, Suzana Nedeljkovic, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Perica Jockic, Stojanka Bandur, Milenko Stanic
01.12.2015.
Review Article
A rare case of bladder Rhabdomyosarcoma in the adult patients
Bladder carcinomas are common medical problem of modern society. They represent second most common malignancy of genito-urinary sistem. Rhabdomyosarcoma is on of most common soft tissue tumor in infants and children, arising from immature cells destined to differentiate into striated muscle cells. On the other hand, bladder rhabdomyosarcomas in the adult population are extremely rare and so far only few cases are described in literature. We present a patient in the seventh decade of life, successfully operated from a rare type of embryonic bladder rhabdomyosarcoma, botrioid subtype.
Perica Jockic, Dragan Grebenarovic, Zorana Vukasinovic-Bokun, Sasa Mazibrada, Bora Cvetkovic, Aleksandar Argirovic, Aleksandar Antic, Nikola Kolarevic, Goran Potpara, Vuk Aleksic
01.12.2014.
Review Article
Poređenje ishoda lečenja pacijenata podvrgnutih TUR sa pacijentima lečenim BCG imunoterapijom nakon TUR -preliminarni rezutati
Karcinom mokraćne bešike predstavlja načešći malignitet urinarnog trakta. Primarni standardni tretman tumora mokraćne bešike je transuretralna resekcija (TUR), ali procenat recidiva kod pacijenata tretiranih samo TUR-om je do 70%, a procenat progresije tumora tj, invazije u mišićni sloj je oko 30%, a to su pacijenti kojima je indikovano radikalno operativno lečenje. Intravezikalna instalacija bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) nakon TUR tumora mokraćne bešike predstavlja dokazano najefikasnije pomoćno sredstvo u lečenju i profilaksi površinskih karcinoma mokraćne bešike. Cilj našeg rada je poređenje ishoda lečenja pacijenata podvrgnutih TUR sa pacijentima lečenim kombinovanom terapijom koja obuhvata sprovođenje imunoterapije intravezikalnom instalacijom BCG nakon TUR. Rezltati prikazani u radu predstavljaju izvod rezultata prospektivno-retrospektivne studije koja se od januara 2013. godine sprovodi na odeljenju Urologije KBC Zemun.
Perica Jockic, Nikola Kolarevic, Dragan Grebenarovic, Sasa Mazibrada, Bora Cvetkovic, Aleksandar Argirovic, Aleksandar Antic, Goran Potpara, Milenko Stanic, Vuk Aleksic