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Medicina, Volume 46, Issue 5

May 2010 - 10 articles

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Articles (10)

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,114 Views
6 Pages

Lymph node retrieval after resection of rectal cancer following preoperative chemoradiotherapy

  • Tadas Latkauskas,
  • Paulius Lizdenis,
  • Rasa Jančiauskienė,
  • Darius Pranys,
  • Algimantas Tamelis and
  • Dainius Pavalkis

Background. According to the current guidelines of proper TNM staging, 12 lymph nodes per specimen are crucial. This study assessed the role of preoperative radiochemotherapy on the number of lymph nodes detected in the tumor-bearing specimen. Mater...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,185 Views
10 Pages

The value of clinical prognostic factors for survival in patients with invasive urinary bladder cancer

  • Jolita Asadauskienė,
  • Eduardas Aleknavičius,
  • Teresė Pipirienė Želvienė and
  • Feliksas Jankevičius

The aim of the study was to evaluate the value of clinical prognostic factors for survival of patients with invasive urinary bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Material and methods. A total of 115 patient...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,299 Views
8 Pages

The effect of induced sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on neutrophil migration in vitro

  • Agnė Babušytė,
  • Jolanta Jeroch,
  • Rimantas Stakauskas,
  • Kristina Stravinskaitė,
  • Kęstutis Malakauskas and
  • Raimundas Sakalauskas

Objective. The aim of study was to investigate a chemotactic effect of induced sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid on blood neutrophils in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy individuals. Material and methods....

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,325 Views
6 Pages

Surgical treatment of metastatic tumors of the femur

  • Vytautas Toliušis,
  • Romas Jonas Kalesinskas,
  • Mindaugas Kiudelis,
  • Almantas Maleckas and
  • Mindaugas Grikšas

Objective. To evaluate the patients functional outcome and pain control after resection of metastatic femoral tumors. Material and methods. A prospective randomized clinical study was conducted, which included 26 cases of metastatic tumors of the fe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,338 Views
7 Pages

Comparative diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis of hepatic hemangiomas

  • Kristina Žvinienė,
  • Inga Zaborienė,
  • Algidas Basevičius,
  • Nemira Jurkienė,
  • Giedrius Barauskas and
  • Juozas Pundzius

Aim. To compare the value of intravenous contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (US), intravenous contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of hepatic hemangiomas. Material and methods. The study en...

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  • Open Access
1,120 Views
5 Pages

Tyrimo tikslas. Ištirti pagrindinio broncho bigės rankinių siūlių atsparumą slėgiui, rasti jų silpnąsias vietas ir būdus padaryti jas atsparesnes. Tyrimo medžiaga ir metodai. Patologijos skyriuje atrinkome ir paruošėme 16 mirusių žmonių trachėją ir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,056 Views
4 Pages

Gliomatosis cerebri

  • Rymantė Gleiznienė,
  • Ugnius Bučinskas,
  • Saulius Lukoševičius,
  • Antanas Vaitkus,
  • Simona Letautienė,
  • Daiva Apanavičiūtė and
  • Milda Galvonaitė

Gliomatosis cerebri is a rare diffusely infiltrating glial tumor involving two or more lobes and is frequently is bilateral. Infiltrative extent of tumor is out of proportion to histological and clinical features. We present a case in which finally t...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,158 Views
6 Pages

mTHPC-mediated photodynamic treatment of Lewis lung carcinoma in vitro and in vivo

  • Daiva Dabkevičienė,
  • Vaidotas Stankevičius,
  • Gražina Graželienė,
  • Arvydas Markuckas,
  • Janina Didžiapetrienė and
  • Vida Kirvelienė

Background and objective. The ongoing search for the enhancement of efficacy of photodynamic therapy stimulates the interest in molecular mechanisms of the response to the treatment. Looking for the cell line suitable for investigation of cellular re...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
1,248 Views
9 Pages

Evaluation of health-related quality of life in patients with breast cancer

  • Rugilė Ivanauskienė,
  • Rima Kregždytė and
  • Žilvinas Padaiga

Background. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, comprising about 23% of all cancer types. About 1300 new cases of breast cancer are registered in Lithuania annually. During the last decade, health-related quality of life has become a...

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3 Citations
1,235 Views
4 Pages

Ūminis glomerulonefritas, susijęs su mikoplazmine pneumonija

  • Petras Kaltenis,
  • Vilija Užomeckienė,
  • Kristina Jūra Rygertienė and
  • Genovaitė Bernatonienė

Straipsnyje aprašomas gana retas atvejis – ūminis glomerulonefritas, susijęs su mikoplazmine pneumonija. Literatūros duomenimis, mikoplazminė infekcija gali būti susijusi su įvairaus pobūdžio inkstų pažeidimu, tačiau mūsų stebėtu atveju inkstų liga n...

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