Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Apr 2006
Microcoagulation of junctional dorsal root entry zone is effective treatment of brachial plexus avulsion pain: long-term follow-up study.
To analyze long-term clinical results of coagulation lesions of the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) in patients with deafferentation pain due to brachial plexus avulsion and to correlate the pain relief after DREZ coagulation with pain duration before the DREZ coagulation. ⋯ The long-term follow up showed that the pain relief gradually decreased over 5 years after surgery. However, the pain relief still did not significantly decrease after 3 years.
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Croatian medical journal · Apr 2006
Anterior instrumentation for correction of adolescent thoracic idiopathic scoliosis: historic prospective study.
To compare the results of anterior instrumentation and standard posterior procedure for correction of adolescent thoracic idiopathic scoliosis. ⋯ Compared with the standard posterior approach, the anterior approach resulted in better three-dimensional correction of idiopathic thoracic scoliosis.
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To assess patient expectations from a consultation with a family physician and determine the level and area of patient involvement in the communication process. ⋯ Discussing biomedical issues was more important for the patients than discussing psychological issues. The patients wanted to hear more about the cause and seriousness of their symptoms and about test results. The family physicians provided more psychosocial care than the patients had expected. Considering high patient involvement in the consultation process and the overall responsiveness of the family physicians to the patients during the consultation, Estonian physicians provide patient-centered consultations.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2006
Road traffic noise and sleep disturbances in an urban population: cross-sectional study.
To explore the relationship between sleep disturbances caused by traffic noise and relevant personality traits, such as extroversion-introversion, neuroticism, and subjective noise sensitivity. ⋯ Urban population living in noisy area was at higher risk for sleep disturbances than population living in the quiet area. Furthermore, sleep disturbances were significantly and positively related to personality traits of neuroticism, subjective noise sensitivity, and noise annoyance.