Folia medicaPub Date : 2026-02-25DOI: 10.3897/folmed.68.e168772
Feridoun Sabzi, Atefeh Asadmobini, Behzad Mahaki, Leila Solouki
{"title":"Cox versus log-logistic models for long-term survival in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with and without coronary endarterectomy.","authors":"Feridoun Sabzi, Atefeh Asadmobini, Behzad Mahaki, Leila Solouki","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e168772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e168772","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Survival outcomes after coronary endarterectomy (CE) in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) remain controversial due to variable complications. Selecting optimal survival models is challenging, especially in underrepresented Middle Eastern cohorts with high CE rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2026-02-25DOI: 10.3897/folmed.68.e162507
Turgay T Kalinov
{"title":"When two pathologies collide: a case report of acute appendicitis in a patient with an enlarged abdominal aortic aneurysm.","authors":"Turgay T Kalinov","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e162507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e162507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute appendicitis and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rarely coexist, but when they do, they present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. A 6 7-year-old male with a known 70 mm AAA presented with signs of acute appendicitis. Conservative management failed, and open appendectomy via McBurney incision was performed successfully. In patients with large AAAs and concomitant acute surgical abdomen, early multidisciplinary assessment and cautious surgical planning are critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hyperbaric oxygen therapy of diabetic foot ulcers: a pilot study.","authors":"Vasilka Gyurova-Kancheva, Angelina Kirkova-Bogdanova, Daniela Taneva, Hristo Bozov, Yozlem Kyuldzheva","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e166916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e166916","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Ulcers caused by a diabetic foot are among the most common and serious complications of diabetes mellitus and lead to severe medical and social consequences for individuals and society. Their treatment should be complex and individualized, given the complex etiology and pathogenesis of this type of lesion. One of the established complementary methods in therapy is the application of oxygen by inhalation under high pressure (above atmospheric) or the so-called hyperbaric oxygenation.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2026-02-24DOI: 10.3897/folmed.68.e164570
Edoardo Ipponi, Fabrizia Gentili, Francesco Rosario Campo, Fabio Cosseddu, Antonio D'Arienzo, Paolo Domenico Parchi, Lorenzo Andreani
{"title":"More than just sciatica. Clinical presentation, surgical treatment and functional outcomes of sciatic nerve schwannomas.","authors":"Edoardo Ipponi, Fabrizia Gentili, Francesco Rosario Campo, Fabio Cosseddu, Antonio D'Arienzo, Paolo Domenico Parchi, Lorenzo Andreani","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e164570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e164570","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2026-02-24DOI: 10.3897/folmed.68.e168963
Konstantinos Natsis, George Konstantinidis, Maria Piagkou, George Triantafyllou, Alexandros Samolis, Trifon Totlis, George Tsakotos, Dimitrios Chytas, Juergen Koebke
{"title":"Morphological variability of the gastrocnemius muscle's third head: cadaveric dissection findings.","authors":"Konstantinos Natsis, George Konstantinidis, Maria Piagkou, George Triantafyllou, Alexandros Samolis, Trifon Totlis, George Tsakotos, Dimitrios Chytas, Juergen Koebke","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e168963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e168963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2026-02-24DOI: 10.3897/folmed.68.e169306
Yana Gvozdeva
{"title":"Development and validation of a UV-spectrophotometric method for determination of an ACE inhibitor in pharmaceutical formulations.","authors":"Yana Gvozdeva","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e169306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e169306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2026-02-24DOI: 10.3897/folmed.68.e163602
Meena Abdul Wadood, Aseel Al Haidar, Nada Radhi
{"title":"Impact of extracted primary teeth on occlusion and its relation to weight status among a group of children.","authors":"Meena Abdul Wadood, Aseel Al Haidar, Nada Radhi","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e163602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e163602","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disorders in lipid metabolism, oxidative stress, and antioxidants in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment without major depression.","authors":"Gallayaporn Nantachai, Michael Maes, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi, Arisara Amrapala, Asara Vasupanrajit, Solaphat Hemrungrojn, Chavit Tunvirachaisakul","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e166867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e166867","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is characterized by changes in lipids and oxidative stress (OS). It is crucial to exclude patients with major depression (MDD) to accurately evaluate these biomarkers in aMCI.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2026-02-24DOI: 10.3897/folmed.68.e168540
Gergana S Pavlova, Maria S Becheva, Angelina G Kirkova-Bogdanova, Maria K Bozhkova
{"title":"Monitoring the effect of noninvasive cosmetic procedures on skin photoaging.","authors":"Gergana S Pavlova, Maria S Becheva, Angelina G Kirkova-Bogdanova, Maria K Bozhkova","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e168540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e168540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2026-01-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.68.e155194
Nikolaos Stefanos Bastas, Elena Dragioti, Athanasios Basios, Ioanna Mega, Evangelos Kokkinis, Aikaterini D Lianou
{"title":"A narrative review of mechanisms underlying tinnitus, depression, and anxiety.","authors":"Nikolaos Stefanos Bastas, Elena Dragioti, Athanasios Basios, Ioanna Mega, Evangelos Kokkinis, Aikaterini D Lianou","doi":"10.3897/folmed.68.e155194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.68.e155194","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tinnitus is a distressing condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Subjective tinnitus is characterized by the perception of sound without an external source. There are a few hypotheses, but exact causes and mechanisms remain unclear. Several studies have identified a strong correlation between tinnitus and psychological disorders, particularly depression. This review explores the relationship between tinnitus and disorders such as anxiety and depression. The aim was to examine the underlying mechanisms that contribute to this association.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147510731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}