Case-control study of risk factors for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in Croatian island populations

R Saftić, M Grgić, B Ebling, B Splavski - Croatian medical journal, 2006 - hrcak.srce.hr
Aim: To investigate the risk factors for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation (L4/L5 or L5/S1)
severe enough to require surgery of the lower spine among 9 isolated populations of …

Five-year outcomes after transforaminal endoscopic foraminotomy and discectomy for soft and calcified thoracic disc herniations

K Houra, R Saftic, M Knight - International Journal of Spine Surgery, 2021 - ijssurgery.com
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and long-term clinical outcomes
of transforaminal full endoscopic discectomy and foraminotomy performed with manual …

Early surgery and other indicators influencing the outcome of war missile skull base injuries

B Splavski, D Vranković, G Šarić, R Saftić… - Surgical neurology, 1998 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of early surgical management
protocol and other important clinical features on the prognosis of patients suffering from …

[HTML][HTML] Transforaminal endoscopic discectomy for large, two level calcified, thoracic disc herniations with 5-year follow-up

K Houra, R Saftic - Neurospine, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To describe technical details and benefits of transforaminal endoscopic discectomy for treatment
of patients with large, dorsomedial, calcified thoracic disc herniations at 2 levels and to …

Long-term clinical outcomes following endoscopic foraminoplasty for patients with single-level foraminal stenosis of the lumbar spine

K Houra, R Saftic, E Klaric, M Knight - International Journal of Spine …, 2022 - ijssurgery.com
Background The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and long-term clinical outcomes
of transforaminal endoscopic foraminoplasty using local anesthesia and total intravenous …

Clinical predictors correlated to outcome of war missile penetrating brain injury

B Splavski, D Vranković, R Saftić… - Acta Medica Croatica …, 2006 - europepmc.org
Results Sixty-seven patients survived penetrating missile brain injury, in most of them with
GCS score above 8 on admission. The mean time interval to hospital admission in this group …

[PDF][PDF] Long-term Clinical Outcomes Following Endoscopic

K Houra, R Saftic, E Klaric, M Knight - 2022 - repository.medri.uniri.hr
Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and long-term clinical outcomes
of transforaminal endoscopic foraminoplasty using local anesthesia and total intravenous …

Perkutana laser dekompresija–naša iskustva s upotrebom diodnog lasera

K Rotim, R Saftić, G Lakičević - Rad Hrvatske akademije znanosti i …, 2009 - hrcak.srce.hr
PLDD (Perkutana laser disk dekompresija) siguran je, nedestruktivan i uspješan kirurški
zahvat kod lumbalne diskus hernije. Cilj ove studije je bio evaluacija prednosti procedure …

[PDF][PDF] PERCUTANEOUS LASER DISK DECOMPRESSION-OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE USAGE OF THE DIODE LASER

K Rotim, R Saftić, G Lakičević - Rad Hrvatske akademije …, 2009 - laserspinetraining.center
Introduction: PLDD (Percutaneous laser disk decompression) is a safe, non-destructive and
successful surgical treatment for lumbar disk herniation. The purpose of this study was the …

Can Staphylococcus epidermidis from blood products be dangerous for patients subjected to arthroplasty? The importance of communication between blood bank and …

I Batarilo, R Saftić, J Gulan Harcet… - 25th Regional Congress …, 2015 - croris.hr
Background: Bacterial contamination of blood products (BP) represents the highest infectious
risk of transfusion treatments. The recipient’s reaction depends of the pathogenicity and …