Epidemiological characteristics of malignant ovarian tumors in Vojvodina.

PURPOSE: Ovarian cancer ranks 6th in relation to new cases of malignant diseases among females and 2nd concerning gynecological cancers. The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiological situation of ovarian cancer in Vojvodina, Serbia. METHODS: In our study, we used a descriptive epidemiological method for the analysis of incidence and mortality of ovarian cancer in Vojvodina, based on the data of the Cancer Registry of Vojvodina. RESULTS: In the period 1987-2006, the average incidence rate of ovarian cancer was 15.28%/100,000 with an average annual increase of 1.15%; the average mortality rate for the same period was 9.24/100,000 with an average annual increase of 0.95%. The values of crude incidence rate (15.28/100,000) and standardized incidence rate (range 7.47 - 12.55/100,000) in Vojvodina correspond to the values in eastern and southern Europe. CONCLUSION: In the observed period of 20 years, the incidence and mortality rate indicate a tendency for increase, which can be characterized as an unfavorable epidemiological situation. New markers are being studied in order to find a solution for ovarian cancer screening.

[Acute abdominal complications after thoracic-pulmonary operations]. / Ostri koremni uslozhneniia sled grudno-belodrobni operatsii.

Serious abdominal complications occurring after chest and lung operations are discussed. The most common abdominal complications include acute dilatation of the stomach, paralytic ileus, gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage, as well as perforations of hollow abdominal organs. An interesting case presenting perforation of the small intestine after lung resection for pulmonary carcinoma is reported. The attention of surgeons is called to severe surgical complications, such as profuse hemorrhages from the gastrointestinal tract, and perforations of hollow abdominal organs, first and foremost.

[Our procedure with patients with spontaneous pneumothorax]. / Nashata taktika pri bolni sus spontanen pnevmotoraks.

Experience hitherto accumulated with the treatment of spontaneous hemopneumothorax (SHPT) is shared. The successful treatment of the condition is largely dependent on the promptly made diagnosis and hemorrhage control. Four patients are subjected to emergency thoracotomy, two are operated according to routinely planned surgery, and the remainder are treated by effecting closed pleural drainage following trocar thoracentesis. There are no postoperative complications, and postoperative lethality is nil.