3 research outputs found
Discoid Lateral Meniscus Incidence During Knee Arthroscopy
Discoid meniscus is a morphological anomaly of the lateral meniscus that appears in 1–5% of meniscectomies. A precise diagnosis remains difficult to make, and many dilemmas hinder effective treatment
Age as a prognostic factor in skin melanoma
The aim of this study was to establish whether older patients with skin
melanoma (in an analyzed group of 189 patients treated at the Institute for
Oncology and Radiology of Serbia from 2004 to 2008), have worse survival
compared to younger patients. In 100 men and 89 women with an average age of
58.9 years, the following parameters were observed and statistically
analyzed in SPSS: gender, age, localization, tumor thickness, ulceration,
lymphonodal status and invasion level. In the four age subgroups -
quartiles, the best survival was shown in patients <50 years (85.7%), and
the worst in patients >70 years (76.1%). Patients without ulcerations, with
negative lymph nodes, thin melanomas and Clark levels I and II had
significantly better survival outcomes. Although the results showed no
statistical significance of age as a prognostic factor in the survival of
patients with skin melanoma, further research on a larger number of patients
is warranted