JUNE 2026
VOL. 375 No. 6
PERSPECTIVE
CEREBROVASCULAR EVENTS AND NEUROCOGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS WITH ALTERATIONS IN POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC INDICATORS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
E. Tsitlidze, I. Rukhadze, I. Verulashvili, Derry Minyao NG.
Central University Clinic named after Academician N. Kipshidze, Tbilisi, Georgia, Vaja Pshavela Ave 29.
6-15
TRENDS IN GENERAL SURGERY PROCEDURE TYPES AND THEIR OUTCOMES FOR A NEWLY COMMISSIONED HOSPITAL
Saleh Alsuwaydani.
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University
16-20
BEYOND THE GENETIC CODE: SYSTEMIC REGULATORY MELTDOWN AS A FRAMEWORK FOR PRIMARY EPIGENETIC DISEASES
Maltsev Dmytro.
Department of modern technologies of medical diagnosis and treatment at Bogomolets National Medical University, Shevchenka Av, 13, Kyiv, Ukraine
21-42
STANDARDIZED PATIENT-BASED TRAINING AND CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC COMPETENCE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS: A RANDOMIZED COMPARATIVE STUDY
David Malidze, Lasha Dolidze, Natia Jojua, Tinatin Gognadze, Ana Jabauri, Eka Kokhreidze, Larisa Melia, Tamar Chanturia, Tamar Chkoidze, Stephen Charles Jones.
European University, Faculty of Medicine, Tbilisi, Georgia.
43-50
HODGKIN LYMPHOMA DIAGNOSED DURING THE SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY AND TREATED WITH ABVD CHEMOTHERAPY WITH FAVORABLE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL OUTCOMES: A CASE REPORT
Ghukasyan Norayr, Melik-Andreasyan Marine, Sahakyan Lusine.
Erebouni Medical center, Yerevan, Armenia.
Yeolyan Hematology and Oncology center, Yerevan, Armenia
51-54
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND IN GLIAL TUMOR SURGERY
Tchatchia Gr, Chelishvili I, Chutkerashvili G, Inauri N, Mermanishvili T.
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, University Unilevel, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Innova, Tbilisi, Georgia.
55-62
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: THE ROLE OF MEDICAL REHABILITATION — A LITERATURE REVIEW
Rakhmetullina A.K, Alimbayeva A.R, Orekhov A.Yu, Dairbekov Ye.Ye, Rakhmetullin A.B.
Semey Medical University, Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan.
63-72
GIANT CUTANEOUS HORN OF THE CHEEK: A CLINICAL CASE REPORT
N.G. Alibeyli, N.M. Amiraliyev, H.K. Muradov, N.V. Kerimova, K.N. Amiraliyev, A.T. Iskenderova, E.N. Mekhtiyeva, S.D. Huseynova.
Department of Oncology, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan.
73-76
NEUROPROTECTIVE FITNESS OF LOSARTAN AGAINST DOXORUBICIN INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY IN WHITE ALBINO RATS
Samara S. Yonus, Shamil H. Othman, Salah Yousif, Marwan Merkhan.
College of Pharmacy, Iraq.
College of Medicine, Iraq.
University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.
77-83
DYNAMIC BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTING POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Kurbanov Anvar Alamovich, Abdullaeva Yayra Davronovna, Matluba Badritdinova, Abdullaeva Vasila Karimbekovna, Khalimova Fariza Tursunbaevna, Marwan Ismail.
Department of Public Health and Health Care Management, Samarkand State Medical University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Department of Psychiatry, Narcology and Child Psychiatry, Medical Psychology, Samarkand State Medical University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Department of Internal Medicine in Family Medicine, Bukhara State Medical Institute, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
Department of Psychiatry, Narcology and Child Psychiatry, Medical Psychology, Tashkent State Medical University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Department of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Medico-Social Institute of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
84-89
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN CERVICAL CANCER MORTALITY AMONG MESTIZO AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN ECUADOR, 2010–2024
J. Orozco Pilco, C. Calderón Cabezas, L. Santander Samaniego, G. Damián Sinchiguano
State Polytechnic University of Carchi, Faculty of Health Sciences and Education Sciences, Tulcán, Ecuador.
National University of Chimborazo, School of Health Sciences, Riobamba, Ecuador.
90-95
DUAL-SOFTWARE INTEGRATION IN MEDICAL STATISTICS TEACHING: A CASE-BASED APPROACH TO F-DISTRIBUTION WITH DOUBAO AI AND R
Ling-Ling Zhou, Lian-Ping He.
School of Medicine, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, 318000 Zhejiang, China.
96-99
ASSESSMENT OF VITEX AGNUS-COSTES PLANT EXTRACT ON THE HEART OF MICE EXPOSED TO OXIDATIVE STRESS
Essmat J. Jamel, Ayoub Ali Hussein Al-bayti, Alaa E. Jamal, Asmaa E. Jamal.
College of Nursing Science, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq.
College of Health and Medical Techniques-kirkuk, Northern Technical University, Iraq. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3621-3369
Bahçeşehir University International, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kirkuk Teaching Hospital, Kirkuk Health Directorate, Kirkuk, Iraq.
100-110
CRYOTHERAPY FOR THE PREVENTION OF TAXANE-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN BREAST CANCER: A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER STUDY
Nana Chikladze, Salome Kordzaia, Lika Svanadze, Tamar Rukhadze, Carlos Centeno.
European University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
JSC vian “Caraps Medline”, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Ltd “Multiprofile Clinic Consilium Medulla”, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Todua Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia.
111-117
PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF AN ADAPTED BILINGUAL (RUSSIAN–KAZAKH) VERSION OF THE UW-QOL V4.1 QUESTIONNAIRE AND ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
Saipudinkyzy A, Yessirkepov Assilbek, Aitbayev Zhanabay, Laktionova M, Baimuratova M.
Deputy Dean of the School of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Candidate of Medical Sciences, S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Ph.D in Public Health, Obstetrician-gynecologist, LLP "Ls Clinic, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Health and Social Sciences of Medicine Medical University «KSPH», Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
PhD in Medicine, Associate Professor, Kazakh Medical University “Higher School of Public Health”, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
118-127
EFFECTIVENESS OF STANDARD AND INDIVIDUALIZED MARPE DEVICES IN ADULT PATIENTS BASED ON CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA
Andriy Kyrylyuk, Mykola Rozhko, Mykola Kyrylyuk, Liubow Kyryliuk, Olena Rozhko.
PhD Student of the Department of Dentistry, PO, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; Owner and Medical Director, Kyrylyuk Orthodontics, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Dentistry, PO, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
PhD in Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano- Frankivsk, Ukraine.
Doctor, Kyrylyuk Orthodontics, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
128-137
SELECTIVE BRONCHIAL ARTERY CHEMOINFUSION IN NSCLC: CURRENT STATE OF REGIONAL THERAPY AND ITS ROLE IN MULTIMODAL APPROACHES
Issametov Davran Rashitovich, Gantsev Kamil Shamilevich, Arybzhanov Dauranbek Tursunculovich, Osman Kostek, Kemelbekov Kanatzhan Saukhanbekovich, Balakhnin Pavel Vasilyevich, Saburov Alisher Radzhapbaevich, Saburova Saidokhon Alisherovna.
Head of the department of chemotherapy and endovascular oncology of the city multidisciplinary hospital with an oncology center, chief chemotherapist of the Shymkent Health Care Institution, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Oncology and Clinical Morphology of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation.
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Medical Work of the Regional Multidisciplinary Clinic of the Zhetisu Regional Healthcare Institution, Taldykorgan, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Medical oncologist, Marmara University, department of medical oncology, Vice President of the «Eurasian Oncology Society», Istanbul, Turkey.
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Head Department of Pediatrics-1, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy JSC, Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan.
MD, Ph.D., Senior Researcher of the Scientific Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Physician of X-ray Endovascular Diagnostics and Treatment, Head of the Department of Radiological and Cardiological Diagnostics and Treatment of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Assistant, Department of General Medical Practice-3, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy JSC, Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan.
5th year student, Department of Pediatrics-1, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy JSC, Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan.
138-146
ASSESSMENT OF SUBCLINICAL RENAL INSULT IN SHORT - AND LONG-TERM UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION USING INTEGRATED MOLECULAR INDEX OF NGAL AND KIM-1
Rasha A.H. Alathary, Nawal Khinteel Jabbar, Sundus K. Hamzah.
Department of Pathological Analysis, College of Science, Al-Qadisiyah University, Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq.
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq.
Department of Chemistry, College of Education, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq.
147-152
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE MODERN WORLD: THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTIONS
Olena Kozeratska, Adelina Gutnitska, Oksana Vdovichenko, Vitalii Spivak, Alisa Kabesheva.
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Chief Forensic Psychiatrist, Chief Researcher of the Scientific Research Department, State Institution “Institute of Forensic Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Teacher, Chernivtsi Medical Professional College, Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Department of Theory and Methods of Practical Psychology, Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Psychology and Social Sciences, State Institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky”, Odesa, Ukraine.
Ph.D. in Psychology, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Special Education, Phsychology and Social Work, Кamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University, Кamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine.
Candidate of Psychological Sciences on Specialty Pedagogical and Age Psychology, State Institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky”, Odesa, Ukraine
153-160
MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC APICAL PERIODONTITIS WITH FURCATION INVOLVEMENT USING HIGH-TEMPERATURE SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IRRIGATION: A CASE REPORT
Zurab S. Khabadze, Magomed-Ali A. Gasbanov, Nasrula R. Akhmedov, David A. Babakhanov, Khamzat A. Umarov, Nikita A. Dolzhikov, Eliso M. Kakabadze, Nadezhda A. Khachatryan, Veranika M. Slonova.
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University), Moscow, Russian Federation.
161-165
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RISK FACTORS FOR ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CO VID-19
Hafiza S. Zhetpisbayeva, Karashash M. Askarova, Aigerim E. Tolendiyeva, Kalima T. Kupenova, Baglan O. Zharmagambetova, Nurzhamal D. Imambayeva, Zhaniya I. Zhakypova.
NJSC “Astana Medical University”, 49/A Beibitshilik Street, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
JSC “National Scientific Medical Center”, 42 Abylaikhan Avenue, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
Multidisciplinary City Children’s Hospital, 12 Ryskulov Street, Astana 020000, Kazakhstan.
Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
166-174
VOLUMETRIC AND RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES OF BONE REGENERATION AFTER APICOECTOMY WITH PRF-BASED THERAPIES - A PRELIMINARY STUDY
Lavdie Leci, Berat Lenjani, Ilijana Muratovska.
Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Department of Oral Surgery, University Clinical Center of Kosova, Pristina, Kosovo.
Department of Cariology and Endodontics, Faculty of dentistry, University “St. Cyril and Methodicus
175-182
ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND ENTEROBACTER SPP. CAUSING COMMUNITYACQUIRED INFECTIONS IN MÉRIDA, VENEZUELA
María Evelyn Alviárez, Mario Alexander Aguilar Balseca, Ana Carolina González Romero, Betzabeth Thayin Guillen Armijo, Eva Iralic Quiñonez Ruiz.
Faculty of Pharmacy and Bioanalysis, University of the Andes (ULA),5101 Mérida, Venezuela.
Faculty of Health Sciences and Educational Sciences, State Polytechnic University of Carchi, 040102 Tulcán, Ecuador.
Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Chimborazo, 060104 Riobamba, Ecuador.
183-188
SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT IN NEONATAL CARE: CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE, IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES, AND LONGTERM OUTCOMES IN GEORGIA
Nino Totadze, Nino Adamia, Manana Kobakhidze, Irine Kekelidze, Julieta Kikvadze, Lasha Tchelidze.
PhD, Pediatrician, Nutritionist, Associate Professor at European University, Jo Ann University Hospital. Expert of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia. President of the Georgian Children's Health Care Association.
PhD, Professor, Pediatrician, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Associate Professor, Tbilisi State Medical University, G. Zhvania Pediatric University Clinic of TSMU, Tbilisi, Georgia.
G. Zhvania Pediatric University Clinic of TSMU, Head of Neonatology Department, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Medical Biology and Parasitology, Director of the Georgian Association of Allergology and
Clinical Immunology, Tbilisi, Georgia.
189-198
ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AS A CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: TOWARD A FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATIVE MODEL
L. Stepanyan, E. Asrian, G. Lalayan, N. Harutyunyan.
Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
199-206
IMPACT OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER PREECLAMPSIA SCREENING TEST ON THE OUTCOME OF PREGNANCY BETWEEN THE PATIENTS WITH OR WITHOUT THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFERTILITY
Guranda Okropiridze, Arsen Gvenetadze, Revaz Sulukhia, Rusudan Gvenetadze, Diana Chanukvadze, Lela Iremadze, Ana Gvenetadze, Maka Gegechkori, Nino Kikvadze.
Tbilisi state university, Zurab Sabakhtarashvili Reproductive Clinic, Gudushauri National Medical Center, Georgia.
207-211
PREVENTION OF LOCAL POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES (CEAP C3–C5
Yerlan A. Salmenbayev, Yessengazy O. Massalimov, Altai A. Dyussupov, Nazarbek B. Omarov, Assem D. Kazangapova.
Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery University Hospital of the NCJSC «SMU», Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan (Semey Medical University, Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company).
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery named after Bulanov B.S. NCJSC «SMU», Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan (Semey Medical University, Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company).
Chairman of the Board Rector NCJSC «SMU», Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan (Semey Medical University, Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company).
Head of the Department of Hospital Surgery NCJSC «SMU», Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan (Semey Medical University, Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company).
Department of Internal Medicine №3, NCJSC «Astana Medical University», Astana, the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana Medical University,
Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company).
212-221
SAFETY OF TAMSULOSIN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH 5α-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS ON LIPID PROFILE, RENAL FUNCTION, AND LIVER PARAMETERS
Aws S. Sheet, Mohammed KJ. Alnori.
Kirkuk Teaching Hospital, Kirkuk Health Directorate, Kirkuk, Iraq.
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.
222-229
ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIFESTYLE CLINIC INTERVENTIONS ON CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Zeyad Hussain Althumali, Jumana Hamed Khouja, Reem F Alnemari, Moteab Sayer Alotaybi, Fawziah Roublah, Asma M. Alahmari, Abdullah H. Jabbad, Adeeb A Almohammadi, Hatem mazen Alsolami.
Preventive Medicine and Public Health, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Consultant Preventive Medicine and Public Health, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Consultant Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ministry of National Guard, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
230-237
EFFICACY OF PERINDOPRIL IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION (HFrEF)
Natia Nazghaidze, Rusudan Agladze, Zviad Kereselidze, Nika Kuridze, Sophio Ungiadze, Shalva Petriashvili.
Cardiology Division, Caucasus Medical Centre, Georgia.
238-247