CONTENTS	Volume 19, No. 3, 2024

EDITORIAL
Ten Years After
Mircea CINTEZA

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Anxiety and Depression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy Compared to Those Receiving Immunotherapy
Christos STYLIANOU, Theocharis KONSTANTINIDIS, Ioannis KALEMIKERAKIS, Dimitrios Konstantinos PAPAGEORGIOU, Alkmena KAFAZI, Paraskevi PRAPA, Nektarios ALEVIZOPOULOS, Ourania GOVINA

Evaluation of Malignant Lung Tumor Motion Comparing to Fix Point during Different Respiratory Phases on Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography
Hesamedin SHAHBAZI, Mohammad Amin Mosleh SHIRAZI, Siamak FARAHANGIZ

Impact of Peripheral Arterial Disease on Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Flavius-Alexandru GHERASIE, Mihaela-Roxana POPESCU, Daniela BARTOS

NF-kB p65 and NF-kB p50 of the Rel Family. A Comparison between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
Stamatis S. PAPADATOS, Antigoni MITSELOU, Evangeli LAMPRI, Anna VAROUKTSI, Vasileios GRAMMENIATIS, Antonios KLAROUDAS, Konstantinos KATSANOS, Vasiliki GALANI

Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: Effect of Antireflux PPI Therapy on Nasal Congestion and Olfaction
Vasiliki FLOROU, Nikos KAMARGIANNIS, Ioannis BIZAKIS, Charalampos SKOULAKIS, Jiannis HAJIIOANNOU

Association of Adipokines and CIMT in Metabolic Syndrome in Western Uttar Pradesh Population: a Cross-Sectional Study
Ravi Pratap SINGH, Kalpana CHAUHAN, Alok TRIPATHI, Rekha CHOUDHARY

Lumbar Spinal Rahisynthesis with Plif: a Retrospective Study of 58 Patients Demonstrating Imaging and Clinical Outcomes with One Year Follow-up
Konstantinos ZYGOGIANNIS, Ioannis CHATZIKOMNINOS, Savvas MOSCHOS, Ioannis PALAVOS, G. C. THIVAIOS, Anastasios KALAMPOKIS

Are the Hematological Parameters Useful in Differentiating Acute Pyelonephritis from Cystitis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease?
Ioana DICU-ANDREESCU, Liliana GARNEATA, Otilia-Andreea CIUREA, Irinel-Gabriel DICU-ANDREESCU, Elena-Alexandra UNGUREANU, Denis-Valentin VLAD, Antonia-Constantina VISAN, Victor-Gabriel UNGUREANU, Violeta-Valentina VLAD, Patrick-Christian VASIOIU, Elis-Mihaela CIUTACU, Mihaela NEICU, Mircea PENESCU, Constantin VERZAN, Cristina CAPUSA

Is the Prevalence of Biopsy-Proven Glomerulopathies in Adults Changing Over Time?
Nicolae PANA, Laura CHIOTAN, Otilia CIUREA, Nicoleta PETRE, Dana DUMITRU, Cristina CAPUSA

Considerations on Image Preprocessing Techniques Required by Deep Learning Models. The Case of the Knee MRIs
A. BOTNARI, M. KADAR, J. M. PATRASCU

Psychoemotional and Financial Impact on Infertile Women in a Romanian Population
Cristina Diana POPESCU, Romina Marina SIMA, Denisa Oana BALALAU, Mihaela AMZA, Delia BOGHEANU, Liana PLES

An Evaluation of Cognitive Abilities in Vestibular Disorders
Umesh MADHUSUDHAN, Neemu HAGE, M. KALPANA, G. VIDYA, Archana GAUR, Vidya SINGARAVELU, Ananad PYATI, Ashok John NITIN, Madhuri TARANIKANTI, Parag PATIL

Associations between the Volume of Bilateral ‎Inferior Turbinates with Ipsilateral and Contralateral Sinus Mucosal Lining Thicknesses in Various ‎Ages and Sexes: a CBCT Study of 302 Individuals‎
Mahshid RAZAVI, Sanaz SHARIFISHOSHTARI, Farzin AFSHARI, Vahid RAKHSHAN

Advancing Diagnostic Techniques for Implant-Related Infections: the Synergistic Effect of Sonication and Dithiothreitol
Matthaios BAKALAKOS, Margarita-Michaela AMPADIOTAKI, Christos VLACHOS, Antonios STYLIANAKIS, Nikolaos SIPSAS, Spiros PNEUMATICOS, John VLAMIS

Effect of Contamination of Resin Composite with Latex Gloves Containing Corn Powder on Shear Bond Strength to Bovine Dentin Using Two Types of Bonding Systems
Mehdi DANESHPOOY, Elmira JAFARI-NAVIMIPOUR, Mohammad MOTAGHIZADEE-GARGARI, Reza SAFARALIZADEH, Yashar REZAI

Long Term Outcomes after Surgery for Inguinal Hernia: a Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Outcomes of Desarda and Lichtenstein Repairs with Three Years of Follow-Up
Akshant Anil PATHAK, Aakash FOUZDAR, Karan KUMAR, Vivek AGRAWAL, Naveen SHARMA, Vaibhav AGGARWAL

Burden of Vitamin D and Vitamin B12 Deficiency among Older Patients in North India: a Single-Centre Study
Koushik BISWAS, Vivek KUSHWAHA, Jitendra Kumar SINGH, Altaf Ahmad MIR

The Incidence of Myocardial Infarction after Vaccination against COVID-19: a Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review
Azadeh SADATNASERI, Hamed GHOSHOUNI, Seyede Zahra Emami RAZAVI, Omid MIRMOSAYYEB, Mohaddeseh AZADVARI, Maryam HOSSEINI, Fatemeh GUITYNAVARD, Mahsa GHAJARZADEH, Maryam POURSHAMS

COVID-19 among Physically Active and Physically Inactive Individuals
Medala KALPANA, Roja KATTA, Umesh MADHUSUDHAN, Archana GAUR, Vidya GANJI, Madhuri TARANIKANTI, John NITIN, Vasanth Kumar KASTURI

Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Symptomatology among Healthcare Workers: Insights from a Tertiary Hospital
B. H. SHRIKRISHNA, Vijay BIDKAR, Sandeep DABHEKAR, Prathipati KIRANKUMAR, Gadwal DEEPA

REVIEWS
Is There a Place for Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair in the Realm of Laparoscopic and Open Inguinal Hernia Repair? A Narrative Review
Claudiu-Octavian UNGUREANU, Floris STANCULEA, Octav GINGHINA, Cosmin ENE, Niculae IORDACHE

A Comprehensive Review of Laparoscopic Left Colectomy for Acute Diverticulitis: Techniques, Outcomes and Complications
Danilo COCO, Silvana LEANZA, Massimo Giuseppe VIOLA

Natural Compounds and Cancer: Current Evidences
Aikaterini D. LIANOU, Georgios D. LIANOS, Dimitrios SCHIZAS, Nikolaos MACHAIRAS, Michail MITSIS, George A. ALEXIOU

3D Printing in ENT Training: Current State-of-the-Art and Perspectives
Marios STAVRAKAS, Nikolaos TSETSOS, Georgios MENEXES, Stefanos TRIARIDIS, Panagiotis BAMIDIS, Jannis CONSTANTINIDIS, Petros D. KARKOS

CASE REPORTS
Intracavernous Aneurysm Mimicking Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
Konstantina DINAKI, Anastasia SARAFIDOU, Constantinos PAPADOPOULOS, Stefanos TRIARIDIS, Petros KARKOS

Combination of Diuretics in States of Resistant Nephrotic Edema: a Case Presentation
Valentina-Georgiana FRATILA, Gabriela LUPUSORU, Bogdan Marian SOROHAN, Bogdan OBRISCA, Valentin MOCANU, Mircea LUPUSORU, Gener ISMAIL

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma within a Second Branchial Cleft Cyst. A Diagnostic and Treatment Challenge
Antonios SKALIAS, Konstantinos GAREFIS, Nikolaos TSETSOS, John GOUDAKOS

Τhe Importance of Elastography in the Early Diagnosis of Highly Differentiated Parotid Tumors: a Case-Report
Aikaterini D. LIANOU, Lentiona BASIARI, Theodoros MALISOVAS, Charikleia KOUTSIKOU, Georgios PSYCHOGIOS

Chronic Cough: a Symptom between Pulmonary and Psychogenic Disease. A Case of Misdiagnosed Endobronchial Hamartoma
Alexandros PATSOURAS, Markos PATSOURAS, Nikolaos GARMPIS, Anna GARMPI, Evangelos DIAMANTIS, Paraskevi FARMAKI, Georgios KYRIAKOS, Spyridon SAVVANIS, Nikolaos GRAVVANIS, Christos DAMASKOS

Mixed Germ Cell Tumor (GCT) of Ovary with Atypical Presentation
Manisha JHIRWAL, Swati TRIVEDI, Shashank SHEKHAR, Charu SHARMA