CONTENTS	Volume 20, No. 1, 2025

EDITORIAL
Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
Mircea CINTEZA

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality Among Elderly and Octogenarian Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery
Aikaterini FOTOPOULOU, Nikolaos GARMPIS, Myrto KERAMIDA, Dimitrios MANTAS

“Sandwich” Technique for the Management of Chronic and Hemorrhagic Cervicitis Vs Antibiotics Alone: a Case-Control Clinical Study
Stefanos ZERVOUDIS, Georgios IATRAKIS, Panagiotis ESKITZIS, Anisa MARKJA, Vasiliki MICHOU, Myrsini BALAFOUTA, Giannoula KYRKOU, Panagiotis TSIKOURAS

Mapping the Future: Anterior Segment OCT for Corneal Epithelial Thickness in Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis
Swarastra Prakash SINGH, Ruchi SHUKLA, Pragati GARG, Ashutosh Kumar MISHRA, Mukesh SHUKLA, SHRINKHAL, Nilakshi BANERJEE, Aparajita SHUKLA

Gender Differences in Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Results from a Clinical Sample
Lucia Emanuela ANDREI, Ilinca MIHAILESCU, Alexandra Mariana BUICA, Mihaela MOISE, Iuliana DOBRESCU, Florina RAD

Applying Cone Beam Computed Tomography to Examine Maxillary Sinus Septa and Figuring Out the Occurrence of Morphological Patterns
Mahshid RAZAVI, Seyyedeh Elham MOUSAVI, Amin BAKHSHI

Economic Resilience of Dental Practices in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the T/E (Turnover/Employee) Indicator
Delia RADOI, Silviu Mirel PITURU

Effect of Yoga on Pulmonary Function Tests and Arterial Stiffness in Post-COVID-19 Mild Moderate Cases
Ragini MUNDHE, Vidya GANJI, Veerisetty NEERAJA, Madhuri TARANIKANTI, Nitin Ashok JOHN, M. KALPANA, Madhusudhan UMESH, Archana GAUR

REVIEWS
The impact of Low-Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) on the Quality of Life in Rectal Cancer Survivors: a Narrative Review
Floris STANCULEA, Claudiu-Octavian UNGUREANU, Daniela ROCA, Octav GINGHINA, Raul MIHAILOV, Florin GRAMA, Niculae IORDACHE

Evidence for Furthermore Psychological Disorders in Women with PCOS and the Relation to Hyperandrogenemia and Insulin Resistance: a Systematic Review
Sofia THOMAIDI, Sophia KALANTARIDOU, George PAPAIOANNOU, Georgios VALSAMAKIS

Peripheral Opioid Receptors in the Modulation of Inflammatory Pain: a Narrative Review
Nader-Mugurel JAFAL, Smaranda STOLERU, Carmen ORBAN, Ion-Gigel FULGA

Neuroplasticity in Action: Transforming Brain Function through Neurorehabilitation
Estelle Havila EARL, Archana GAUR, Sakthivadivel VARATHARAJAN, Afna ANSARI, Anala BILLA, Naveen RAVI, Medala KALPANA, Prafull KAMBLE, Vandana Daulatabad, Anish SINGHAL, Vidya GANJI, Madhusudhan UMESH, Madhuri TARANIKANTI, Nitin Ashok JOHN

Current Knowledge of Neonatal Birth Asphyxia – a Review of Recent Literature and Novel Approach
Ioana Luciana BADILA (CONSTANTIN), Vlad DIMA, Corina Gabriela ZAHARIE

Vitamin K-Dependent Inhibition Mechanisms in Human Aortic Valve Calcification
Symeon-Evangelos MAVROUDEAS, Anastasios APOSTOLOS, Despoina SPYROPOULOU, George MATTHAIOPOULOS, Odysseas KATSAROS, Nikolaos KAFKAS, Evangelos TSIAMBAS, Konstantina AGGELI, Dimitrios TOUSOULIS, Constantinos TSIOUFIS, Konstantinos TOUTOUZAS

Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Multiple Sclerosis Who Had Exposure to Rituximab: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Fariba ASKARI, Mohsen RASTKAR, Elham Angouraj TAGHAVI, Mahsa GHAJARZADEH

The Experience of SARS-CoV-2 in Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Is There Any Correlation between Them?
S. BALACESCU, B. GEAVLETE, C. UNGUREANU, C. ENE, C. D. ENE, C. BULAI, C. MARES, A. PUNGA, A. MILITARU, P. GEAVLETE

Historical Review of Euthanasia. From Ancient Times until before Modern Times
A. SPINTHOURAKI, S. N. MICHALEAS, I. NIKOLAKAKIS, G. MARINOS, I. DIMITRIADIS, M. KARAMANOU

CASE REPORTS
Penetrating Brain Injury through a Pre-existing Skull Defect: Case Report
Nikolaos KEFFES, Panagiotis VAROUTIS, Nikolaos SKOULIOS, Parmenion P. TSITSOPOULOS, Ioannis MAGRAS

Robotic-Assisted Right Upper Lobe Pulmonary Metastasectomy in a Patient with Rectal Adenocarcinoma: a Case Report
Vlad Cristian DOBREA, Bogdan BERBESCU, Iulian BREZEAN

Esophageal Perforation and Pneumothorax Complicating Nasogastric Tube Insertion in an Elderly Female with Senile Dementia and Hiatal Hernia: a Case Report
Danilo COCO, Silvana LEANZA

Efficacy of Arthroscopic Surgery in the Management of Synovial Giant Cell Tumors: a Case Report
Christos KONSTANTINIDIS, Alkisti KONSTANTINOU, Sotiris PLAKOUTSIS, Christos KOTSIAS, Vasileios PANAGIOTOPOULOS, Christos KOUKOS, Evangelos ANAGNOSTOU, Emilios E. PAKOS, Dimitrios VARDAKAS, Dimitrios GIOTIS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Ozone Therapy for Lumbar Disc Disease. Some Comments
Salvatore CHIRUMBOLO, Luigi VALDENASSI, Francesco VAIANO, Umberto TIRELLI, Tommaso RICHELMI, Marianno FRANZINI

Request for the Addition of an Erratum Regarding First Authors’ Affiliation to “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Dragos SCHIOPU et al, Corina GICA et al, Ruxandra-Gabriela CIGARAN et al