The SARS-Cov-2 virus represents the most important challenge for public health worldwide. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, vaccines from different suppliers were introduced in the Republic of North Macedonia. Bearing in mind that vaccination is not obligatory, the present survey was designed in order to evaluate the personal attitude towards vaccination among the first and second year students at the Medical Faculty in Skopje.In total, 427 students consented for participation in the survey. Overall, 46% out of all participants considered that vaccination should be mandatory among the healthcare workers and medical students. Most of the participants, overall 75% of total, expressed the willingness to receive the vaccine for the sake of public health and for their own families. Fifty-three percent of the students were willing to receive the vaccine from any manufacturer in order to contribute to the public health, but most of them have expressed their willingness to live with the restrictive measures for an unlimited time.The overall attitude towards general vaccination was highly positive (84% of all participants). We can conclude that, most of the first and second year students at the Medical Faculty, have expressed their willingness to receive the vaccine against Covid-19.
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common peripheral neuropathies caused by chronic compression of the median nerve in the area of the carpal tunnel and its etiology is multifactorial. Trigger fingers and de Quervain’s disease are common disorders of the hand related to CTS in adults.Theaim of this study was to present the most common disorders of the hand such as stenosing tenosynovitis in adults with surgically treated CTS and to evaluate their demographic data.Material and methods: A total of 116 surgically treated patients with established diagnosis of CTS (clinically and by electrophysiological examination) were included in this prospective study, which was conducted at the University Clinic for Orthopedic Diseases in Skopje. Demographic data, findings of history of the disease and clinical examination were recorded and analyzed.Results: Participants with CTS included in the study were with a mean age of 55.41±10.7 years (age range 29-75). 75% of them were female. 63.8% of participants suffered from one or more comorbid chronic diseases. On admission to hospital, disorders such as trigger fingers and de Quervain’s disease were concomitantly diagnosed in 15.51% on ipsilateral hand with CTS. All disorders were surgically treated following open carpal tunnel release, as “one stage procedure”, under local anesthesia.Conclusion: Our findings have determined concomitant existence of CTS and stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger fingers and de Quervain’s disease) on ipsilateral hand, which suggests common etiological factors. Female gender and age range 40-60 years are major common factors related to these three disorders.
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