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  1. Hemifacial spasm and blepharospasm caused by vertebral artery dolichoectasia

    Article • March 2024, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  2. Cervical Disc Hernia Following a Jet-Ski Accident

    Article • Current Research in Medical Sciences, March 2024, Aurora Publishing House Limited

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  3. Neurological Expertise and Courts of Law: It Is All About Trauma, Maybe Not?

    Article • Current Research in Medical Sciences, March 2024, Aurora Publishing House Limited

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  4. The ill-fated triad: Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill - Post-Yalta strokes and the impact on world leaders

    Article • Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, December 2023, Knowledge E

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  5. Multiple cerebral septic emboli sourcing from a ventricular assist device: a case report

    Article • AME Case Reports, October 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  6. Importance of methodological considerations in documenting psychological trauma

    Article • World Journal of Methodology, September 2023, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  7. Covid-19-Associated Myopericardial Injury: A Macro and Microscopic Description

    Article • Global Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, July 2023, Trends Journal of Sciences Research

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  8. Morgagni hernia presenting in a 68‐year‐old patient treated for pneumonia

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, May 2023, Wiley

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  9. Albanian Doctors Through the Movie Lens

    Article • Studies in Art and Architecture, March 2023, Aurora Publishing House Limited

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  10. Herpes simplex virus encephalitis mimicking acute ischemic stroke

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, February 2023, Scientific Scholar

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  11. Dementia in custody: A historical and forensic approach

    Article • Medico-Legal Journal, February 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  12. Non-Hodgkin B-cell Lymphoma Presenting as a Pituitary Mass

    Article • Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, January 2023, Macedonian Journal of Medical Science

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  13. A Theoretical Framework on the Biology of Prion Diseases

    Article • Acta Informatica Medica, January 2023, ScopeMed International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  14. Pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum, and neck emphysema due to rectal diverticulosis

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  15. Psychiatric disorders and pain: The recurrence of a comorbidity

    Article • World Journal of Clinical Cases, September 2022, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  16. Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial meningitis following spinal anesthesia – still a significant treatment dilemma

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, September 2022, Scientific Scholar

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  17. Gastrointestinal Injuries Following the Acute and Chronic Alcohol Abuse: An Update

    Article • Trends Journal of Sciences Research, August 2022, Trends Journal of Sciences Research

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  18. Pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum and neck emphysema due to rectal diverticulosis

    Article • August 2022, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  19. Pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum and neck emphysema due to rectal diverticulosis

    Article • August 2022, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  20. Professor Bajram Preza (1923–2007), a leading academic figure in the Albanian medicine

    Article • Science Progress, July 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  21. Occultism and playing with the dead: When rituals go wrong

    Article • Medico-Legal Journal, March 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  22. Through‐and‐through gunshot wound to the head in a rare case of survival

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  23. Cardiac Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report

    Article • Global Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 2022, Trends Journal of Sciences Research

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  24. Ethical concerns in the age of an advanced psychopharmacology

    Article • Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, January 2022, Knowledge E

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  25. A Case Report of Stroke While Driving: Minor Traumas Might be not Minor at all

    Article • Trends Journal of Sciences Research, November 2021, Trends Journal of Sciences Research

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  26. CONSUMPTION TREND OF OPIOIDS IN AMBULATORY PATIENTS IN ALBANIA 2014-2019

    Article • Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, November 2021, Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  27. A case report of stroke while driving: minor traumas might be not minor at all

    Article • October 2021, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  28. A Historical Note on the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

    Article • The Open Pain Journal, October 2021, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  29. Consumption of opioid analgesics in the primary health care in Albania, 2010–2019

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  30. Understand My Language, to Understand My Pain: Challenges of Neurological Evaluation Among Refugees

    Article • The Linacre Quarterly, August 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  31. A case report of Morvan syndrome

    Article • Oxford Medical Case Reports, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  32. A silent trio: Giant descending aortic aneurysm combined with coarctation and persistent left brachiocephalic truncus

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  33. Surgical Treatment of Greater Saphenous Vein Thrombosis Involving the Saphenofemoral Junction: An Albanian Experience

    Article • EMJ Interventional Cardiology, July 2021, European Medical Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  34. Aftershock of a Vaccination Gap: The Measles Epidemics in Tirana, 2018

    Article • Mathews Journal of Immunology & Allergy, June 2021, Mathews International Publishers

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  35. Eagle syndrome presenting as a neurological emergency: A case report

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, June 2021, Scientific Scholar

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  36. Aftershock of a vaccination gap: the measles epidemics in Tirana, 2018 (Preprint)

    Article • May 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  37. Burden and attitude to resistant and refractory migraine: a survey from the European Headache Federation with the endorsement of the European Migraine & Headache Alliance

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rostyslav V Bubnov, Dr Gentian Vyshka, Professor Anne Ducros

  38. The normal range of mouth opening in a group of Albanian population

    Article • Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, March 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  39. Magic and forensic psychiatry: A case study and review of the literature

    Article • World Journal of Meta-Analysis, February 2021, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  40. Thyroid Cartilage Radiological Clues Following Exhumation in a Suspected Case of Strangulation

    Article • Mathews Journal of Forensic Research, January 2021, Mathews International Publishers

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  41. A silent trio: giant descending aortic aneurysm combined with coarctation and persistent left brachiocephalic truncus

    Article • January 2021, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  42. Pyomyositis of piriformis muscle, as a rare cause of deep venous thrombosis

    Article • IDCases, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  43. A suppurated, fistulized lymphadenitis in the neck: The untamed tuberculosis

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  44. USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ELECTRONIC SOURCES FOR RECEIVING INFORMATION IN REHABILITATION OF MS PATIENTS

    Article • International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science (IJEES), October 2020, IJEES

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  45. Antipsychotic Drugs Consumption in Primary Health Care in Albania During the 2004 - 2016 Period

    Article • Archives of Psychiatry Research, May 2020, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center (KBC Sestre milosrdnice)

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  46. Incidental finding of thymic cyst in a newborn baby

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  47. Primary multiple cerebral hydatid cysts in an immunocompetent, low-risk patient

    Article • IDCases, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  48. Psychiatry in the Time of Cholera: A Quarter-Century of Albanian Thematic Writings (1959–1984)

    Article • World Social Psychiatry, January 2020, Medknow

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  49. Images from a fulminant mesenteric artery thrombosis

    Article • Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, December 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  50. An unusual case of attempted suicide

    Article • Trauma, November 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  51. The unlikely legalization of medical cannabis in Albania: a case study

    Article • Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, September 2019, Knowledge E

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  52. Delusions of Immortality in a Post-War Society: The Albanian Case

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, August 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  53. Consumption of Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Primary Health Care in Albania, 2004-2016

    Article • Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, August 2019, Macedonian Journal of Medical Science

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  54. THE ROLE OF TAQI DRD2 (RS1800497) AND DRD4 VNTR POLYMORPHISMS IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

    Article • Psychiatria Danubina, July 2019, Medicinska Naklada d.o.o.

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  55. Delayed incomplete brachial plexus palsy following a firearm injury

    Article • Trauma, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  56. Acute ethanol-related nervous system injuries

    Article • Journal of Acute Disease, January 2019, Medknow

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  57. FORBIDDEN INSANITY: THE SYSTEMATIC DENIAL OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM A STATE-RUN PSYCHIATRY

    Article • Psychiatria Danubina, November 2018, Medicinska Naklada d.o.o.

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  58. A case of non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia associated with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

    Article • Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, August 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  59. The Use of Psychoactive Substances and Illegal Drugs in the Albanian Society

    Article • Current Drug Abuse Reviews, July 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Gentian Vyshka, Linda Matua

  60. Ocular parasitosis in the emergency room

    Article • Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, June 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  61. Transfusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma in Critically Ill Patients: Effective or Useless?

    Article • Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, May 2018, Macedonian Journal of Medical Science

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  62. Pancytopenia in an untreated patient with toxic multinodular goiter

    Article • European Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 2018, Discover Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  63. Pattern of lethal trauma among swimmers colliding with a personal watercraft

    Article • International Maritime Health, December 2017, VM Media SP. zo.o VM Group SK

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  64. Traits of vulnerability in repetitive sexual assaults of mentally disabled people

    Article • Medico-Legal Journal, September 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  65. Genetic Diagnosis of Chromosomal Congenital Anomalies in Albanian Pediatric Patients by Array CGH

    Article • Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, July 2017, Macedonian Journal of Medical Science

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  66. Epileptic Seizures Associated with Chromosomal Abnormalities Detected by Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization in Five Albanian Children

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy, May 2017, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  67. An unusual lethal gunshot wound to the head

    Article • Medico-Legal Journal, March 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  68. Illicit Drugs among Crashed Drivers, A First Toxicological Investigation in Albania

    Article • Abnormal and Behavioural Psychology, January 2017, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  69. Right Hemispheric Leukoencephalopathy as an Incidental Finding Following a Lightning Strike

    Article • Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, December 2016, Macedonian Journal of Medical Science

    Professor Jera Kruja, Dr Gentian Vyshka

  70. Recent advances on acute paraplegia

    Article • Journal of Acute Disease, November 2016, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine Press

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  71. Rapid changes in the respiratory environment in Albania

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  72. Heart Failure Predictors in a Group of Patients with Myocardial Infarction

    Article • Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, September 2016, Macedonian Journal of Medical Science

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  73. Superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm presenting as a growing, pulsatile, and tender mass

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, January 2016, Scientific Scholar

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  74. The developmental perspective of the chronic alcoholism: Who’s holding the burden of proof?

    Article • Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  75. Limits on testamentary freedom for people with dementia in Albania: Innovative practice

    Article • Dementia, September 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  76. Analysis of cases caused by acute spider bite

    Article • Journal of Acute Disease, August 2015, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine Press

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  77. Frequency and specificity of red cell antibodies in thalassemia patients in Albania

    Article • International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  78. Acute flaccid paraplegia: neurological approach, diagnostic workup, and therapeutic options

    Article • Journal of Acute Disease, March 2015, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine Press

    Professor Jera Kruja, Dr Gentian Vyshka

  79. Fatal aluminum phosphide poisonings in Tirana (Albania), 2009 – 2013

    Article • DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  80. Healthcare-seeking Practices for Common Childhood Illnesses in Northeastern Albania: A Community-based Household Survey

    Article • Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, January 2015, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  81. Pain Assessment and Treatment in Pediatric Patients

    Article • Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, January 2015, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  82. Psychosis in the Intensive Care Unit: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas

    Article • International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal, January 2015, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  83. Turner syndrome in Albania and the efficacy of its treatment with growth hormone

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  84. "The Fire will do the Rest": Concealing Homicide through Posthumous Burning of Corpses

    Article • Anthropology, January 2015, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  85. Skeletal Remains Submerged in Mediterranean Sea for Eight Years: Histological Observations

    Article • Anthropology, January 2015, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  86. Last call for informed consent: confused proxies in extra-emergency conditions

    Article • Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, October 2014, Forum for Medical Ethics Society

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  87. PNS origin of phantom limb sensation and pain: Reply to Letter to the Editor regarding Foell et al., Peripheral origin of phantom limb pain: Is it all resolved?

    Article • Pain, October 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  88. Peripheral nervous system origin of phantom limb pain

    Article • Pain, July 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  89. Primary hypoparathyroidism presenting with heart failure and ventricular fibrillation

    Article • Oxford Medical Case Reports, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  90. Severe flaccid paraparesis following spinal anaesthesia: a sine materia occurrence

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, May 2014, BMJ

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  91. A NEGLECTED ZOONOSIS IN ALBANIA: WHY ECHINOCOCCOSIS IS BECOMING A SURGEON’S EXCLUSIVITY?

    Article • Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, February 2014, Institute of Hematology, Catholic University

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  92. Time-trend of the Albanian Migratory Movements

    Article • Anthropology, January 2014, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  93. Forensic Anthropology As Mementos Mori

    Article • Anthropology, January 2014, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  94. Measuring the Amygdala; Otherwise Recycling Lombroso Theories One and Half Centuries Later

    Article • Anthropology, January 2014, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  95. Crime, Punishment and Forensic Expertise According to the Albanian Tradition - A Commentary on the Native Customary Law

    Article • Anthropology, January 2014, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  96. Vitamin D and Its Role as a Protective Factor in Allergy

    Article • International Scholarly Research Notices, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  97. Clinical variability of the cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy phenotype in two siblings of a large family showing the same mutation

    Article • International Medical Case Reports Journal, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Jera Kruja, Dr Gentian Vyshka

  98. Case Study of a Spinal Epidural Capillary Hemangioma: A 4-Year Postoperative Follow-Up

    Article • Global Spine Journal, August 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  99. Human Skulls as an Artistic Tool: A Movie Can Break Taboos that a Novel Cannot

    Article • Anthropology, January 2013, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  100. A Historical Approach to Alcohol Abuse

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Toxicology, January 2013, Pharma Publisher

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  101. The Medical Toxicologist in an Albanian Court: Ethical and Legal Issues

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Toxicology, January 2013, Pharma Publisher

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  102. A Six-Month Study of Pulmonary Cancer in Albanian Women

    Article • ISRN Preventive Medicine, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  103. Bacterial Vaginosis, Educational Level of Pregnant Women, and Preterm Birth: A Case-Control Study

    Article • ISRN Infectious Diseases, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  104. Imported malaria in Albania and the risk factors that could allow its reappearance

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  105. Rotational head trauma with callosal contusion and C6 fracture: a high-speed motorcycle accident

    Article • Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, January 2013, Kare Publishing

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  106. Postoperative rhabdomyolysis: a completely localised and symmetrical phenomenon?

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, December 2012, BMJ

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  107. Balkans Syndrome: A Potential Link Between Multiple Sclerosis and Hypervaccination

    Article • Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, December 2012, BMJ

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  108. First systematic evaluation of the potency of Cannabis sativa plants grown in Albania

    Article • Forensic Science International, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  109. S87 NEUROGENIC ENURESIS AND SACRAL DENERVATION: IS THERE ANY ROLE FOR ANAL SPHINCTER EMG?

    Article • European Urology Supplements, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  110. Avoiding Parental Distress When Discussing About Sudep: the Albanian Experience

    Article • Medical Archives, January 2012, ScopeMed International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System

    Professor Jera Kruja, Dr Gentian Vyshka

  111. Overzealous cardiac massage leading to unintentional infant death

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, October 2011, BMJ

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  112. S19 TAMSULOSIN COMBINED WITH DUTASTERIDE SHOWED BETTER EFFICACY VERSUS ITS USE IN MONOTHERAPY IN MEN WITH BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: A TWO-YEAR FOLLOW UP OF 283 PATIENTS

    Article • European Urology Supplements, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  113. Inapplicability of advance directives in a paternalistic setting: the case of a post-communist health system

    Article • BMC Medical Ethics, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jera Kruja, Dr Gentian Vyshka

  114. Self-infliction of faked gunshot wounds in absence of overt psychopathology

    Article • Forensic Science International, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  115. Death Rituals in Albania. An anthiopological review

    Article • December 2010, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  116. Placenta increta causing hemoperitoneum in the 26th week of pregnancy: a case report

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  117. The actuality and the historical background of covert Euthanasia in Albania

    Article • Journal of Medical Ethics, November 2010, BMJ

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  118. Sudden death due to medulloblastoma

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, March 2010, BMJ

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  119. Fatal Basilar Thrombosis Possibly Related to Minor Cervical Trauma: A Case Report

    Article • Case Reports in Medicine, January 2010, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Gentian Vyshka

  120. S85 Osteosclerotic metastases of prostate cancer concomitant to peripheral motor neuropathy

    Article • European Urology Supplements, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Gentian Vyshka