vNOTES Hysterectomy: Can It Be Considered the Optimal Approach for Obese Patients?

Can hysterectomy be considered a risk factor for cardiovascular disease?

Context Hysterectomy is the most common nonobstetrical surgical procedure performed on women in the United States.2 In 2001, an estimated 649 000 hysterectomies were performed in the United States. Because most of the patients undergoing this procedure are between 25 and 54 years old, they live with the potential consequences of the procedure for many years.3 Thus, if hysterectomy is an indepen...

Ridesharing in Muscat: Can it be a Sustainable Solution for the Traffic Congestion?

We deal with developing a Decision Support System (DSS) to promote the ridesharing among both students and staff of a big organization. The DSS includes a set of functions that allow the management of the riders’ requests and drivers’ availability and embeds a novel two-phase optimization approach that helps in defining the optimal riders-drivers matching. The first phase consists o...

Can Male Fertility Be Improved Prior to Assisted Reproduction through The Control of Uncommonly Considered Factors?

How can Alzheimer's Patients be Helped?

پرستاری از بیمار مبتلا به بیماری آلزایمر چندان ساده نیست. حتی اگر از این امر که اختلال رفتاری فرد نشانه ای از بیماری اوست، آگاه باشید، اکثر مواقع نمی دانید که چگونه باید با او رفتار کنید. در این مقاله روشهای مناسبی ارائه گردیده تا خانواده بیمار بتواند با ۱۰ اختلال رفتاری شایع در بیماران مبتلا بدون احساس ناامیدی و خشم سازگاری یابند. 

A Slightly Dorsally Tilted Lunate on MRI can be Considered Normal

  Background: Abnormal angulation of the lunate can be an indication of intercarpal pathology. On magnetic resonance images (MRIs) the lunate often looks dorsally angulated, even in healthy wrists. The tilt on individual slices can also be different and might be misinterpreted as pathological, contributing to inaccurate diagnoses and unnecessary surgery. The primary aim of this study was to det...