Back to basics: positioning the patient.

بررسی درد محل تزریق، کمردرد و رضایت بیماران از تکنیک اپیدورال در دو روش مدین و پارامدین

Background and purpose: Median epidural block is often done with some difficulty due to pain, ossification of interspinous ligament and improper positioning of patient. Ïn addition, back pain is common with median approach, that may be due to puncture of ligaments on the line of epidural needle passage. Ïn paramedian approach needle dose not pass through ligaments, so back pain can be theoret...

Attenuation of Motor Evoked Potentials Following Prone Positioning

Background and Importance Of outmost importance for the success of neurosurgical operations is proper patient positioning. This is particularly the case for operations conducted in the prone position, which is associated with several potential complications. Case presentation Here we report the case of a 52 years old male patient who underwent endoscopic discectomy for an L5-S1 herniated dis...

Back to Basics: The Importance of Patient Respect.

درمان هرنیاسیون دیسک کمری با لیزر در بیمارستان امام خمینی (78-75)

Low back pain is among the most frequent medical complaints and a major public health problem. 1.7 percent of cases are caused by herniated disc, 20 percent of which require interventional treatment. Percutaneous laser disc decompression (P.L.DD) can be considered as an effective therapeutic alternative in certain cases. Materials and Methods: To determine the efficacy of this method in Iran i...

بررسی میزان شیوع خطاهای موقعیتی پانورامیک دیجیتال در بیماران مراجعه کننده به بخش رادیولوژی دهان، فک و صورت دانشکده دندانپزشکی شهید صدوقی یزد

Introduction: Panoramic is the most widely used radiographs for the oral and dental diagnosis. This study aimed to investigate the common errors of digital panoramic radiographs in patients who referred to School of Dentistry (Yazd, Iran). Methods: This study was a cross-sectional descriptive one. Four-hundred radiographs available in the department archive were utilized. They aged from 10 –...