introduction: vascular abnormalities are relatively uncommon lesions, but head and neck is a common region for vascular malformation which is classified as benign tumors. in this paper, the authors report a rare presentation of vascular malformation in the tongue and its managements. case report: an 18 months 2 old child presented with a giant mass of tongue which caused functional and aestheti...

during fixation of a femoral neck fracture in a 23-year-old male patient with cannulated screws, a broken guide wire fragment inadvertently advanced through the hip joint and protruded into the pelvis. a second surgical approach was needed to remove the broken fragment from the pelvis. awareness of such a potentially devastating complication will make surgeons more cautious during implementatio...

objective: the neck circumference (nc) as an index of obesity and upper-body subcutaneous adipose tissue distribution is recently used. this alternative screening tool is reliable, simple, quick and acceptable for assessment of overweight and obesity. the objectives of this study were to examine the correlation between nc measurement and diagnosis of general/visceral obesity and determining the...

background: to investigate the effect of zinc sulphate for prophylaxis of radiation-induced oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer. materials and methods: in the department of radiation oncology, ankara numune education and research hospital, 40 patients with head and neck cancer were selected randomly to receive either zinco-c 25 mg, four tablets daily or control group who did no...

purpose: to investigate the relationship between neck circumferences and cardiovascular risk   factors in patients with acute coronary syndrome.   materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 100 patients with acute coronary syndrome   in kerman hospitals were assessed by measuring their neck circumference and risk factors of   cardiovascular disease. the data were analyzed by student t -...

closure of fascia after transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (tram) flap has usually been performed with direct closure or synthetic material. the dermal autograft was removed from zone iv of flap was an alternative to reinforce fascial closure. the dermal autograft was used in 34 patients after tram harvest for breast, head and neck reconstruction and prolene mesh was used in 42 other ...

conclusions the rate of mortality in the first postoperative year was high; however, functional outcomes were satisfactory. most of the patients could return to their previous activity levels. in the current study, we found no significant correlation between delay in surgery, and mortality at the first postoperative year and hhs. background femoral neck fractures (fnf) are a challenging orthope...

conclusions metacarpal neck fractures are a common injury in young and active patients that results in substantial missed time from work. while the surgical indications are well-described, there is no consensus on the optimal treatment modality because of high complication rates. dorsal plating has higher complication rates than closed reduction and percutaneous pinning, but is necessary in com...

conclusions according to the results of the study, abdominal obesity is as a risk factor for atherosclerosis. therefore, the use of a simple, low cost and high precision method for determining visceral obesity and preventing the cad is warranted. background despite efforts made by the medical community and public health officials for combating 76 obesity, the prevalence of overweight and obesit...