abstract   background: pseudoarthrosis of the tibia poses one of the most challenging treatment problems in all of orthopedics. the goal of the study was to assess the clinical outcome of intramedullary rod fixation in its treatment.   methods: the results of the management for nine patients with pseudoarthrosis of the tibia with im rod fixation were reviewed retrospectively between 1986 - 2006...

purpose : to report a rare case of spontaneous resorption of a membranous congenital cataract in an adult woman with no systemic disease, with complete absorption of the central lens material, anterior and posterior capsules of the right eye, and partial absorption of the lens material with intact anterior capsule in the left eye. case report : a 23-year-old woman was referred to our clinic suf...

conclusions it is important to consider tb meningitis in newborns with perinatal ivh and concomitant hydrocephalus particularly when the mother has a history of tb prior to or during pregnancy. introduction congenital tuberculosis is an infrequently encountered condition and only 300 cases were reported in the literature till 1989. there are no specific signs and symptoms pathognomonic for cong...

congenital   aortocaval   fistula in association with complex congenital heart disease has never been described before. we represent an adult with tetralogy of fallot and an undiagnosed subclavian artery to superior vena cava fistula in previous catheterisms. he underwent surgical correction, successfully. after 8 months post operation he was doing well with improved functional capacity and no ...

background the national program of neonatal screening was performed in 2005 in iran. according to the studies, the outbreak of congenital hypothyroidism (ch) was one in every 670 live births in 2011. the prevalence of the disease in the world is 1 in 3000. the mean prevalence of this disease in iran is estimated to be 1 in 1,000, which indicates a high prevalence of the disease in iran. conclus...

Congenital Syphilis in U.S. Infants Born 2020 As of July 29, 2021, a total 2022 cases congenital syphilis were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, already surpassin...

objective club-foot is one of the most prevalent congenital anomalies of the lowerextremities. since there is no epidemiologic study on the prevalence of thisdisease in iran, we decided to assess it in a sample population in tehran. materials and methods we assessed all neonates who were referred to the emergency department ofmofid children hospital between october 2007 and november 2008, due t...

generalized lipodystrophy is a rare disorder in children characterized by absence of subcutaneous adipose tissue. we evaluated 10 patients with generalized lipodystrophy by skin and liver biopsy. eight patients with steatohepatitis and cirrhosis were treated with ursobile (uorsodeoxycholic acid) and vitamin e. in follow-up, serum triglyceride level was decreased.

during the last 10 years, we have had 11 cases of radioulnar (ru) synostosis, a very rare congenital amomaly of the upper extremity. only 3 of them required surgical intervention. so we evaluated these three cases of proximal radioulnar synostosis corrected by proximal derotational osteotomy. the indication for surgery was severe pronation deformity that caused functional problem. mean age at t...

Traditional classification systems for lymphoedema are of limited use for the diagnosis of specific forms of primary lymphoedema. The understanding of primary lymphoedema has been impeded by confusing terminology and a tendency to simply divide patients into three categories based on the age of onset: lymphoedema congenita manifests at or shortly after birth, lymphoedema praecox is apparent bef...