Endovascular stent grafting with different commercially available stent graft systems is widely applied for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with high success rates in the current era. Various types of endoleaks are potential complications of the procedure. They usually occur in the early period. In this report, we present type 3b endoleak occurring 14 months after a successful endov...

OBJECTIVES To present results from the first 100 patients treated with the new C3 Gore Excluder stent-graft in a single institution. METHODS All patients treated with the C3 Excluder stent-graft between August 2010 and July 2013 in our institution were included. Patient demographics, treatment indication, need for intraoperative stent-graft repositioning, immediate technical success, survival...

Background: Management of lymphedema is a challenging issue in surgery.  A variety of operations have been used, albeit with little success. Objective: To investigate the efficacy of testicular patch as a lymphatic conduit. Methods: An incision was made on the inguinal area of 10 dogs and all lymph nodes of inguinal area were excised. The tunica albuginea and parenchyma near the hilum of testes...

Background: This prospective comparative study aimed to evaluate the functional outcomes of bioabsorbable screws versus titanium interference for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using hamstring autograft. Methods: The included 30 patients who underwent ACL with a quadrupled graft; 15 were fixed and screws. followed up six months post-surgery. evaluated Lysholm score. data analyz...

hazelnut is grown in limited areas of iran with high rainfall and high relative humidity. new cultivars and rootstocks that are tolerant of drought and low humidity are needed to expand hazelnut cultivation. to this end, seeds of 14 local corylus avellana l. genotypes (a1, a2, gerche, gerde eshkevarat, gerde shok, mahalli karaj, nakhon rood, navan1, navan7, navan9, navan10, pashmineh, shirvani ...

Aim of this report is to describe the long-term results of endoscopic endonasal repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak using a septal mucoperichondrial graft. A case series of 52 patients operated for cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea between 1990 and 2006 is presented. All patients underwent surgical treatment for endoscopic endonasal closure of a cerebrospinal fluid leak using a septal mucoperichond...

Purpose. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between mastoid air cell volumes and graft success after tympanoplasty. Material and Methods. This study was performed retrospectively with patients undergoing type I tympanoplasty and antrostomy. A total of 57 patients (20-35.09% female and 37-64.91% male) with a mean age of 29.69 ± SD (range 12-56 years) were inc...

Aim: Keratoconus is the most common indication for corneal transplantation with high success rate and low number of complications. The aim of this study was to investigate the level and speed of visual recovery after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for keratoconus patients in first year after transplantation. Patients and methods: This prospective study includes 38 keratoconus patients which unde...

PURPOSE This study compares and evaluates the efficacy of graft materials after maxillary sinus bone grafts with autogenous tooth bone graft material (AutoBT), demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft (DFDBA) and deproteinized bovine bone mineral (DBBM). METHODS The study involved 30 sinuses in 26 patients who visited the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry in...

Purpose. Although the use of buccal mucosa in substitution urethroplasty has been practiced for some years, it has not been free of controversy over which surgical technique is the most appropriate to use. There is paucity of data in Sub-Saharan Africa about its success; this study presents the outcomes of dorsal and ventral buccal graft urethroplasty at a sub-Saharan tertiary hospital. Methods...