conclusions despite advances in radiological techniques, the exact diagnosis in many cases is still made according to intraoperative findings and histopathological properties of the excised membrane. while some cases of sep remain asymptomatic for years, most cases are characterized by recurrent bouts of acute, subacute or chronic intestinal obstruction. to our knowledge, the case presented her...

background the vacuum assisted closure (vac) therapy has revolutionized the modern wound care. we developed a new concept of ‘vac at home’ in order to decrease the hospital cost. methods the study was conducted in a private hospital from january 2009 to december 2010. only those patients were included among whom the wounds were not complicated by concomitant injury and the patients were otherwi...

objectives: to investigate the effects of intravenous infliximab in preventing the formation of peritoneal adhesions in an animal model of rat. methods: this was an experimental study being performed in animal laboratory of shiraz university of medical sciences during 2012. sixty albino rats were randomly assigned in to three groups by random design method. the first group received single infli...

background: chronic renal disease is a health problem in today’s world. in the end-stages of renal disease patients depend upon alternative therapies including dialysis for their survival. however, dialysis causes several stressors on physical, mental and social performance of patients. the present study aimed to review and compare the self-concept in patients undergoing hemodialysis and perito...

There is an increasing incidence of cesarean scar (CS) defect/niche and its sequelae, probably not entirely explained by better diagnosis or rising cesarean rate. Discussion of possible etiological factors has received scant attention but would be important to formulate preventive strategies. Meaningful informative studies on long-term sequelae of cesarean section are very difficult and none ar...

background: there is some evidence indicating improvement in myocardial performance after atrial septal defect closure, either device closure or surgical, but ventricular dyssynchrony has not been evaluated before and after surgical closure. the aim of this study was to evaluate ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with atrial septal defect before and after surgical closure. methods:...

introduction: renal failure affects the mechanical and the ventilatory function of the lungs. a few studies have evaluated the ventilatory and pulmonary function in dialysis patients. the present study aimed to compare pulmonary function test (pft) results in patients undergoing hemodialysis (hd) and peritoneal dialysis (pd). materials and methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study on 50  pa...

To find out the value of primary ileostomy as a life saving procedure in patients of typhoid ileal perforation. 112 diagnosed cases were included in this study with a mean age of 18.66 years with a male to female ratio of 1.5:1. After diagnosis and resuscitation, all of the patients were operated within 48 h of admission. The operative procedure was determined by the general condition of the pa...