[Purpose] After an anterior cruciate ligament injury and subsequent reconstruction, quadriceps muscle weakness and disruption of proprioceptive function are common. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 4 weeks preoperative exercise intervention on knee strength power and function post-surgery. [Subjects and Methods] Eighty male patients (27.8±5.7 age), scheduled for reconst...

introduction: nasal teeth eruption is a rare phenomenon. the variability of symptoms and generic history makes the diagnosis difficult. this difficulty is more challenging when the tooth is placed in the depth of septum.   case report: our case is an example of this problem. herein, we present a case of intraseptal tooth with nasal obstruction and septal deviation and recurrent sinusitis. we pr...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated referral patterns for preoperative evaluations of patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM) and determined whether intervals between evaluations and surgery day were associated with preoperative glucose levels. RESULTS/METHODOLOGY In this retrospective analysis of DM patients with a hemoglobin A1c level greater than 8.0%, of the 163 patients who un...

BACKGROUND Vocal cord paralysis (VCP) is found in both benign and malignant thyroid disease. This study was performed to determine if the presence of preoperative VCP predicts malignancy. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed on a cohort of 1923 consecutive patients undergoing thyroid surgery. The incidence of preoperative VCP was recorded. Patient and nodule characteristics were cor...

Introduction: Meningioma is usually a benign brain tumor, but sometimes with aggressive course. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of 201Tl Brain SPECT to differentiate the pathologic grade of meningioma preoperatively. Methods: Thirty lesions in 28 patients were evaluated in this study. Early (20 minutes) and late (3 hours) brain SPECT images were performed and early u...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Preanesthesia evaluation (PAE) is fundamental in the preparation of a surgical patient. Among its advantages is the reduction of preoperative care costs. Although prior studies had observed this benefit, it is not clear whether it can be taken into consideration among us. The objective of the present study was to compare the costs of preoperative care performed by the ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of routine biochemical and hematological screening of otherwise healthy patients prior to elective general surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective laboratory screening tests were done for 1,000 consecutive patients undergoing elective general surgery at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, from January to August 1999. Patients with abnormal laboratory results w...

The incidence of horseshoe kidney is about 1 in 400 cases. The presence of Wilms' tumor with a horseshoe kidney is unusual, and the occurrence of Wilms' tumor in a horseshoe kidney is estimated at 0.4 to 0.9% of all Wilms' tumors. We report the case of a 5-year-old boy who presented with a stage IV Wilms' tumor in a horseshoe kidney. The patient was treated with preoperative chemotherapy follow...

OBJECTIVE Diabetes mellitus is recognized as a risk factor for mortality and morbidity after coronary bypass grafting. We aimed to determine the association between preoperative hemoglobin HbA1c and AF after isolated off-pump coronary bypass grafting (OPCAB). METHODS The seventy-two diabetic patients undergoing isolated off-pump coronary bypass grafting were retrospectively analyzed for AF. T...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between preoperative serum pyridinoline cross-linked carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (I-CTP) levels and postoperative distant metastasis in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 143 patients in whom preoperative serum I-CTP level was measured from January 2006 to March 2011, including 91 mal...