traumatic head injury is the underlying cause of approximately 5% of all persons with epilepsy and is the major cause of epilepsies starting in young adulthood. penetrating head injury, particularly among soldiers, carries a risk of almost 50% of developing post-traumatic epilepsy (pte), mostly within 6 months to two years after the trauma. early seizures (within one week of the trauma) are dep...

formula one legend michael schumacher hit his head severely while skiing on december 29, 2013. he was operated on for brain decompression and left in a coma fighting for life. in such severe brain injury with cerebral contusion and hemorrhage following head trauma, refractory to medical therapy and with increasing cerebral oedema and intracranial pressure, critically low cerebral perfusion can ...

to date, various approaches have been used in attempt to treat spinal cord injury (sci) but there is no definite treatment for repair of the damaged tissue. it is well known that sci results in a loss of neural tissues and formation of cystic cavities that inhibit regeneration of axons. tissue engineering, in which cells, signals and scaffolds are combined, is one of the most promising areas of...

although spinal cord injury (sci) is one of the most common injuries after a road accident, there is no definite treatment for it. in this regard, nanotechnology has focused to retrieve damaged tissue function by designing of a biomaterial as a mimicking extracellular matrix to reduce inflammation, scar and lactate dehydrogenase, to fill the cyst and improve the graft integration, cell prolifer...

case a 13-year-old boy presented to the ski clinic following a fall and a possible twisting of his right knee. he was not able to bear any weight on his right leg and was experiencing pain in the medial aspect of his right knee. his past medical and surgical histories were unremarkable and he was otherwise in good health. physical examination revealed no ecchymosis or effusion. he had moderate ...

introduction: the principal dose-limiting factor in the use of cisplatin as an antineoplastic drug is its hepatic toxicity. this study was designed to investigate the protective role of taurine against cisplatin-induced hepatic injury. methods: male albino rats (180-220 g) were divided in to 4 groups (n=8) as follows: (1) saline-treated group (2): cisplatin-treated group (10 mg/kg ip) (3): grou...

background trauma, in addition to mortality and disability experienced by an individual, imposes direct and indirect economic and social costs on a community. traditionally, trauma is a disease of young and middle age adults, an age group which is known to be the most dynamic and economically productive of the community. increasing our knowledge concerning the etiology and patterns of trauma se...

background tendon injuries are one of the most common injuries of the hand and challenging problems in trauma surgery. they usually require surgical repair and unlike the single tendon injuries, flexor tendon injuries have higher morbidities when accompanied with nerve injuries. in the present study, i aimed to report the clinical experiences and outcomes about tendon injuries. methods a total ...

trauma continues to be the most frequent cause of death in the first four decades of life that is a main public health problem in some countries. we perform an epidemiological study of penetrating abdominal trauma (pat). we describe epidemiological of patients in pat. in a cross-sectional study we evaluated epidemiological pat admitted to emergency department in six general hospitals in tehran....

materials and methods the development of the trauma registry form began in february 2013. the variables were finalized by a team consisting of general and trauma surgeons, specialists in emergency medicine, orthopedists, neurosurgeons, and public health professionals who have special interest in trauma research. the scale was sent to 10 specialists for validation. results after assessing the sc...