Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second cause of death in women. It is essential to have the highest level of confidence in axillary staging assessment. Many surgeons and pathologists believe that fewer lymph nodes are present in axillary dissection specimens of women treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to compare the lym...

the present study tries to find out the role and procedure of gender attitudes in genesis of women’s body image among women under cosmetic surgery in shiraz. research method in this investigation has been qualitative through grounded theory. based on purposive sampling 24 women who had the experience of cosmetic surgery during the year 2008 in shiraz were selected for an in depth interview. to ...

background: keeping the patient in a sitting or semi-sitting position for time-consuming oncoplastic breast surgery is a major challenge for anesthesiologists due to several considerations. this cohort study was conducted on two groups of patients undergoing breast surgery. methods: study participants were categorized into two groups: one group was composed of normotensive women (group a) and t...

situs inversus totalis is a rare condition, which presents difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of gallstones due to the reversal location of abdominal organs. in this article we present 2 cases of women in age of 51 and 55 years with situs inversus totalis and gallstones. there are described the clinical and imaging features, also the laparoscopic surgery with the difficulties encountered b...

background: gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (gtn) is a curable disease thatinvolves the development of malignant tumor in the woman after a normal or molarpregnancy. the position of surgery in gtn is not properly specified and is changingdue to new chemotherapy protocols. however, the role of surgery is highlighted inchemotherapy-resistant gtn. other indications of surgery in trophoblastic ...

Background & Aim: Lumbosacral pain is extremely common as age increases. Spinal instrumentation is sometimes recommended for lumbar canal stenosis and disk herniation surgery. This study aimed at studying the frequency of instrumentation in patients referring to our center. Methods & Materials/Patients: This retrospective cross-sectional study included 1200 patients with low back and...

Objectives: the present study aimed to design and test a model of factors affecting the acceptance of cosmetic surgery in Iranian female students. Methods: a sample of 600 female students, ages 18 to 35, were selected from Kharazmi university by using cluster random sampling. The participants completed a set of questionnaires including " the short version of Attitude toward Women Scale (AWS) "...