PURPOSE To evaluate the surgical outcome and predictors of failure of substitution urethroplasty using either dorsal onlay buccal mucosal (BM) graft or ventral onlay penile skin flap (PS) for anterior urethral stricture ≥ 8cm. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between March 2010 and January 2016, 50 patients with anterior urethral stricture ≥ 8 cm were treated at our hospital. The surgical outcome and suc...

The propagation of Persian walnut (Juglans regia) using grafting or budding is often difficult due to envi­ronmental factors. Temperature fluctuation and plant water status affect root pressure (xylem sap exudation “bleeding”) during grafting. An experiment was conducted find the optimum irrigation regime for patch (in July) tongue March) on Juglans regia rootstock un­der three environmental co...

The aim of our study is to demonstrate the surgical management of myringosclerosis over a perforated whole tympanic membrane using simple underlay myringoplasty. Simple underlay myringoplasty with fibrin glue was performed in 11 ears with myringosclerosis over the entire tympanic membrane. The patients were one male and ten females and their mean age was 61.8 years (range, 40-73 yr). Surgical s...

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: iran is one of the countries located on “the thalassemia belt” with a significant annual number of thalassemia new births. given the importance of thalassemia prevention, a program to this effect was approved in iran in 1995. screening of carrier couples and prenatal diagnosis were the two main elements of this program. in the present study, the authors have tried to address the imp...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether evidence of blood flow in the aneurysm sac (endoleak) is a meaningful predictor of clinical outcome after successful endovascular aneurysm repair. METHODS We reviewed all patients in Phase II of the AneuRx Multicenter Clinical Trial with successful stent graft implantation and predischarge contrast computed tomographic (CT) imaging....

STUDY DESIGN  Systematic review. Study rationale and context:  Bone graft from the iliac crest has been the gold standard in posterolateral spinal fusion procedures, but is associated with chronic pain at the harvest site. Bone graft harvested locally from the spine and combined with extenders may decrease the morbidity associated with iliac graft harvest, but questions remain on the success of...

The transradial approach (TRA) is commonly applied for coronary catheterization. However, there are few reports on the safety and feasibility of transradial catheterization in patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. We retrospectively evaluated 124 consecutive patients who underwent graft angiography and intervention via the transradial (TRA group, n = 68) or transfemor...

The cornea is the most commonly transplanted tissue in the body. Although corneal grafts generally have high success rates, transplantation onto inflamed and vascularized host beds, or so-called high-risk corneal transplantation, has a high rate of graft rejection. The management of this high-risk corneal transplantation is challenging and involves numerous measures. One of the key measures to ...