Considerable interest has developed in otology concerning the relationship between the vascular loop and compression of the eighth nerve, producing vertigo. Several authors have described the radiographic findings relative to the anatomy of these vascular loops. Few previous articles have dealt with cases that have had surgical confirmation or repair of the defect. Our presentation concerns 27 ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) has been shown to offer superior outcomes when compared to open splenectomy (OS). Despite the potential advantages associated with the minimally invasive technique, laparoscopy appears to be underused. We sought to evaluate the nationwide trends in LS. METHODS The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database was queried for both OS and LS ...

background: there are few studies comparing the biomechanical properties of angled blade plate and locking compression plates in supracondylar osteotomy. in the current randomized study, we prospectively compared the clinical and radiological outcomes of supracondylar osteotomy using these two plates. methods: forty patients with valgus knee malalignment were randomly assigned to two equal numb...

a survey was carried out in citrus nurseries in mazandaran and kerman provinces as the major citrus growing regions of iran. different varieties of orange and tangerine with abnormal symptoms were examined for the occurrence of candidatus liberobacter asiaticus, spiroplasma citri and phytoplasma as the most important vascular limited pathogens in citrus. by visual inspection and molecular exami...

introduction hemangiopericytomas (hpcs) are rare neoplasms which account for approximately 1% of primary vascular tumors. case presentation we report a 73 years old woman with vague abdominal pain who did not have further significant symptoms and was diagnosed to have retroperitoneal hemangiopericytoma. discussion the tumor was initially diagnosed by ultrasound evaluation. mri showed a lobulate...

background: arteriovenous fistula (avf)is the ideal method of vascular access for patients on maintenance hemodialysis (hd).therefore it is an important part of treatment in hd.there are several observations that indicate the role of inflammation in failure of avf.the aim of this study was to evaluate the hematologic and inflammatory biomarkers in early avf failure.   methods : this case-contro...

popliteal artery injuries are mainly seen in military experience. this study was undertaken in a civilian vascular surgical unit with a large trauma workload dealing with traffic accidents. a retrospective review of patients treated between 1995 and 2001 was undertaken. 145 cases of popliteal artery injuries were treated. these cases included 46.89% compound and lacerated injuries due to traffi...

glutathione s-transferases (gsts) are members of multigenic family which have the essential functionin cells as an antioxidant. in the present study we studied the polymorphism of gstt1 and gstm1 deletion genotypes in iranian patients with primary closed angle glaucoma (pcag) compared to healthy subjects. we conducted a study of 41 pcag patients (24 women, 17 men) and 100 healthy participants (...