brain hydatid cyst constitutes one of the leading causes of cranial mass in the endemic region, especially among the children. symptoms of the disease are associated with rising of intracranial pressure and focal neurological deficit. surgical excision of the cyst is essential to treatment. here we present a 19 yr-old male livings in ardabil, northwest of iran, referred to neurosurgery clinic i...

The results of anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty and reverse shoulder arthroplasty have previously been reported separately. Although the indications differ, scenarios exist in which a patient may have a total shoulder arthroplasty on 1 shoulder and a reverse shoulder arthroplasty on the contralateral shoulder.Between 1992 and 2009, twelve patients underwent bilateral sequential primary shou...

silymarin, an extract from silybum marianum, has been shown to have antioxidant properties. however, there is no scientific report on wound healing activity of the silymarin. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of topical administration of silymarin on excision wound healing in rats. excision wounds were made on the back of rats. rats were divided into three groups, as control,...

objective: to compare the outcome of patients with up to 60% total body surface area (tbsa) thermal burns undergoing ultra-early and early excision and grafting. methods: this historical cohort study was performed in two referral burn centers of shiraz during a 1-year period from 2015 to 2016. we included those patients with thermal burns up to 60% tbsa who underwent ultra-early (48-72 hours) a...

Although autologous osteochondral grafting has been widely applied in humans, most in vitro work has been on animal models. The aims of this study were to: (i) elaborate a full thickness human femoral condylar model using discard material from knee arthroplasty resections, and (ii) use this model to assess chondrocyte viability in response to surgical trauma. Homogeneous regions of human latera...

developmental dysplasia of the hip (ddh) or congenital hip dysplasia (cdh) is the most prevalent developmental childhood hip disorder. it includes a wide spectrum of hip abnormalities ranging from dysplasia to subluxation and complete dislocation of the hip joint. the natural history of neglected ddh in adults is highly variable. the mean age of onset of symptoms is 34.5 years for dysplastic dd...

introduction lunate fracture is a rare injury. most reports are associated with other wrist injuries such as perilunate dislocation and distal radius fracture. isolated lunate fracture has been reported even more rarely. the choice of treatment and outcomes are consequently undetermined. case presentation in this case report we will describe a lunate avulsion fracture as an isolated injury afte...

introduction: nodular fasciitis is described as a benign reactive proliferation of myofibroblasts. due to its rapid-growing nature, a precise clinical diagnosis is difficult and the condition is frequently misdiagnosed as malignant lesions.   case report: in this study, we present the case of a young woman with an auricular nodular fasciitis as an example of one of the rarest sites of this tumo...

squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is the second most common type of skin cancer with potential risks for metastasis and recurrence if left untreated or incompletely excised. this case series study was designed to determine the frequency of incompletely excised sccs and the related risk factors. a total of 273 sccs (253 patients) excised in razi dermatology hospital of tehran from 2006-2008, were ev...