purpose: to evaluate the outocmes and complications of dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr) in the ophthalmic centers of yazd medical sciences university, yazd, iran. method: the outcomes of external dcr (ex-dcr) operation on 187 patients were evaluated. patients were selected consecutively. results: overall success rate was 90.4% (ci 95%; 86.3 - 94.5%). success rate was 90.9% in females and 89.1% in ma...

OBJECTIVE To propose a possible link between dental extraction and intra-ocular complications. BACKGROUND Several publications in medical literature describe intra-ocular complications after different dental procedures. RESULTS Retinal detachment and vitreous hemorrhage following dental extraction with an appropriate anesthesia. CONCLUSION Systemic complications following dental treatment...

UNLABELLED Stoma complications occur in 21-75% of patients, and 30% of them require redo surgery within 10 years after previous surgical treatment. Medical treatment is successful in most cases with no need for surgery. However, severe stoma complications are the real challenge for medical team and require an individual approach to each patient. The aim of the study was to report stoma patients...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to determine rates of medical and surgical postoperative complications following anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) along with their associated predictors. METHODS Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement database, patients who underwent single-level ALIF surgery from 2...

The Federal Food and Drug Administration has a system for reporting problems with medical devices that requires manufacturers of medical devices to report medical complications or equipment malfunction that causes, or could cause, death or serious injury. In a two-year period, central venous catheters were associated with 170 complications: tissue perforation, loss of catheter integrity, (inclu...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE the relationship between processes of care and the risk of medical complications in patients with stroke remains unclear. We therefore examined the association in a population-based follow-up study. METHODS we identified 11 757 patients admitted for stroke to stroke units in 2 Danish counties in 2003 to 2008. The examined processes of care included early admission to a ...

abstract background: the incidence of early wound related complications is assessed in laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgeries. complications of surgical wounds (esp. wound infections) are considered as a major problem in surgery wards. complications of surgical wounds are classified as early and late. common and early complications are hematoma, seroma and wound infection. methods: the me...

BACKGROUND Knowing the types and frequency of medical complications of stroke patients during inpatient rehabilitation, together with the ability to identify high-risk patients, would be extremely helpful for providing the best possible physiologic environment for their recovery. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted. Charts of 346 stroke patients who were consecutively admitted or tran...