background persian oak (quercus brantii) belongs to the fagaceae family. it is a medicinal plant which is commonly used by the tribes in south western iran to treat inflammatory and gastric ulcers. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of persian oak ointment on dermal wound healing in rats. materials and methods for making full-thickness wounds in rats, the excisio...

OBJECTIVE To examine the clinical factors that influence medical decision making in children with oropharyngeal trauma. DESIGN Retrospective chart review (spanning 6 years). SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS One hundred seven consecutive children with traumatic oropharyngeal injuries. INTERVENTIONS Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) (n = 52), surgical therapy (n = ...

BACKGROUND Infections, mostly those associated with colonization of wound by different pathogenic microorganisms, are one of the most serious health complications during a medical treatment. Therefore, this study is focused on the isolation, characterization, and identification of microorganisms prevalent in superficial wounds of patients (n=50) presenting with bacterial infection. METHODS Af...

245 4. Salavastru CM, Sprecher E, Panduru M, et al. Recommended strategies for epidermolysis bullosa management in romania. Maedica (Buchar) 2013;8:200-5. 5. Elluru RG, Contreras JM, Albert DM. Management of manifestations of epidermolysis bullosa. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013;21:588-93. systemic antibiotics. Specifically, after determining the location, size, type, and severity of...

introduction: more than 50 scoring systems have been published for classification of trauma patients in the field, emergency room, and intensive care settings, so far. the present study aimed to compare the ability of trauma injury severity score (triss) and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (apache) iii in predicting mortality of intensive care unit (icu) admitted trauma patients....

Penetrating gallbladder injuries are uncommon in the pediatric population. The treatment varies according to severity of injury and patient’s hemodynamics. We present case an 11-year-old male with accidental pellet gunshot wound right upper abdomen that resulted a grade III liver laceration damage anterior wall. patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy drain placement. Postoperative rad...

Background: Diabetic foot infection is the most common complication of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) leading to amputation. The treatment requires special attention to disease conditions, proper diagnosis, appropriate sampling for cultures, careful selection of antibiotics, rapid determination of the patient’s need for surgical intervention, and wound care. Clearly a systematic approach or, if poss...

wound healing in the skin depends upon the availability of appropriate trace metals as enzyme cofactors and structural components in tissue repair. the present study is a part of a series of experimental investigations to examine the influence of bentonite on skin wound healing. surgically induced skin wounds in 48 young adult male rats were exposed topically to bentonite (12 round wound and 12...

Abstract Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of wound infections. Infected wounds increase severity and have a slower rate healing. Moreover, emergence multiple‐drug resistant bacteria such as methicillin‐resistant S. (MRSA) limited treatment options. This study was therefore aimed to evaluate antibacterial activity against pathogen wound‐healing properties green synthesized ZnO nano...

OBJECTIVE Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) occurs in approximately 5% of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). The risk of colon cancer is higher in patients undergoing colectomy, who have simultaneous PSC & UC. Our aim was to study the impact, in terms of post-colectomy survival and complications, of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) before colectomy in these patients. ...