background & aim: to assess functionality status and surgical outcome of fenestration versus laminotomy technique based on core outcome measures index (comi) in patients with lumbar disc hernia (ldh). methods & materials/patients: a cross-sectional study was performed between january 2007 and april 2012. a total of 108 patients with a single-level disc herniation were asked to respond to the os...

objective: adaptation of the pharyngeal airway space does occur after different surgical strategies of class iii patients including mandibular setback, maxillary advancement and bimaxillary surgery. the aim of this study is to conduct a detailed cephalometric evaluation of the alterations taking place in the morphology of the pharyngeal airway space after treatment of class iii skeletal deformi...

Background & Aim: To assess functionality status and surgical outcome of fenestration versus laminotomy technique based on Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) in patients with lumbar disc hernia (LDH). Methods & Materials/Patients: A cross-sectional study was performed between January 2007 and April 2012. A total of 108 patients with a single-level disc herniation were asked to respond to the...

conclusions the results demonstrated that the mortality rate was higher in cf patients with a positive family history, a consanguineous marriage, and residence in a rural area. therefore, demographic factors play an important role in the outcome of cystic fibrosis. unfortunately, these parameters, which can be managed easily and with low cost, have been overlooked. patients and methods this was...

introduction:neurogenic mediastinal tumors comprise a wide range of benign and malignant diseases. a group of these tumors, located at thoracic apex, sometimes spread to cervical spaces causing numerous surgical difficulties. in thoracotomy approaches, due to proximity of the tumors to major blood vessels, complete removal of these tumors from cervical spaces is impossible or may cause intraope...

choanal atresia was first described by roeder in 1755.1 choanal atresia is the narrowing or obstruction of the posterior nasal fossa. this anomaly could be congenital or acquired. most patients are female.2 choanal atresia might be isolated or associated with other anomalies like charge syndrome and 20-50% of congenital cases have this company.3 choanal atresia could be unilateral or bilateral ...

objective(s): in clinical practice, approximately 10-25% of post-surgical differentiated thyroid carcinoma (dtc) patients with high serum thyroglobulin (tg) and negative 131i whole-body scan (wbs) have poor prognosis due to recurrent or metastatic lesions after radioactive iodine treatment. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of 18f-fdg pet/ct scan in dtc patients with high seru...

pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis (plch) is a rare idiopathic disorder that primarily affects young adult cigarette smokers. affected patients often present with cough and dyspnea and about 20% of patients present with or later develop pneumothorax. it is striking that more than 90% of patients are smokers. we report a very unusual case of plch in a 20-year- old male patient with no smoki...

retrorectal tumors are rare lesions in adults, which remains a difficult diagnostic and management problem. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of surgical management of retrorectal tumors in our institution. in a retrospective study, a consecutive series of patients who underwent surgical excision of a retrorectal tumor were identified from a database. medical records, radiol...

bailon mitral valvuloplasty and closed mitral valve conunissurotomy were performed in 450 and 127 patients, respectively. also, 254 patients with severe mitral stenosis were enrolled in a prospective randomized trial comparing the two procedures. immediately after balloon mitral valvuloplasty, mean left atrial pressure was 11.38±3.54 mmhg, transmitral valve gradient was 1.8±2 mmhg, and mitral v...