Objective: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) remains a great therapeutic challenge with no optimal treatment available. Tissue maintenance and remodeling are performed by fibroblasts, therefore altered cellular functionality may influence tissue quality. In this study, we evaluated functional characteristics of fibroblasts from tissues involved in POP. Study design: To rule out normal ageing tissue d...

This investigation was a systemic study on an adult population of urinary lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzyme analysis for the distinction between upper and lower urinary tract infections. The study included 160 urine samples from patients and healthy individuals. On the basis of clinical symptoms, urinary bacterial colony counts, renal function tests and radiologic findings, the adults were ...

BACKGROUND Pelvic floor repair is often unsuccessful for the treatment of incontinence. Some patients undergo repeated operations, and a few may require a stoma that can result in further operations. METHOD We have examined the cost of two forms of pelvic floor repair: post-anal repair (PAR; n = 47) and total pelvic floor repair (TPFR; n = 32). RESULTS Persistent incontinence, which had an ...

familiarity with the intricacies and variations of root canal morphology is essential for successful endodontic treatment. maxillary central and lateral incisors are known to be single-rooted with one canal, however, this case report describes endodontic treatment of maxillary central and lateral incisors with two buccopalatal root canals.

the aim of this study was to report a new cause of cataract, namely snake bite induced cataract in a dog. a 3-year-old male mongrel dog was referred to our clinic for the assessment of cataract in both eyes. the dog was bitten by a snake nearly 4 months ago. a 40 dioptre acrylic lens with 13 mm haptics was implanted into the lens capsule. in the left eye, posterior synechia was detected in the ...

INTRODUCTION Retroperitoneal leiomyomata are rare. They are either mistaken preoperatively for malignant retroperitoneal tumors or dealt with as cases of subserous leiomyomata that turn out intraoperatively to be huge retroperitoneal masses of unknown nature. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 46-year-old nulligravid female patient of Middle Eastern ethnicity who presented to our unive...