background: regardless of numerous advances in surgical techniques, selection of the best technique to sew up wounds and the best suture material are still controversial. several postoperative complications, including wound infection, stitched wound, chronic incision pain, wound dehiscence and hernia stitches result from many factors such as used suture material. objectives: the aim of the pres...

conclusions this study showed that the addition of intrathecal magnesium sulfate to bupivacaine is not desirable in patients undergoing cesarean section due to the delay in the onset of sensory blockade and the lack of significant effects of magnesium on post-operative pain. results the onset of sensory blockade was delayed in case group compared with control group, and this was statistically s...

conclusions information gained misleadingly and fears related to vaginal delivery were seen as factors affecting women’s preferences for delivery. thus, midwives are required to train both pregnant women during antenatal care and all women in society about methods of delivery and to give effective counseling. results mean age rate of participants was 39.8 ± 11.8 years. the most significant reas...

background & aim:  pain and anxiety are the most common complications after cesarean section. the use of medications is the most common strategy for alleviating these problems. however, the adverse effects of these drugs and lack of access to them for some patients, has led to an increase in application of non-drug methods such as massage. methods:this blind clinical trial was performed in omol...

major salivary gland tumors are uncommon and the exact nature of these tumors is not obvious. this study was carried out to compare the histological results of intraoperative frozen sections against those of permanent reports for major salivary glands masses. one hundred thirty-nine patients with major salivary gland masses who were candidates for surgery underwent an intraoperative frozen sect...

melatonin has been suggested as a new natural pain killer in inflammatory pain and during surgical procedures. we designed this randomized double-blind controlled study to evaluate the analgesic efficacy and also optimal preemptive dose of melatonin in patients undergoing cesarean section under spinal anesthesia.one hundred twenty patients scheduled for cesarean section under spinal anesthesia ...

background & aim: to decrease the rate of caesarean section, complicated intervention for changing behaviors are required. the present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness education on anxiety, fear of delivery, pain catastrophizing, and selecting caesarean section as the delivery method among nulliparous pregnant women who referred to ziaeian hospital. methods & mat...

objective: to assess the association between intrapartum intrathecal opioid use and breastfeeding and weight gain following cesarean section. materials and methods: the prospective double-blinded study was conducted on term pregnant women, undergoing elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. they divided into two groups. in the first group, intrathecal morphine was used to achieve anal...

background: to assess the effect of method of delivery on women's mental health to improve of health status. methods: eleven hundred healthy women who had recently either normal vaginal delivery (nvd) or cesarean section (cs) were studied 6 week after delivery in 2005. the data were collected with using the 36-items short-form (sf-36) questionnaire by interviewing method. spss software version ...

background: post-cesarean section analgesia improves functional ability of the mother and her interaction with the infant. pharmacological methods such as painkillers and narcotics are commonly used to reduce post-cesarean section pain. however, due to the complications of current pharmacological therapies, the use of non-pharmacological methods is currently receiving special attention. the pur...