Background. Breast conservation therapy (BCT) is the standard treatment for breast cancer; however, 32-63% of procedures have a positive margin leading to secondary procedures. The standard of care to evaluate surgical margins is based on permanent section. Imprint cytology (IC) has been used to evaluate surgical samples but is limited by excessive cauterization thus requiring experienced cytop...

PURPOSE To evaluate the improvement in subjective symptoms of conjunctivochalasis after bipolar coagulation. METHODS Forty-three eyes of 26 patients (average age, 75.7 ± 8.4 years) were included in this study. The inferior conjunctivas were cauterized between April 2009 and June 2010. Surgery involved pinching the excess conjunctiva and performing bipolar cauterization after subconjunctival i...

The purpose of closure of small dry tympanic membrane perforations is to restore the continuity of the tympanic membrane in order to improve hearing and decrease the incidence of middle ear infections. Small and cost effective procedures like Chemical Cauterization and Fat Plug Myringoplasty have been found to be effective in healing small central perforations with significant hearing improveme...

Duplication of the urethra is a rare congenital anomaly. Urethral duplication with the presence of diverticulum is a rare combination and to the best of our knowledge has  not been previously reported. We report a case of a 16 month old male child with duplication of the urethra and diverticulum arising from the ventral urethra. We also cover the intricacies and challenges in the management of ...

Penile necrosis due to monopolar cauterization during circumcision is a rare complication and may cause organ loss. When applied on an end-organ, current flows through the and, causes disruption of blood flow oxidative stress. injury include skin, glans cavernous bodies. Injury can be limited with help medical treatment hyperbaric oxygen treatment, but eventually need for reconstruction arises...

background: this study was undertaken to evaluate the role of day 3 fsh/lh ratio and day 3 lh level as predictors of ivf cycle outcomes. methods: this prospective observational study was undertaken in the ivf and reproductive biology centre and lok nayak hospital, affiliated to maulana azad medical college, in new delhi, india. the study included 105 women who underwent controlled ovarian hyper...

objective: the study assessed the efficacy of low dose ketoconazole in addition to clomiphene citrate ( cc) and hmg on ovulation induction. materials and methods: a double blind, randomized, clinical trial was performed on fifty infertile patients with pcos who had failed to respond to a daily dose of hmg and 100 mg cc for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in vali-e-asr reproductive health re...

PURPOSE Ras farnesyltransferase inhibitors are known to block the membrane translocalization of oncogenic Ras protein. They inhibit the cytoplasmic mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling cascade related to Ras protein. Thus far, Ras farnesyltransferase inhibitors have been exclusively regarded with the anticancer drugs. The object of this study was to elucidate the role of Ras farnesyltrans...