background routine screening for distress is internationally recommended as a necessary standard for good cancer care given its high prevalence and negative consequences on quality of life. this study attempts to support validation of distress thermometer (dt) in shiraz, iran and in the second step to investigate privilege/priority of dt over other referent criterion measures. material and meth...

objective: pelvic organ prolapse is a common disorder in women over the world and its general treatment is surgery. therefore it is important to consider if vaginal symptoms, quality of life and sexual function after surgery improve. the purpose of this study was to assess vaginal symptoms in women 3 months after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. materials and methods: in this study 50 eligibl...

background although heller myotomy is one of the most effective treatments for achalasia, it may be associated with early or late symptom relapse in some patients. therefore, additional treatment is required to achieve better control of symptoms. aim : to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pneumatic balloon dilation (pbd) in patients with symptom relapse after heller myotomy. methods thirty si...