in an evaluation of nine cases (5 females, 4 males, 2.5 to 22 years old) with congenital torticollis who had been treated by bipolar release of sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle at emam khomeini hospital, department of orthopedic surgery between 1981-1994, all of the patients were satisfied with cosmetic and functional results. in spite of palpable soft tissue remaining in some patients, limitation ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the surgical results of modified posteromedial release with modified complete subtalar release in resistant congenital clubfoot in a randomized controlled trial MATERIAL AND METHOD Eighty six children with 128 clubfeet, at an average of 5.9 months old (3-12 months) were operated on between 1996 and 2006 by a single surgeon. They were randomized into two groups. Group A, t...

This study aimed to investigate a food effect on the bio-availability of modified-release (MR) trimetazidine tablets in 36 healthy volunteers. Trimetazidine, an anti-ischemic drug, protects the myocardial cell from the harmful effects of ischemia. The authors investigated the effect of being under a fasting or fed state at the time of drug intake on the bioavailability of trimetazidine 35-mg MR...

A new vaginal ring technology, the insert vaginal ring (InVR), is presented. The InVR overcomes the current shortfall of conventional vaginal rings (VRs) that are generally ineffectual for the delivery of hydrophilic and/or macromolecular actives, including peptides, proteins and antibodies, due to their poor permeation characteristics in the hydrophobic polymeric elastomers from which VRs are ...

BACKGROUND Talipes Equino-Varus (TEV) is one of the most common congenital anomaly. It is managed by various methods, i.e., conservative & surgery. Objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of modified Turco's postero-medical release in children's having congenital TEV. METHODS This descriptive observational study was conducted from June 2004 to June 2008 in the Orthopaedics Unit ...