introduction: the aim of this study was to report surgical strategies and clinical outcomes for thoraco-lumbar intradural lipomas. intraspinal lipomas are rare congenital histologically benign neoplasms, which account for less than 1% of all spinal cord tumors. these tumors are most frequently found in the lumbosacral area as components of a dysraphic state, however, intramedullary lipomas are ...

introduction: diagnostic values reported for ultrasonographic screening of acute appendicitis vary widely and are dependent on the operator’s skill, patient’s gender, weight, etc. the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of operator skill on the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in detection of appendicitis by comparing the results of ultrasonography done by radiologists and emergenc...

introduction: doing chest x ray (cxr) for all trauma patients is not efficient and cost effective due to its low diagnostic value. the present study was designed aiming to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of thoracic injury rule out criteria (tirc) in prediction of traumatic intra-thoracic injuries and need for cxr.  method: the present study is a prospective cross-sectional study that has been...

prediction of the outcome and severity of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ugib) has significant importance in patient care, disposition, and determining the need for emergent endoscopy. recent international recommendations endorse using scoring systems for management of non-variceal ugib patients. to date, different scoring systems have been developed for predicting the risk of 30-day mo...

the austenitic stainless steel (ss) has been used as a material for  building  ultra  high  vacuum  (uhv)  chamber.  recently significant  efforts  have  been  concerned  a  comparing  the standard  cleaned  for  ultra  high  vacuum,  passivity  stainless. in  this work austenitic  nanocomposites were  synthesize by sol-  gel method. the morphologies  and  topographies  of  the samples  have  b...

Background: The treatment of choice for hydatidosis as an important zoonotic disease is surgery. Different agents are injected into the cyst to prevent secondary hydatidosis. To avoid the side effects of such protoscolicidal agents, considering the high protoscolicidal effects of the garlic extract, we conducted the present study on protoscolices in limited applicable times and compared the ext...

Background: Infertility is a complicated and psychologically threatening and challenging crisis. The rapid development of ART has raised many ethical and legal issues and lead to various emotional changes (anxiety, depression, stress, aggressiveness, etc.) as it may involve considerable time, expense, and loss of privacy. It can be both dangerous and expensive to enter the world of assisted rep...