objective: since health related quality of life is an important issue for infertile couples a review was conducted to examine the literature. materials and methods: this was a minireview of the literature covering all full publications that have been appeared in the english language biomedical journals. the search strategy included a combination of key words ‘quality of life', ‘infertility, and...

background: electrochemotherapy is a relatively new technique in the treatment of skin metastases that are not amenable to conventional therapy. its use in breast cancer is now established in many european centers. methods: published literature of electrochemotherapy in terms of its scientific basis, current clinical practice of breast cancer treatment providers, as well as the future direction...

high tibia osteotomy is a common procedure in orthopedic surgery. a precise overview on indications, patients selection, pre-operative planning, surgical technique, methods of fixation, and complications have been presented. this paper focused on the points that should be considered to achieve good long-term outcomes. high tibia osteotomy is a common procedure in orthopedic surgery. a precise o...

oncoplastic breast surgery (obs) has gained widespread acceptance during the last two decades as an integral component of breast cancer surgery. obs combines oncological principles of breast cancer surgery with plastic surgery techniques to provide the best cosmetic results without compromising oncological outcome of breast cancer treatment and it has opened up the possibility to perform breast...

blepharitis is the most common ocular disease encountered by an ophthalmologist constituting 37% of all ophthalmology clinics out patient visits. blepharitis is categorized into anterior and posterior, each classified as infectious or noninfectious. anterior blepharitis is mainly infectious and caused by staphylococcus sp., propyonibacterium acne, corynebacterium sp., moraxella catarrhalis, her...

keratoconus is a non-inflammatory, progressive thinning process of the cornea. it is a relatively common disorder of unknown etiology that can involve each layer of the cornea and often leads to high myopia and astigmatism. computer- assisted corneal topography devices are valuable diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of subclinical keratoconus and for tracking the progression of the disease. the...

aim : the aim of this study was to comprehensively analyze histopathologic parameters of whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy specimens at taleghani general hospital pathology department. background : the whipple procedure is performed for variety of tumors involving the head of the pancreas, ampulla of vater, common bile duct, or duodenum. patients and methods : records of all cases of whipple panc...

background: the global burden of sexually transmitted infections (stis) is noticeable and important. however, most stis are curable and all of them are preventable. in this article, we reviewed and evaluated sti prevalence, current services, existing programs, and the challenges of control and management them in iran. materials and methods: the author searched literature published from 2005 to ...