Meningiomas are slow-growing benign lesions that constitute ∼ 25% of primary intracranial tumours. Extracranial meningioma of the sphenoid sinus is extremely rare and may arise from ectopic arachnoid nests left behind during embryonic development. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman with left oculomotor nerve paralysis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a 43 × 31 × 33 mm mass in ...

introduction : the aim of this study is to define the trend of the orthodontists and the surgeons in the borderline class iii patients and assess their satisfaction after the surgery. materials and methods : the study population consisted of 31 patients (16 female and 15 male) with the average age of 21 years, whose final occlusion 2 months after the surgery was perfect. the amount of reverse o...

INTRODUCTION Cholesterol granuloma is one of the most common abnormalities of the petrous apex. It is a benign slowgrowing expanding cystic mass that contains fluid, lipid, and cholesterol crystals and is surrounded by a fibrous lining. The granuloma arises from a pneumatized petrous apex that becomes obstructed. It most commonly arises from the central petrous apex; however, it has been found ...

conclusions previous abdominal surgery, including previous colonic surgery, confers no added risk of conversion to an open operation, morbidity or mortality for patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery. the operative time however is longer (30 minutes) for patients with previous colonic surgery. results out of 718 patients 476 had no previous abdominal surgery (group a), whilst 190 p...

the results of standard and augmented surgical treatment of partial accommodative esotropia have been compared in this study.in this sequential matched randomized double blind clinical trial, we studied 48 patients (96 eyes) with partial accommodative esotropia between the ages of 13 to to 144 months, referring to strabismus clinic of farabi eye hospital between 1999-2000. these patients were g...

mediastinal tracheostomy is a complex surgical procedure for the management of airway reconstruction in patients whose distal trachea is not sufficiently long to be reconstructed as cervical tracheostomy after tracheal resection for malignant diseases. in this article (study), we present our 10 year experience of this uncommon procedure in thoracic surgery ward of imam khomeini's hospital, tehr...

abstract background: the incidence of early wound related complications is assessed in laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgeries. complications of surgical wounds (esp. wound infections) are considered as a major problem in surgery wards. complications of surgical wounds are classified as early and late. common and early complications are hematoma, seroma and wound infection. methods: the me...

for the first time we have used eyelid skin expansion to facilitate reconstruction of selected patients with shortage of lid skin (e.g. for burn scar and after excision of tumors). this method allows for a controlled increase in skin, need for reconstruction, and offers many advantages over grafted skin transfered from a distance. color, texture, thinness, delicacy and adnexal structures are ae...