background: uterine rupture at the site of a previous cesarean scar is an uncommon but catastrophic complication of pregnancy, which is associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. case presentation: a 30-year old woman at 24th week of gestation and complaint of pain, contractions and spotting was admitted in royan institute in tehran, iran. she had a past medical his...

objective: to evaluate the ability of lidocaine local injection to relieve postoperative pain in cesarean delivery. materials and methods: this double blinded clinical trial was conducted in a university on 100 women underwent elective cesarean section during march 2012 till march 2013. patients were divided to two groups with random block method (n = 50 in each group). first group received 4mg...

In trying to comprehend a culture and its ways of structuring the world, much can be learned from addressing the manner in which intimate family relationships are ordered and family crises channeled toward care. A family's experience with illness cannot be considered in isolation from the cultural milieu in which it occurs. Family adaptation to cancer diagnosis is a continuous motion between ma...

background: the early postoperative feeding after caesarean section (c- section) has remained controversial. this study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of early versus delayed postcaesarean section oral feeding regarding gastrointestinal complications and patients postoperative satisfaction after c- section. methods: this clinical trial study was conducted on 200 pregnant women...

conclusion this study showed that early feeding decreased post cesarean gastrointestinal complications. results no mother experienced nausea, vomiting and illus. flatulence severity 4 and 12 hours after surgery was similar in both groups (p = 0.856, p = 0.392). however, flatulence severity 24, 36 and 48 hours after surgery, was less in the experimental group (p = 0.030, p = 0.016, p = 0.001). a...

background: a qualitative study was carried out on 200 pregnant women attending obstetric offices and imam ali women's clinic in zahedan, iran during january 2010 to august 2011. twenty-nine focus group discussions (fgds) with 5-8 participants in each group were formed. the study included women in the third trimester of pregnancy with the intention or decision to undergo elective cesarean secti...

in this study, we demonstrate the appearance of anatomic defects of the uterine cavity on hsg after cesarian section. we define different shapes such as thin linear defect, focal saccular outpouching, unilateral or bilateral diverticula (dog-ear like) and fistula and different locations such as the uterine body, lower uterine segment, uterine isthmus and the upper endocervical canal. cesarean s...

background and objective: to determine the diagnostic accuracy and pitfalls of frozen section in ovarian tumors in one of the largest university affiliated gynecologic oncology centers in tehran, and determine the cause of discrepancies. materials and methods: we retrospectively analyzed the results of frozen section and permanent diagnoses of ovarian masses by reviewing the reports in the dep...

In this review, we extensively describe the main post-translational modifications that give rise to multiple proteoforms characterized date in human salivary proteome and their potential role. Most of data reported were obtained by our group over twenty-five years research carried out on saliva mainly applying a top-down strategy. beginning, products generated proteolytic cleavages, which can o...