background: major -thalassemia is the most common monogenic known disorder in iran and about 15000 persons are af fected. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of orofacial complications. methods: in this cross-sectional study during 2003-2004, 300 patients with major -thalassemia referring to 8 hospitals for routine examinations, blood infusion and treatment in cities of teh...

in this study we tried to assess the incidence rate of shunt complications and it's association with age, sex, location of shunt, duration of surgery, and so on. for this purpose in a prospective study, 82 cases of hydrocephalus after shunt insertion, during the period of two years (1375-1377) in shariati hospital were selected and all the complications were evaluated. from the patients, 3...

conclusions complications of trauma-related injuries are significant factors affecting the outcome of patients. there has been limited research directly exploring this topic, possibly due to the difficulty of undertaking such studies. a particularly important research topic is the prevention and management of complications in elderly trauma patients with comorbidities. in conclusion, complicati...

introduction & objective: foreign body ingestion is a common and important condition that can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated properly. diagnosis is especially difficult in patients with unusual symptoms. this study was performed to determine the incidence and complications of foreign body ingestion in the patients referred to shiraz khalili hospital. materials & methods: in th...

introduction: rhinoplasty is a popular cosmetic surgical procedure. informal statistics show that iran has one of the highest rates of rhinoplasty in the world. however, rhinoplasty like any other surgery can have complications.  materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 320 female students were selected by multistage cluster-stratified sampling from high schools in kerman, iran and...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : the growing interest in filler injection requires a more comprehensive knowledge about the complications of this procedure. methods : a total of 5 cases with debilitating chronic complications following filler injection who were referred to al-zahra hospital, isfahan are presented in this report. results : the outcome of treatment for two ...

conclusions thoracoscopic sympathicotomy shows proper results in treatment of phh. thoracoscopic r3-r5 sympathicotomy compared with r2-r4 sympathicotomy is a preferable method, because of similar results and fewer complications. objectives this study was planned to evaluate and compare complications and patients’ satisfaction of thoracoscopic sympathicotomy in levels of r2-r4 versus r3-r5 for p...

introduction: peritoneal dialysis is an established form of renal replacement therapy used in many patients with end – stage renal disease . peritoneal dialysis has different complications this study was conducted in order to evaluate its complications and different survival probabilities of factors in shahid rahnemoon hospital . methods: in this retrospective, historical cohort study, reports ...

results cox regression analysis showed that co-infection with hiv significantly affects the survival rate of tb patients so that the rate of death was 20.7 (8.1-53) times more than tb infected patients alone. also, married patients with tuberculosis were 2.7 times more at risk of death than single subjects. we also confirmed that in hiv/tb positive patients, married individuals were more prone ...

introduction: this study was conducted to investigate the side effects of closed reduction method as a treatment modality of unilateral condylar fractures of the mandible in patients referred to shahid beheshti university hospital (babol, iran) over than one decade (2002 to 2012). materials and methods: to accomplish this study, patient’s data were collected referring to their files in shahid b...