Background and Aim: Although operation is the most appropriate treatment for Cauda Equina Syndrome, the effectiveness of operation on clinical symptoms is still under discussion. This study aimed to determine the prognosis of Cauda Equina Syndrome in patients with lumbar disk surgery in Al-Zahra Hospital of Isfahan City, Iran, from 2013 to 2015. Methods and Materials/ Patients: In This prospec...

results the search criteria yielded 16 manuscripts on percutaneous adhesiolysis assessing post-surgery syndrome. of these, only 4 randomized trials met inclusion criteria for methodological quality assessment, 3 of them were of high quality; and the fourth manuscript was of low quality. based on these 3 randomized controlled trials, 2 of them with one-day procedure and one with a 3-day procedur...

introduction robinow syndrome (rs) is an infrequent genetic condition that is characterized by a dysmorphic face, dental anomaly, short stature, mesomelic limb shortening, hand and foot anomalies, and hypoplastic genitalia. the robinow syndrome has been reported from the arab countries and other asian countries, but has not been reported in iranian population so far. case presentation a new bor...

objective incontinentia pigmenti (ip) (bloch_sulzberg syndrome) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by multisystemic involvement that is prenatally lethal in the majority of affected males and shows great clinical variability when expressed in women. the diagnosis of ip is performed based on clinical features and the family history with the support of histological findings. we repor...

Objective: Patients with metabolic syndrome are prone to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Regarding the importance of nutritional factors in management of metabolic syndrome, this study was designed to evaluate the effects of dark chocolate consumption on serum lipid profile in patients with metabolic syndrome. Materials and Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, 114 patients with met...

Rud syndrome consists of mental retardation, epilepsy, ictihyosis, dentition and skeleton defect. We report a case of Rud syndrome that have clinical, radiological and biochemical characteristics of rickets. Alteration in epidermal cholestrol metabolism, limited sun exposure or associated defects may explain this condition. All such patients need life – long rickets prophylaxis with vitamin D s...