Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) manuscripts contain prescriptions that have long been used for healing of wounds. The present study evaluates the healing effect of a poly herbal paste (PHP), retrieved from ITM sources, containing Aloe vera, Commiphora myrrha and Boswellia carteri using rat excision wound model. Excision wounds were induced in six groups consisting of six rats each. Group 1 r...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether lymph node enlargement in the hepatoduodenal ligament occurs in children with chronic viral hepatitis B and C in comparison to healthy controls. SUBJECT AND METHODS In 49 patients with chronic viral hepatitis (38 with chronic hepatitis B, 11 with chronic hepatitis C, 31 male, 18 female; age range 1 to 17 years), and in 51 healthy controls (25 male, 26 female; age r...

INTRODUCTION We report the case of a patient with antepartum HELLP syndrome and simultaneous rupture of the right liver lobe. An emergency caesarean section was performed and the liver rupture was managed surgically via perihepatic packing. The mother and her child recovered well and were discharged 19 days after admission. CASE REPORT We describe a case report and review the literature. Base...

OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to determine if pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) was the only cause of perihepatic adhesions. METHODS One hundred consecutive patients undergoing elective sterilization by laparoscopy were enrolled in this study. The preoperative workup included a history, physical examination, cervical culture for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis, leuk...

The present study reports formulation of a traditionally used poly herbal product for wound healing and its chromatographic analysis by HPTLC. Herbal therapy was the common treatment prescribed by Iranian physicians for wound healing. “Zemad”, the most ancient pharmaceutical dosage form used in the Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) for skin diseases. In this study, a poly herbal paste (PHP) wi...