the present study was undertaken to compare the in hospital results of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) with (on pump) or without (off pump) cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb). data were collected on all first-time isolated cabgs with saphenous vein and/or artery grafts at shahid madani hospital in tabriz-iran, between 2006 and 2009. age and clinical profile were marched between on pump and off pu...

Epiploic appendagitis is a rare and uncommon diagnosis that is frequently unknown to clinicians. Inflammation is usually acute and causes abrupt symptoms, but once the diagnosis is accurately made, most patients respond to pain control and conservative management. We report the case of a young woman presenting with acute primary epiploic appendagitis of the right colon. The inflammatory mass wa...

conclusions our study showed superiority of off-pump cabg regarding lvef, rvef and valves regurgitations. future studies with prospective structure, accurate randomization, longer follow up duration, and larger sample size are needed. results one hundred eighteen patients with the mean age of 59.47 ± 9.68 years were included (81 male and 37 female). on-pump cabg was done on 84 patients and off-...

Jejunoileal bypass (JIB) has been widely used to treat patients with morbid obesity for the past 20 years. In rats JIB causes adaptive colonic hyperplasia and enhances colorectal neoplasia. In this study crypt cell production rate (CCPR) was measured stathmokinetically in cultured rectal biopsies from nine patients with JIB and seven controls without intestinal operations or disease. Crypt cell...

We report a case of ruptured mycotic aneurysm involving innominate artery requiring an urgent surgical treatment. A 62-yr-old woman presented with fever and dyspnea. Previously, she was diagnosed with colon cancer and received right hemicolectomy and one cycle of adjuvant chemotherapy. On echocardiogram, pericardial effusion was noted and emergency pericardiocentesis was performed. CT scan reve...

During the endovascular repair of aortoiliac aneurysm, bilateral internal iliac artery (IIA) occlusion may give rise to significant morbidities such as ischemia of buttock or sigmoid colon and erectile dysfunction. Open and endovascular approaches are used to maintain IIA circulation in such cases. The present report describes the cases of two patients who underwent external-to-internal iliac a...

conclusions no significant difference in reducing post bypass inflammation between preoperative steroid treatment and combined preoperative and intraoperative steroid administration reported and they had the same effects. results in both groups, no significant difference with variation of expression for il-6 (inflammatory factor) and il-10 (anti-inflammatory factor) in different times after byp...

backgrounds and objectives: today we are witnessed a growing number of minimally invasive surgical techniques for different diseases. laparoscopic colon surgery as a minimally invasive surgery is currently growing in treatment of malignancies after proving his place in the treatment of benign diseases. we compare in this study results of laparoscopic colorectal surgery with open surgery. method...

background: routine screening colonoscopy is on the rise and pathologists have to deal with the ever larger numbers of excised colonic polyps. it is very important to optimize the patients’ individual treatment and further surveillance. pathologists play a critical role in management, as most of the clinical decisions concerning colonic polyp management are based on pathologic findings. one of ...