BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to report the short-term complication rates and mid-term subtalar fusion rates following operative management of calcaneal fractures. METHODS This is a retrospective study of Californians undergoing operative treatment of a calaneus fracture from 1995 to 2005. The main outcomes reported are readmission for a short-term complication within 90 days of sur...

Background: Gold standard treatment of symptomatic cholelithiatis is laparoscopic cholicystectomy. No doubt, some minor biliary complication may occur by using monopolar hook,that is because of its thermal effect. In other way,use of ultrasonically activated harmonic scalpel,ie, (Ethicon Endo Surgery INC-Johnson & Johnson Medical SPA, Somerville, NJ) in laparoscopic cholecystectomies is increas...

Background and Importance: Lumboperitoneal shunts are commonly used to treat several conditions, but their use can result in significant complications. We discuss a complication of these shunts that has not been reported in the literature to date. Case Presentation: An obese, 41-year-old woman admitted to Rasool Akram Hospital complaining of a severe headache and blurred vision. The ...

BACKGROUND In heart transplantation candidates, high pulmonary vascular resistance has been found to decrease promptly after heart transplantation without any further reduction during follow-up. Pulmonary hypertension has been described as associated with an increased peri- and postoperative complication rate and mortality. This study describes the evolution of pulmonary vascular resistance and...

The objective of this study was to determine whether the modified Stoppa approach or the ilioinguinal approach is better for the treatment of acetabular fractures by comparing the results of those 2 approaches. A randomized trial was undertaken of 60 consecutive patients with acetabular fractures treated with either the modified Stoppa or the ilioinguinal approach. In addition to the patients' ...

PURPOSE To compare complication rates for distal radius fractures treated operatively versus nonsurgical in patients older than 65 years. We hypothesized that surgical intervention would improve fracture alignment, but it would be associated with more complications and equivalent functional outcomes when compared with the nonsurgical group. METHODS Patients (operative, n = 129) and controls (...

Post-operative vision loss (POVL) following neck surgery is an uncommon and catastrophic complication. While several intraoperative postoperative risk factors have been implicated, the exact aetiology still remains vague.

BACKGROUND The aim of our study is to analyze survival, treatment-related morbidity, and safety in our experience of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. METHODS Sixty-four patients were treated. Survival curves were calculated according to the Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate and multivariate analyses were done, and Cox's proportional hazard model was used to i...

statement of the problem this study was designed to investigate the complications after surgical removal of mandibular third molars. patients and methods six hundreds and ninety eight lower third molars among 450 patients surgically extracted by general dentists from april 2005 to april 2006 were selected for this study. data were recorded by completing questionnaires regarding post surgical co...