BACKGROUND Corneal ulcer is an important cause of blindness in developing countries. Therapeutic keratoplasty for infective keratitis is a frequently performed surgery in these countries. OBJECTIVE To find out the outcome of therapeutic keratoplasty for infective keratitis. METHODS Records of 5 years were reviewed of patients who underwent therapeutic keratoplasty from 2006 to 2010. Data co...

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and feasibility of an outpatient-based trans-radial intervention for acute thrombosis of upper arm graft. Materials and methods: A total of 101 trans-radial balloon angioplasty was performed in 63 patients with acute thrombosis of upper arm graft (29 males, 34 females; age: 69 10 years). Thrombus was macerated and pushed into the central circulation wi...

INTRODUCTION Cartilage graft tympanoplasty has a better success rate in the treatment of chronic otitis media if regularly prepared and placed. OBJECTIVE To prepare cartilage island material and evaluate its effect on the success rate of tympanoplasty. METHODS The medical records of 87 patients (48 males and 39 females; mean age, 27.3±11.2 years; range, 14-43 years) with chronic otitis medi...

INTRODUCTION In developing countries, chronic otitis media (COM) and cholesteatoma are relatively prevalent. Within the field of otology, COM surgery remains one of the most common surgical treatments. Most recent studies evaluating the potential prognostic factors in COM surgery have addressed graft success rate and types of middle ear and mastoid pathology. There has been much controversy abo...

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS We evaluated the anatomical success and complications of Perigee® with porcine dermis Graft in the repair of anterior vaginal wall prolapse (AVWP) MATERIALS AND METHODS: After Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, the charts of all patients who underwent AVWP repair using the Perigee/InteXen® kit from July 2005 to July 2009 were reviewed. Patients who had less t...

PURPOSE To compare the surgical outcomes of the two different methods used for Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) implantation between the donor scleral graft method and the partial-thickness scleral flap method. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 28 eyes of 26 patients diagnosed as neovascular glaucoma followed by AGV implantation. Based on the surgical method, the included eyes ...

Abstract Background Myringoplasty operation is the reconstruction of tympanic membrane (TM) which performed to prevent recurrent discharge ear and improve hearing impairment caused by TM perforation. Platelets are key factors in tissue repair mechanisms. They provide essential growth factors, stimulate fibroblasts create extracellular matrix deposition neovascularization. The aim this study ass...

The current surgical approach to the uncomplicated bulbar urethral stricture began in 1993 when El-Kasaby et al . [ 1 ] described the repair of anterior urethral strictures using an oral mucosa graft, including eight patients who underwent bulbar urethroplasty. In 1996, Morey and McAninch [ 2 ] fi rst described ventral onlay oral mucosa urethroplasty, suggesting suturing of the oral graft in th...

Background—Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) success is limited by vein graft failure

Introduction: There remains controversy about the optimal kind of graft to repair tympanic membrane. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomical and auditory outcomes of type I tympanoplasty using fascia with or without cartilage reinforcement.   Materials and Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted from 2005 to 2015. All cases were surgically treated by a single sur...