Background: Skull base chordoma is a rare tumor with slow and progressive growth. Significance of this tumor is it’s difficult to access location in skull base. This is the reason for various proposed techniques for resection of the tumor. Endoscopic endonasal technique is a minimally invasive approach that gives surgeons opportunity of total resection of tumor and low morbidity. Total resectio...

one of the major problems in today's hectic world is that people have no time to think about the man and his role in the universe. they are constantly trying to move forward without paying any attention to the detail, the correctness of the step, and everything which is ahead of them. it seems that previous philosophers have more time and patience in this matter and have given more attention t...

BACKGROUND Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) has emerged globally as a significant pathogen in hospitals. It is also present in soil and water. In a previous study, we discovered that the A. baumannii class 2 integron occurred most frequently. Here, we determined whether the A. baumannii class 2 integron is in the soil around our hospital, and if the soil is the cause for increasing number...

Background: Most of patients with bullous pemphigoid are at old age and its differentiation from other bullous diseases is important. There is no report of it in Iran. Objective: This study was done in order to determine clinical and paraclinical features, natural course and response to treatment in patients with bullous pemphigoid admitted in Loghman Hakim Hospital in 1992-1997. Patients and M...

The objective was to assess CSF dynamics of different shunt constructions in patients with adult hydrocephalus syndrome and correlate these findings to clinical outcome, neuroradiology, and the specifications of the shunts provided by the manufacturer. Thirty four patients with idiopathic adult hydrocephalus (normal pressure hydrocephalus) syndrome were included in a prospective, consecutive ca...

I N this issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, Hakim et al. present results of a randomized trial of a pharmacologic intervention to prevent development of postoperative delirium in patients who demonstrated early signs of cognitive instability. Delirium is a serious and frequent postoperative complication that is frightening for patients and stressful for families. Delirium is associated with prolonged cri...

Abstract: This article interprets the story of Israel's politics before having a king, with main focus on Abimelek who viciously seized kingdom through violence and fratricide. The commits murder is finally cursed by Jotham escapes Fable. Jotham's fable, its political caricature, describes proud, selfish, dangerous thorn bush (Abimelek) as an act leadership that does not come from God. With nar...