PURPOSE To examine possible differences in the clinical outcomes of topical anesthesia (TA) and regional anesthesia including retrobulbar anesthesia (RBA) and peribulbar anesthesia (PBA) in phacoemulsification. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. PARTICIPANTS Patients from previously published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of phacoemulsification under TA and RBA/PBA reporting ...

Purpose. To study the correlation between ocular parameters and subjective pain that patients perceived during phacoemulsification. Methods. Medical records of 142 patients who underwent standard phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia between March and August 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. The pain during phacoemulsification and 1 h after surgery was assessed and compared using a vis...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. PURPOSE To compare intraoperative endplate injury cases and no injury cases in consecutive series and to identify predisposing factors for intraoperative endplate injury. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Unintended endplate violation and subsequent cage subsidence is an intraoperative complication of extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF). It is still unknown whethe...

Abstract Background: Breast carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor and leading cause of cancer deaths in women. While fine needle aspiration cytology is highly accurate in the diagnosis of breast lesions, it possesses certain drawbacks. In those circumstances intraoperative imprint cytology assumes importance, however, imprint cytology is subjected to interpretative errors. Computer image...

BACKGROUND This article discusses the value of using multi-parameter evaluation of intra-operative ultrasonography in evaluating pediatric liver transplantation-related arterial complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty-eight children receiving a liver transplant underwent intraoperative ultrasonography for monitoring of artery hemodynamics. The ultrasonic measurement parameters included the di...

how to cite this article: khoddami m, akbarzadeh a, mordai a, bidari zerehpoush f, alipour h, samadzadeh s, alipour b.diagnostic accuracy of frozen section of central nervous system lesions: a 10-year study. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):25-30.   abstract objective definitive diagnosis of the central nervous system (cns) lesions is unknown prior to histopathological examination. to dete...

The present study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of pelvic anatomical and clinicopathological parameters for use in the estimation of the likely technical difficulties that may be encountered when performing open rectal surgery for mid-low rectal cancer. Sixty consecutive patients, undergoing open rectal surgery for mid-low rectal cancer were recruited between June 2009 and April 2014. ...