Background and Objective: Septoplasty is one of the most common nasal surgeries. After septoplasty, the nasal pack is routinely used to control bleeding, which can lead to complications such as pain and anxiety. This study aims to compare the effect of septoplasty with and without nasal packing on outcomes and complications of the surgery. Materials and Methods: In this randomized clinical tri...

   Management of first shoulder dislocation following reduction remains controversial. The two main options are immobilisation and arthroscopic stabilisation. The aim of this article is to highlight some of the issues that influence decision making when discussing management options with these patients, including natural history of the first time dislocation, outcomes of surgery and non-operati...

background: previous studies reported that neonatal and maternal complications as well as duration of labor could be diminished through labor management. therefore, we aimed to evaluate the effect of intramuscular (im) administration of atropine and hyoscine combination on labor progress and maternal and neonatal outcomes in primigravid women admitted to taleghani hospital of arak, iran. method...

conclusions a significant number of patients would benefit from surgical therapy to treat their gerd symptoms, but some incorrect beliefs still misguide the indications for the surgical procedure. results our review showed that: (a) the mortality rate of the surgical procedure is negligible and ppi therapy is also accompanied with mortality; (b) there is a 5% chance of severe dysphagia after an...

background this study has been designed to investigate the clinical association between gastro esophageal reflux disease (gerd) and chronic otitis media (com) in adults and also the role of gerd treatment on the outcome of com surgery. methods in a randomized clinical trial, 58 patients with com who were candidates for surgery were evaluated for gerd and divided in two groups; gerd posi­tive (c...

Objective- Tendon healing, in terms of histologic and functional characteristics, is always inferior to its normal level due to the poor vascularity and low metabolic rate. Curcumin possesses anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and healing effects. This study aimed to investigate effects of curcumin on Achilles tendon experimental injury using histopathology, biomechanical and functional evaluation...

to compare the refractive and visual outcomes and higher order aberrations in patients with low to moderate myopia who underwent customized photorefractive keratectomy (prk) or  femtosecond laser in situ keratomileusis (femto-lasik) this study performed this research includes data of 120 consecutive eyes of 60 patients with myopia between -3.00 d and -7.00 d with or without astigmatism in two s...

 Abstract  Background: In the recent decade, many primary total knee arthroplasties have  been carried out in Iran and the number of revision cases is expected to rise with the  aging population. The aim of this study was to report the outcome of revision surgery  in the country and make a comparison between the outcome of revision and that of  the primary arthroplasty.  Methods: Retrospectivel...