High tibia osteotomy is a common procedure in orthopedic surgery. A precise overview on indications, patients selection, pre-operative planning, surgical technique, methods of fixation, and complications have been presented. This paper focused on the points that should be considered to achieve good long-term outcomes. High tibia osteotomy is a common procedure in orthopedic surgery. A precise o...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Proper scientific reporting is necessary to ensure correct interpretation of study results by readers. Systematic reviews (SRs) are of critical importance in evidence-based dentistry. This study assessed the reporting quality of published dental SRs in Iran.METHODS: The PubMed and ISI electronic databases were searched to collect published Iranian dental SRs up to the end of...

Xylariaceous fungi are typically saprobes, but are also commonly isolated as endophytes and some species are pathogens. Two species of Lopadostoma (Xylariaceae, Xylariales) are reported for the first time from Iran. L. dryophilum was found from dead branches of Quercus sp. in East Azerbaiejan and L. fagi from dead branches of Fagus sp. in Ardabil province. Based on morphology and sequence data ...

objective herpes simplex virus (hsv), one of the most common sexually transmitted disease is a worldwide .this study aimed to prevalence of herpes simplex virus of pregnancy in iran. methods: we searched pubmed, scopus, ovid, science direct and national databases were searched: magiran, iranmedex and science information database (sid) up to october 2015.eventually, we included five studies that...

background : peptic ulcer is common and symptoms such as epigastria pain and heartburn, the results of various studies and aim of study was to evaluate the prevalence of gastric ulcers in the systematic review and meta-analysis is a method. materials and methods : 6 iranian papers in the range of 2002 to 2012 are selected using valid keywords in the sid, goggle scholar and elsevier databases an...

introduction: there are various studies looking at the effects of formocresol (fc) and mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) on pulpotomy of primary molars. this is a systematic review of literature comparing the success rates of mta and fc in pulpotomy of primary molars. materials and methods: the study list was obtained using pubmed, embase, scopus, science citation index, iran medex, google schol...

objectives: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a common gastrointestinal disorder. due to its high prevalence and absence of curative therapy, ibs has the potential to create tremendous burden on the health care system. herein, we systematically reviewed the published literature to investigate the epidemiology of ibs in iran. methods: studies that were reviewed in this article were primarily ide...

background: the global burden of conduct disorder is a major public health concern. although there are different reports on the prevalence of conduct disorder in different middle eastern countries, to date, no research has reviewed them. therefore, we aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the literature and present the prevalence of conduct disorder among children and adoles...

conclusions it is proposed that the needed research be conducted at national and regional levels in coordination and cooperation with international organizations active in the field of traffic crashes in various parts of the world, especially in asian, african and latin american developing countries, where a greater proportion of pedestrian traffic crashes occur. results a review of the studies...

i n addition to labor force and capital, energy plays a significant role in the production of commodities and services. energy is the driving force of production activities. therefore, it is an essential ingredient of growth and development. results obtained from this paper show that the growth of oil products consumption has a positive effect on economic development via two channels: firstly, ...