introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries all over the world and is performed by various methods. this study aimed to investigate the complications of bipolar electrocautery method of tonsillectomy. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 234 patients, 114 female and 120 male individuals. the mean age of the patients was 12.2±8.3 (min=3 and max=58.2) years. so...

background: nowadays use of specific antivenin for latrodectism is considered as the most effective treatment in the world. this study was undertaken to investigate the efficacy of specific antivenom against histopathological complications caused by latrodectus dahli venom on liver, heart and kidneys tissues within 72 h. methods: two groups were selected, each one contained 6 male new zealand r...

among 2357 prenant women at tehran valiasr hospital, 99 women under 18 years with their 102 neonates were evaluated retrospectively during aprill 1999 to april 2000. frequency of adolescent pregnancy was detected in 41.5 per 1000 live birth 7 (7.1%) of mothers had preeclampisa, 7 thyroidal diseases, 3 valvular heart diseases, 2 urinary tract infections and 20.3% of women had prolonged rupture o...

purpose: to report complications involving the posterior segment after laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (lasik) in 5 myopic patients ranging in age from 26 to 38 years. patients and findings: case one developed bilateral cilioretinal artery obstruction in association with ischemic optic neuropathy. case two presented with nonsimultaneous bilateral delayed-onset optic neuropathy. in case th...

purpose: to report a case of severe macular edema following the taking of fingolimod in multiple sclerosis. case report: a 34-year-old woman with a long history of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis presented complaining of blurred vision in the left eye that started 1 week before the presentation. she had been taking fingolimod for 4 months. she was not diabetic and had no history of uveit...

propofol is a widely used anesthetic drug because of its minor complication and also its fast effect. one of most popular complication in using this drug is pain during injection that is more sever in new generation of its components (lipid-free microemulsion). other complications of propofol are bradycardia and hypotension. this study compares 3 drugs with placebo in control of these complicat...

infective endocarditis is a serious complication of intravenous (iv) drug abuse, with a reported mortality of 5 to 10%. a 21-year-old man, who was an intravenous drug abuser, presented with fever and dyspnea. transthoracic echocardiography showed a highly mobile, large vegetation on the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. despite antibiotic therapy for ten days, the patient remained febril...

during a period of 4 years (1983-1986), we have seen 18 patients with esophageal ulcer following the intake of doxycycline capsules at the university hospitals of shiraz medical school. during the same period only one other patient with a drug-induced esophageal ulcer was seen and this was found to be due to a mefenemic acid capsule. diagnosis was made by esophagoscopy and after two weeks, foll...

purpose: to evaluate the success rate and complications of single-plate molteno tube implantation in patients with intractable glaucoma. methods: this study was conducted on records of patients who underwent molteno tube implantation from 1995 to 2000 and had at least 18 months of follow-up. results: thirty six eyes of 35 patients including 20 male and 15 female subjects with mean age of 29.7±2...

background sivelestat is a neutrophil elastase inhibitor (nei) with positive impact on the respiratory complications in thoracic surgery. based on the findings of a recent study, nei may have a good response for avoiding ischemia reperfusion injury in liver resection. conclusions intravenous nei administration had positive impact on the postoperative inflammatory response and oxygenation while ...