a 52-year-old woman presented with a history of diabetes mellitus under medical treatment and a surgical history of a cesarean section 20 years ago. the patient was referred to our emergency department because of a 2-week hypermenorrhea and unspecific abdominal pain without nausea and vomiting, fever, or other symptoms. she did not complain of weight loss.

rectal prolapse is a relatively common disease of children and is defined as a rectal mucosa protrusion or a fullthickness protrusion (all layers) from anus. the purpose of this retrospective study is the review of different surgical techniques used in our centers and recommendations for optimal surgical management of rectal prolapse. this study was based on a 19 years experience in rectal prol...

in a double blind, parallel-group, clinical trial we compared the effects of conjugated estrogen with estrogen plus methyltestosterone in surgically menopausal women. in this study, 251 women were randomly assigned to one of the two regimens: 1-conjugated estrogen 0.625 mg/day +placebo. 2-conjungated estrogen 0.625 mg/day+methyltestosterone 1.25 mg/day (e+a group). study parameters were psychol...

background: the stapled hemorrhoidopexy (sh) is a procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids . at first sh seemed to be a good alternative for the milligan morgan (mm) hemorrhoidectomy and preliminary results in early 2000 confirmed it. however, further studies and evaluation of long-term results showed poorer outcomes. objectives: this study aimed to evaluate and compare the results of these 2 sur...

introduction:mediastinum contains different vital structures that are located in the anterior and middle or posterior compartments. various types of mediastinal masses or tumors can be seen in the mediastinum. materials and methods:this case series study was performed on 95 patients who had referred to mashhad university of medical sciences between 1990 and 2010 were reviewed. the inclusion cri...

many of people have hospital anxiety, fear of surgery and are afraid to take medicine. nosocomephobia is the name of the phobia relating to the fear of hospitals. reducing the anxiety is a routine part of pre-operative nursing care. the aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of anxiety in pre-surgical patients. this descriptive study was done in shahriar hospital. sample size was 11...

introduction cerebral haemorrhage could complicate post operative course after cardiac surgery, especially after multiple mechanical valves replacement needing for anticoagulation. the interruption of vitamin k antagonists in this cases, to avoid the enhancement of the cerebral haemorrhage, can be performed with reasonable safety. case presentation we report the case of a patient who underwent ...

today, the treatment of patellar luxations using current techniques has become a very common procedureas part of the surgical treatment. nevertheless, there are some doubts about such procedures in restraining the patella in lower grade cases. the purpose of the present retrospective clinical study was to determine theefficacy of the soft tissue and bone reconstructive procedures used for vario...

results pain scores, analgesic requirements assessed at 24 hours and operation duration were significantly lower in the non-closure group as compared to the closure group. febrile conditions and changes in hemoglobin levels were similar in both groups. conclusions non-closure of both visceral and the parietal peritoneum when performing a cs produces a significant reduction in pain, fewer analge...

background: wound infection has become a major medical problem in recent years. this is usually caused by gram-positive bacteria, especially staphylococcus aureus. since antimicrobial resistance to current drugs has critically been developed in these causative microorganisms, substitution medicine has become one of the main interests within  researchers. objectives: the aim of this study was to...