purpose: to compare the results of intravitreal bevacizumb (ivb) injection alone or in combination with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (ivt) versus macular laser photocoagulation (mpc) as primary treatment of diabetic macular edema (dme). methods: in this randomized clinical trial, 150 eyes of 129 patients with clinical dme and no previous treatment were enrolled. the eyes were randomly a...

due to the importance of clinically significant macular edema in diabetic patients, this study is aimed to determine if laser photocoagulation is effective in the treatment of clinically significant diabetic macular edema. in addition, the effects of risk factors arc surveyed* this is an existing data study considering patients with clinically significant diabetic macular edema, treated with ar...

The skin irritant, xylol, when applied to the ears of sensitized and reinjected rabbits often causes a severe inflammation with the formation of crusts and destruction of tissue. Dry gangrene of the entire ear tip may result (Figs. 1, 2, and 3). The same agent, applied in the same dosage and in the same way, to the ears of (1) normal rabbits, (2) normal rabbits injected once with horse serum (s...

objective: crocin, as an active constituent of saffron, has many biological functions including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. the present study was aimed to investigate the effects of crocin and chlorpheniramine on local edema induced by histamine. materials and methods: local edema was induced by subcutaneous injection of histamine (100 μl, 0.1%) in ventral surface of right hin...

objective(s): preclinical studies show that iron plays a key role in mediating neuronal injury. this study was performedin order to identify the relationship between the serum level of ferritin and severity of the brain injury which occur after an intracerebral hemorrhage (ich). materials and methods:this was a cross sectional descriptive – analytic study, which was conducted on those patients ...

a 34 day-old girl infant was admitted for poor feeding and cholestasis. she had a bulging fontanelle, with no evidence of intracranial infection or hemorrhage. investigations demonstrated that she had galactosemia. computed tomographic scans demonstrated the presence of diffuse cerebral edema. after treatment the edema resolved.

Vol. 26 No. 1, 2014 125 Received September 21, 2012, Revised January 15, 2013, Accepted for publication March 12, 2013 Corresponding author: Joong Sun Lee, Department of Dermatology, Eulji University Hospital, 95 Dunsanseo-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 302-799, Korea. Tel: 82-42-611-3037, Fax: 82-42-259-1111, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Cr...

BACKGROUND Although there are several studies of systemic corticosteroid therapies in various doses and various durations in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), the outcome measurement parameters are limited to the range of motion measurements, edema, and symptoms of CRPS. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of prednisolone on clinical symptoms, pain, hand grip strength, range of motion, ...

The aim of the present study was to explore the role of suture diameter and vessel insertion position in the preparation of the middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) rat model. A total of 84 Sprague-Dawley rats (weighing 250-300 g) were randomly divided to three groups: group A (type 1.0, suture diameter 0.16-0.17 mm and tip 0.21-0.22 mm); group B (type 2.0; suture diameter, 0.22-0.23 mm; tip...