purpose: to evaluate the prevalence of concomitant systemic and ocular diseases in patients scheduled for phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation (pe+pc iol) and post surgical visual outcomes and complications in 1253 cases. methods: medical records of all patients of a private clinic who underwent pe+pc iol from 1999 to 2003 were reviewed. all operations were performed by a singl...

UNLABELLED COPD presents in a variety of forms patients with head and neck cancer; it may affect therapeutic decision-making or postoperative outcomes due to its complications. AIM To correlate the severity of COPD in patients with head and neck SCC treated with surgery, who present postoperative complications. METHOD A retrospective analysis of 31 patients undergoing en bloc resections, fr...

background: considering that complications and outcome of each method of pediatric inguinal hernia repair are one of the determinants for pediatric surgeons for selection of the appropriate surgical technique, we compared the early and late complications of two inguinal repair techniques, with and without opening the external oblique muscle fascia. materials and methods: in this double-blind cl...

background: acute pancreatitis is a common complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp). several medical and surgical procedures have been analyzed in prevention of post-ercp pancreatitis as a major post-ercp complication, so we conducted a study to assess the role of prophylactic pancreatic stents on prevention and severity of post-ercp pancreatitis. materials and meth...

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) is a specific technique used to study the pancreatobiliary system that is performed in hepatogastroenterology centers. recent, common uses for therapeutic ercp are largely due to advanced imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endosonography. in the united states alone, over 500,000 therapeutic ercp are pe...

background: the aim of this study was to describe the one-decade experience in percutaneous nephrolithotomy surgery in children with kidney stones in tehran, iran. methods: all patients (less than 18 years old) undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy at our referral medical center, were reviewed in this cross-sectional study. all the demographics, surgical data and post-operative information we...

one of the basic purposes in dental treatment is providing a painless treatment for patients. this purpose may be achieved by the application of laser in dentistry. low-level laser therapy (lllt) is an internationally accepted title for biomodulation with low-level lasers which we use to achieve ideal therapeutic effects. low-level laser therapy is a painless, reproducible, non-invasive, and wi...

objective: to determine the impact of a national intervention program on some pregnancy complications in iran. materials and methods: this multicenter study was conducted in governmental sector in 14 provinces in iran between 2003 and 2005. intervention included education of all maternal health care providers including gynecologists, general physicians, and midwifes in the governmental sector. ...