Background: To compare the outcomes of two Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) techniques Left Subclavian Artery (LSA) reconstruction for Stanford Type B Dissection (TBAD) patients with undesirable proximal anchoring zone. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 57 TBAD who underwent either three dimensional (3D)-printing-assisted extracorporeal fenestration (n = 32) or conventional 25) fr...

purpose: to assess parameters that had a capability of influencing the rate of big bubble formation during deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in keratoconus. methods: a total of 290 consecutive eyes from 257 patients with keratoconus that underwent dalk using the big-bubble technique were enrolled. the influence of patient age and sex, family history of keratoconus, history of contact l...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fistulographic features of malfunctioning axillary loop-configured arteriovenous grafts and the efficacy of percutaneous interventions in failed axillary loop-configured arteriovenous grafts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients with axillary loop-configured arteriovenous grafts were referred for evaluation of graft patency or upper arm sw...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of three different myringoplasty techniques, namely hyaluronic acid fat graft myringoplasty (HAFGM), fat graft myringoplasty (FGM), and temporal fascia for the closure of different sizes and sites of tympanic membrane perforations. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients who had undergone a type 1 tympanoplasty operat...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of the buccal mucosa and lingual mucosa used in children who received multiple failed hypospadias surgeries. METHOD We conducted a retrospective study of 62 children who received buccal or lingual mucosa graft urethroplasty in our hospital between 2012 and 2015. The ages ranged from 3.5-11 y. All cases included multiple failed hy...

Regardless of operator expertise and the development of novel interventional devices, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) is still challenging, but has contributed to higher procedural success rates in the current era of rapid change[1,2]. Previous studies indicated that a history of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) impacts the procedure success...

During a 12-year period (1984 to 1997), 32 consecutive patients with advanced maxillary bone compromise received surgical-prosthodontic rehabilitation. The most frequent procedure used was maxillary augmentation with a free nonvascularized autogenous onlay block bone graft, and the average time of prosthesis function was 67 months. Twenty-eight patients underwent a 1-stage procedure, in which e...

Introduction: Tympanoplasty is a standard procedure to repair tympanic membrane perforation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of tympanoplasty (hearing improvement and tympanic membrane closure rate) in patients suffering from chronic perforation of the tympanic membrane by considering the prognostic factors.  Materials and Methods: In a prospective study, based on the results ...

abstract persian walnut is one of the most important nut crops in iran. now the majority of orchards are seedling with a great diversity. for establishing uniform orchards and increasing the quantity and quality of yield, patch budding as the most suitable propagation methods, have still technical and practical problems in the country. in spite of high percent of primary success in patch buddin...

We’re using the 50-startups dataset for this problem statement and we will be concept of Multiple linear regression to predict profit startups companies. How do work? Well, can say that pipeline operates on same principles which are similar other MNCs major difference between both them is one hand work make products beneficial customers a small scale while established companies large by re-doin...