Introduction: The main aim of this study was to determine the influence surgery on postoperative complications in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy. Methods: Patients diagnosed with goiter and thyroidectomy for more than ten years were retrospectively enrolled, outcomes complications. Statistical analysis done by chi-square t-test a p-value <0.05 as significant. Results: A 116 identifi...

PURPOSE To investigate whether suppression of blue light can improve visual function in patients with short tear break up time (BUT) dry eye (DE). METHODS Twenty-two patients with short BUT DE (10 men, 12 women; mean age, 32.4 ± 6.4 years; age range, 23-43 years) and 18 healthy controls (10 men, 8 women; mean age, 30.1 ± 7.4 years; age range, 20-49 years) underwent functional visual acuity (V...

BACKGROUND Our histopathology laboratory serves mountainous area of Hazara Division in Northern Pakistan. This study is an analysis of the records of skin cancers reported over a nine years period to develop local statistics about frequency and characteristics of skin cancers. METHODS Data from 1995-2003 record of cancers reported by Department of Pathology, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad w...

Background: This study uses data of the global burden of diseases (GBD) study 2010 to report death, disability-adjusted life year (DALYs), years of life lived with disability (YLDs) and years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLLs), attributed to suboptimal breastfeeding by age and gender during 1990 to 2010 in Iran. Materials and Methods:The GBD assessments were used, together with esti...

Background: Hippocampal volume has sharp rise till age of 2 years; then it rises slowly. Objective: To build a reference for hippocampus among Sudanese population. Method: It was comparative cross-sectional facility base study; with total coverage 65 patients attending Elmoalem Hospital, 3D MRI brain, during (December 2021 –April 2022). Dependent variable hippocampal and independent personal da...

background: pneumothorax is common and life-threatening clinical condition which may require emergency treatment in emergency medicine departments. objectives: we aimed to reveal the epidemiological analysis of the patients admitted to the emergency department with pneumothorax. material and methods: this case-control and multi-center study was conducted in the patients treated with the diagnos...