Aggressive chemotherapy/radiotherapy and bone marrow transplantation can cure >90% of girls and young women affected by disorders requiring such treatment. However, the ovaries are very sensitive to cytotoxic drugs, especially to alkylating agents. Several options are currently available to preserve fertility in cancer patients. The present review reports the results of 60 orthotopic reimplanta...

results totally, 101women were evaluated during the study. endometriosis was present at laparoscopy in 58 patients. mean age and the duration of infertility were calculated 30.78 ± 4.79 and 4.2 ± 2.91 years respectively. frequencies of each sonographic finding were as follow: echogenic points (%31.68), ovarian endometrioma (%30.69), blurred ovary margin (%7.92), fixation of ovaries (%15.9), dev...

although there have been various studies on the agents reducing pain in infants, but inadequate researches are available in which the effect of low dose of fentanyl in pain reducing in infants has been investigated. to find out the low dose effect of fentanyl on the pain reducing resulted from lumbar puncture in infants. this randomized double blind clinical trial was done on the 82 infants in ...

In many primitively eusocial wasp species new nests are founded either by a single female or by a small group of females. In the single foundress nests, the lone female develops her ovaries, lays eggs as well as tends her brood. In multiple foundress nests social interactions, especially dominance-subordinate interactions, result in only one 'dominant' female developing her ovaries and laying e...

In the present study, beneficial effect of leaves Ziziphus mauritiana on testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, LH hormones, blood glucose, and total cholesterol levels in experimentally induced polycystic ovaries female Sprague Dawley rats were evaluated. Letrozole was used to induce PCOS rats, clomiphene citrate as a standard control. This study carried out vivo 30 where group I received norm...

thirty pairs ovaries of camel from isfahan abattoiry were collected. in each specimen,  some parameters such as  length, width and thickness of left and right ovaries were measured. for histological studies , after tissue preparation  and staining with h&e;, the ovarian follicles were recognized and classified. for each follicle some parameters such as: diameter of oocyte and follicle, thicknes...

background: congenital toxoplasmosis is one cause of abortion. infection can disrupt ovarian cycles and because toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease may have a similar effect on the ovaries. the purpose of this study was to investigate the pathological changes in the ovaries due to toxoplasmosis.   methods: tachyzoites of toxoplasma gondii were harvested from peritoneal fluid of mice, experim...

Abstract Background The present randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy of a topical lidocaine-prilocaine cream (EMLA) to relief pain during spinal puncture in pediatric oncology patients. Materials and Methods Sixty patients with malignancy candidate for spinal puncture were selected for this study. The patients were randomly allocated to two groups. Group A had topical EMLA cream...

Radial artery puncture, an invasive procedure, is frequently used for critical patients. Although considered safe, severe complications such as finger necrosis can occur. Herein, we review the clinical course of finger necrosis after accidental radial artery puncture. A 63-year-old woman visited the emergency department (ED) with left second and third finger pain after undergoing intravenous (I...