Purpose: To compare the outcome of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) versus autologus limbal stem cell transplantation (LSCT) in the management of recurrent pterygium. Setting: Suez Canal University Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, Ismailia, Egypt. Methods: This is a comparative prospective case series study included forty two eyes with recurrent pterygia. They were equally and randoml...

in this study, chondrocyte culture was established for the first time in iran, and calcium alginate was used for longer culture of chondrocyte in vitro. the study was programmed in order to be used for future human chondrocyte transplantation. the cartilage specimen obtained from 50 patients who underwent total knee and hip operations in isfahan university of medical sciences. cartilage specime...

The primary goal of post-surgical rehabilitation following cartilage repair (microfracture, grafting, autologus chondrocyte transplantation) is to control pain, reduce inflammation, protect the repaired tissue during the healing process, restore function, improve range-of-motion, and accelerate soft tissue healing. During the initial healing phase following surgery, six to eight weeks4,11,16,25...

experimental and clinical studies have shown that intracoronary transplantation of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (bmscs) has resulted in regenerated infarcted myocardium and improved left ventricular (lv) function.the aim of this pilot study was to assess the benefical effectsof intracoronary transplantation of bmsc in patients with oldmyocardial infarction (omi). autologous bms...

Double-hit lymphoma (DHL) has been identified as a subset of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with poor clinical outcomes. It is because of genetic translocation of C-myc and Bcl2 gene that make it more aggressive and un-responsive to conventional and salvage treatments. DHLis an extremely rare entity of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) having no established incidence data so far. In literature very l...