Objectives: Objective is to analyze the operation results of 270 patients in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Setting: Soran Private Hospital/Department of general &laparoscopic surgery/ErbilIraq. Methods: The mean BMI of patients is 43.5 kg/m2 with female patient were 165 and male patients were 115. Type 2 DM was presenting in 68 patients. Hypertension in 48 Hypercholesterolemia in 104, Hypertriglyceridem...

OBJECTIVE To assess the long-term patient's satisfaction and functional results of surgical correction for Peyronie's disease (PD) patients with penile curvature by 16-dot minimal tension placation and its modification in Chinese population. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between August 2004 and December 2008, 32 patients with PD underwent surgical correction of penile curvature by 16-dot minimal tensi...

Melkerssons-Rosenthal syndrome is a clinical entity identified by the presence of the triad of recurrent facial paralysis, recurrent often permanent (labial) oedema, and to a lesser extent the placation of the tongue. The striking event is that of recurrent lower motor facial paresis. This should arouse the search for the other components of the triad which is not always complete. The major wor...

over the past decades, participatory approaches to development have been the center of attention not only as a means to sustainable development but also as an end. although women's role in rural development is emphasized, their participation in extension educational programs is nevertheless limited. using sherry aronstein theoretical framework, the descriptive-survey research aims to deter...

Despite of much effort, taken to improve diagnosis technologies, examination and development of the tactics for treatment of patients with acute inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis remain to be insufficiently understood. In period from 2003 there were examined and treated 572 patients with thrombosis of the IVC system. Thrombectomy was conducted in 62 (39.7%) cases, only clipping or placation w...

Blau syndrome is a rare granulomatous disorder inherited in an autosomal dominant manner characterized by the early appearance of granulomatous arthritis, skin rash and anterior uveitis. There are very few data on the cardiovascular manifestations of Blau syndrome. Here we report the first case of sinus of valsava aneurysm in Blau syndrome. In isolated unruptured aneurysms of a sinus of Valsalv...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of an innovative, minimally invasive sling technique with autologous tissue in women with concomitant incontinence and anterior vaginal wall prolapse (AVWP). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or mixed urinary incontinence and AVWP were randomly assigned into two groups: In Group A (26 patien...