hip fractures are one of the most common injuries which present to an orthopaedic surgeon. most of these cases are unilateral .bilateral simultaneous femur neck fracture is a rare occurrence. we report a case of a bilateral neck femur fracture in a 30 year male following a generalized tonic clonic seizure in view of its rarity and also to increase the awareness of such rare injuries. the patien...

background: office workers spend a long period of time behind a computer during working hours. the relation between the posture of sitting during work with computer and neck pain is still debatable. even though some researchers claim a significant difference in head posture between patients with neck pain and pain-free participants, the fhp (forward head posture) has not always been associated ...

objectives: presence/absence of cervical lymph node metastasis plays a critical role in prognosis and survival of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (scc). this study was designed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (ct) scan for detection of cervical lymph node metastasis in oral scc in comparison with histopathological analysis after neck dissection methods: in th...

introduction: there are significant gender differences in the epidemiology and presentation of cardiovascular diseases (cvds), physiological aspects of cvds, response to diagnostic tests or interventions, and prevalence or incidence of the associated risk factors. considering the independent influence of gender on early dire consequences of such diseases, this study was conducted to investigate...

a 4-month-old boy was admitted to our hospital following an unsuccessful attempt at interventional repair of aortic coarctation via the right carotid artery, which seemed to have given rise to the formation and growth of a cervical mass overlying the entry site. despite the initial anticipation of difficulty during intubation due to the pressure effect of the mass, anesthesia progressed unevent...

background: traction has been suggested to be an effective treatment for symptoms of neck disorder in patients with no contraindications. however, according to previous researches, the effectiveness of traction is controversial, particularly compared to other conservative treatments. this trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of sustained traction, using an over-the-door home cervical trac...

introduction: blunt neck and laryngeal trauma is rare. since such injuries can be life threatening, their early management remarkably affects the immediate probability of patients’ survival and their long-term quality of life. materials and methods: in this retrospective and descriptive study, medical records of 54 patients with blunt neck and laryngeal trauma, who were referred to imam khomein...

introduction: after low back pain, the neck pain is the most prevalent pain among (especially elderly) peoples. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of one period of exercise program on subjects neck rom and chronic neck pain. materials and methods:  for executing this study 60 elderly patient (24 males and 36 females) with mean age 56± 4.5 years old and 71± 4.4 kg with chronic...

the optimal fractionation schedule for radiotherapy of head and neck cancer has been controversial. the objective of this randomized trial was to test the efficacy of hyperfractionation vs. standard fractionation. patients with squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck organs were randomly assigned to receive radiotherapy delivered with a) standard fractionation at 2 gy/fraction/day, 5 days/week...

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