in order to evaluate the outcome and complications of z plasty in pilonidal cyst repair, 90 patients with pilonidal cysts of the natal cleft were selected and repaired by z-plasty in al-zahra hospital. the patients were followed for 6 months and complications such as seroma, infection and relapse were evaluated. the incidence of seroma, infection and relapse after z-plasty was 12%,3.3% and 3.6%...

background: carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common focal mono-neuropathy. a study was designed to compare the effects of traditional open carpal tunnel release with median neurolysis and z-plasty reconstruction of the transverse carpal ligament on post-operative hand pain and hand function in patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome.   methods: fifty-two patients with idiopathic carpa...

flammatory compound. Compound 1 suppressed 12-Otetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced infiammation on mouse ears at a dose of 500vg (the i"hibitory effect (IE) was 43%). Linolenic acid methyl ester did not inhibit this infiammation at the same dose. Howeyer, the related compounds of 1, (9Z,11E)-13hydroxy-9,11-octadecadienoic acid (5) and (9Z,11M13-oxo-9,11-octadecadienoic acid (6), slto...

An open question is whether B(F ) < ∞. The examples of Martin-McMillen and Fermigier [8] show that B(0) ≥ 23 and B(Z/2Z) ≥ 14. It follows from results of Montgomery [18] and AtkinMorain [1] that Br(F ) ≥ 1 for all torsion groups F . Kihara [11] proved that Br(0) ≥ 14 and Fermigier [8] that Br(Z/2Z) ≥ 8. Recently, Kihara [12] and Kulesz [14] proved using parametrization by Q(t) and Q(t1, t2, t3,...

Upregulation of ADAM-12, a novel member of the multifunctional ADAM family of proteins is linked to cancer, arthritis and cardiac hypertrophy. Basal expression of ADAM-12 is very low in adult tissues but rises markedly in response to certain physiological cues, such as during pregnancy in the placenta, during development in neonatal skeletal muscle and bone and in regenerating muscle. Studies o...