background: sore throat is one of the major complications of tracheal intubation after general anesthesia. harpagophytum is an herbal medicine, the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of which have been demonstrated in various studies. we studied the effects of single dose harpagophytum one hour before tracheal intubation, to prevent the sore throat after extubation. methods: in a randomize...

introduction: the present study used a histological evaluation method to examine the effects of pentoxifylline (ptx) on healing an experimentally-induced pressure sore in a rat model. materials and methods: there were 36 adult male rats used in this study. under general anesthesia and sterile conditions, we used forceps to create one pressure sore on each rat. a double layer of folded skin from...