Primary heart tumors are not common. Âlthough myxoma is the most common tumor of the heart, mitral valve myxoma is extremely rare. The patient is a 55 years old woman who had atypical retrosternal pain, retinal artery emboli and visual deficit. Ïn transesophageal echocardiography a (4x3x3) cm mass was detected in posterior leaflet of mitral valve. The posterior leaflet of mitral valve was tot...

Introduction & Objective: Supra condylar humeral fractures are frequent in children at 5-8 years old and its neurovascular complications are more than other fractures. Treatment of displaced fractures (type3) is surgical with open reduction and internal fixation, through posterior, medial, lateral or anterior approach. This study is performed for comparison of the effect of posterior or lateral...

  This is a retrospective study of 83 patients with polioscoliosis, treated surgically in Shafa hospital (1970-1997), and the results are as Follow: implant failure: 15 cases (18%), pseudoar throsis: 12 cases (14.5%) deep infection: 4 cases (4.5%) superficial infection: 3 cases (3.6%) cast sore: 17 cases (20.5%) and loss of correction: 28 cases (33.7%).   Implant failure was more common in Harr...

Introduction: Auricular reconstruction of partial ear defects is usually challenging, especially in extended resections or traumas. Helical rim is the most noticeable part of ear with aesthetic significance, which demands detailed procedures. Helical rim advancement is a known procedure to reshape lacerated rim. In the original technique, a chondrocutaneous flap is raised in order to preserve t...