AIM This research was carried out to compare magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) with isotonic saline in terms of pain control after herniorrhaphy. PATIENTS & METHODS A randomized double-blind study, in which the patients were blind to all. A total of 100 patients who were candidates of herniorrhaphy were randomized into two groups: experimental and control (50 patients in each). Anesthesia was induced...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC), a mucolytic drug with insulin sensitizing properties, as an adjuvant therapy in subjects with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) resistant to clomiphene citrate (CC). Design: Placebo-controlled, double-blind randomized trial. Setting: University-based hospital and private infertility practice. Patient(s): One hundred fifty women diagno...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of mother-infant early skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding behavior of infants. STUDY DESIGN A randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, from November to December 2009. METHODOLOGY Eligible mothers were assessed for the successful ...

BACKGROUND Atrophy of the corpus callosum (CC) is a documented consequence of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), which has been expressed as volume loss using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Other advanced imaging modalities such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have also detected white matter microstructural alteration following TBI in the CC. The manner and degre...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS In the treatment of complicated cholecystitis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has limited efficacy due to its substantial post-operative complications. In addition, the clinical characteristics of complicated cholecystitis (CC) patients were suspected as advanced age with highly risky comorbidity. Percutaneous transhepatic gall bladder (PTGBD) drainage could be an alternativ...

Using high-resolution in-vivo magnetic resonance morphometry of the midsagittal area of the corpus callosum (CC) and four callosal subareas in 21 children with developmental language disorder (DLD) of the phonologic-syntactic type we found no significant anatomical differences in comparison to an age- and gender-matched normal control group. There was also no significant between-group differenc...

Corpus callosum (CC) is essential in providing the integration of information related to perception and action within a subcortico-cortical network, thus supporting the generation of a unified experience about and reaction to changes in the environment. Its role in schizophrenia is yet to be fully elucidated, but there is accumulating evidence that there could be differences between patients an...

ABSTRACT: Breeding strategies aim to reduce lameness in dairies by using predictor traits increase the selection of dairy cows. This study enhanced present knowledge about association between claw conformations (CC), hindlimb conformation (HiLC), gait, and body condition score (BCS) A total 166 lactating Holstein cows were enrolled scored for BCS, CC, HiLC, gait. The abnormal HiLC group was sta...

OBJECTIVE Clomiphene citrate (CC) has some negative effects on the endometrium. We aimed to determine the effect of vaginally administered local estrogen (LE) on endometrial thickness (ET) and pregnancy rates in CC stimulated cycles. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a prospective randomized crossover study that took place in a university hospital. The patients had received CC due to unexplained ...