UNLABELLED Objective s : To determine the recurrence rate following Conjunctival Autograft versus Mitomycin C for pterygium excision. METHODS Fifty Patients in this Randomized Clinical Trial who underwent pterygium excision from July 2013 to October 2013 at Department of Ophthalmology, Ziauddin University Hospital, Keamari, Karachi were included. All patients underwent detailed ophthalmic exa...

the cytology study is effective and reliable technique in intraoperative consultation. this study was performed to evaluate the accuracy of the cytology study in intraoperative consultation of the breast lesions. 125 specimens of the breast lesions were examined and studied in imam khomeini hospital during the years 1998-99. the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for cytological method were ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors for late-onset infection following glaucoma filtration surgery. METHODS We performed a case-control study comparing 131 cases of late-onset infection collected from 27 surgeons at 10 centers with 500 controls matched for date of surgery and surgeon. The criterion for the presence of infection was severe anterior chamber reaction occurring later than 4 w...

BACKGROUND Pseudomyxoma peritonei remains a fatal disease. However, extensive surgical cytoreduction combined with intraoperative heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has recently emerged as a new treatment modality, which might improve survival. METHODS Patients underwent treatment if the tumour appeared to be technically resectable on preoperative abdominal computed tomography and th...

Studies made of the treatment with 66 courses of mitomycin C in 28 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia are reported. The effect of mitomycin C was investigated according to the relation between drug and host factors, comparison with the effects of other agents, and drug resistance. Patients with less hematological and clinical symptoms responded better to mitomycin C therapy. The remissi...

purpose: to compare the efficacy and safety of topical mitomycin- c 0.01% versus dexamethazone phosphate 0.1% in patients with refractory vernal keratoconjunctivitis (vkc). methods: in this double blind randomized clinical trial, patients with refractory vkc were randomly assigned to treatment with topical mitomycin-c 0.01% eye drops (n=27) or dexamethazone phosphate 0.1% (n=27), four times dai...

BACKGROUND Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is a common cancer affecting many patients in the United States. Nephroureterectomy remains the gold standard for the treatment of high grade upper tract disease or low grade tumors that are not amenable to endoscopic management. Recent reports have shown a decrease in UC recurrence in patients who underwent nephroureterectomy and who had Mitomycin C (MMC) i...