ABSTRACT Background: Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers in our country. Recent studies have shown that adenocarcinoma of the cardia and distal stomach has increased in the past 25 years. However demographic data is lacking in this regard. Methods: This study is a retrospective case series study. All records from 460 consecutive patients who were documented pathologically to have ...

pheochromocytoma is a rare disease. a retrospective study of the signs and clinical course of this disorder was performed by evaluating medical records. our fidings indicate that the prevalence of pheochromocytoma was equal in men and women, and most patients (56%) were in their second and third decades of life. in 10% of the cases, the disease was bilateral, and in 13% it was outside the adren...

Background: Nurses continuously carry out several activities and need to develop certain cognitive mechanisms to be able to concentrate on their tasks. These activities and tasks affect and deal with the health and safety of people and their job performance. This study aims to investigate the association between prospective and retrospective memories and job performance of nurses in Imam Hospit...

background & aim: the incidence of acute burn injuries in pregnant women is very low. burn injuries during pregnancy are often associated with a high rate of fetal and maternal mortality and morbidity. in this study, we aimed to review the cases of acute burn during pregnancy and evaluate the outcome of these patients in mashhad, iran. methods:this retrospective study was performed using the me...

- pericardectomy was first accomplished hi germany in 1913. it is obligatory when a pathologic condition in the pericardium increases pressure on the heart. the most common disease thai causes this process is constrictive pericarditis. tuberculosis was formerly the most common cause of the latter. a retrospective review of pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis was undertaken in shariati ...

  Background and Objectives: There are a few studies on histopathologic type of oral lesions especially from Iran. The aim of this study was to survey the oral lesions in Babol, northern Iran. Methods: The histopathology records were retrospectively reviewed for all lesions of oral cavity and jaws, during the years 1990 to 2009. The data were collected from the archive of pathology and analyz...

in spite of being histologically benign, sacrococcygeal teratoma (sct) may recur either as a benign or malignant tumor. a total of 26 patients with benign neonatal scts were treated in taleghanee and mofid medical centers from 1986 to 2000. investigations included radiography,abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography (ct) scan and measurement of tumor marker (α-fetoprotein). initial surgical...

Background & aim: The incidence of acute burn injuries in pregnant women is very low. Burn injuries during pregnancy are often associated with a high rate of fetal and maternal mortality and morbidity. In this study, we aimed to review the cases of acute burn during pregnancy and evaluate the outcome of these patients in Mashhad, Iran. Methods:This retrospective study was performed using the me...

abstract background: gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers in our country. recent studies have shown that adenocarcinoma of the cardia and distal stomach has increased in the past 25 years. however demographic data is lacking in this regard. methods: this study is a retrospective case series study. all records from 460 consecutive patients who were documented pathologically to have g...