introduction: injury to cranial nerves ix, x, and xii is a known complication of laryngoscopy and intubation. here we present a patient with concurrent hypoglossal and recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis after rhinoplasty. case report: the patient was a 27-year-old woman who was candidate for rhinoplastic surgery. the next morning after the operation, the patient complained of dysphonia and a s...

how to cite this article: harsh v, chengazhacherril r.b, sharmak, kalakoti p, gupta u, ahmad w, kumar a. sciatic nerve injection palsy in children. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):86-87.   letter to editor  pls see pdf file.   references 1. toopchizadeh v, barzegar m, habibzadeh a. sciatic nerve injection palsy in children, electrophysiologic pattern and outcome: a case series study. ir...

background: the standard method for repair of an injured peripheal nerve is epineural repair with separate sutures. herein we describe a method in which the nerve is sutured with continous sutures. in fact this method has not been utilized for nerve repair previously and our purpose was to compare it to the standard method. if it proved to be successful it would replace the standard method in c...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: prolonged fasting may precipitate or exacerbate gastrointestinal complaints. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between ramadan fasting and acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (augib), and to assess characteristics of those occurred in the holly month. materials and methods: retrospective analysis was conducted for all ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of pressure ulcers of the foot is a major health care problem in frail elderly patients. A pressure sore dramatically increases the cost of medical and nursing care, and effective treatment has always been an essential nursing concern. Management options for pressure ulcers include local wound care; surgical repair; and, more recently, topical application of growth fac...

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are benign neoplasms that can occur at different anatomic sites with nonspecific clinical symptoms. A 48-yr-old woman presented with a 2-month history of a relapsed oral ulcer, progressive dyspnea, and a thoracic pain induced by breathing. A tumorous mass was noticed in the right costodiaphragmatic recess on chest computed tomography and magnetic reson...

Compression bandaging achieved a higher proportion of complete ulcer healing, reduced ulcer size, and improved psychosocial outcomes in venous ulcer patients. The four-layer bandaging and short-stretch bandaging systems achieved a similar effect on both ulcer healing and other psychosocial outcome measures. Effect of compression bandaging on wound healing and psychosocial outcomes in older peop...

during the past few years, researchers and practitioners have developed novel techniques, using ansa cervicalis to innervate muscles of the larynx paralyzed due to surgical procedures carried out in the chest and neck areas. during routine dissection of a middle-age male cadaver, an unusual course of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis was observed. in this case, the superior root of the a...

The aim of the study was to study the anti-ulcer activity of the methanolic extract of the leaves of Capparis zeylanica Linn on experimental animal models. The methanol extract of Capparis zeylanica Linn. leaves was investigated for anti-ulcer activity against aspirin plus pylorus ligation induced gastric ulcer in rats. HCl-Ethanol induced ulcer in mice and indomethacin induced ulcer in rats at...

BACKGROUND AND AIM In our previous study, the SLCO1B1 521TT genotype and the SLCO1B1*1b haplotype were significantly associated with the risk of peptic ulcer in patients taking low-dose aspirin (LDA). The aim of the present study was to investigate pharmacogenomic profile of LDA-induced peptic ulcer and ulcer bleeding. METHODS Patients taking 100 mg of enteric-coated aspirin for cardiovascula...