in current paper, geometrical relationship between the longitudinal faults of a zone of the folded zagros, surrounding asef mountains (north of shiraz) that follow the northwest-southeast structural trend (eg. zarghan, katah and sadra faults) has been studied. a western and southern zone of zagros mountain chain called folded zagros has a length of about 1375 km and a width between 120 and 250 ...

BACKGROUND Pin site infection is a common problem in external fixation. Plain gauze wetted with normal saline is commonly used for a pin site dressing owing to the simplicity and low cost. Evidence to support adding an antimicrobial agent in the dressing material is lacking. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES We compared the rate of pin tract infection using plain gauze and gauze impregnated with polyhexamet...

Although gauze packing and planned reoperation has been documented for the treatment of liver trauma, it has not been described for the management of the ruptured spleen. We document a single case of a grade I splenic injury, which occurred during an emergency subtotal colectomy for a massive lower gastrointestinal bleed. The options of suturing and packing with absorbable mesh failed in the pr...

A gauze sponge wrapping method to prevent recurrent subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) after incomplete obliteration of intracranial aneurysm or a residual neck after clipping was developed and tested. The authors performed the gauze wrapping for aneurysms with incomplete obliteration by clipping alone, abnormal changes of the parent artery wall which had the possibility of regrowth or rerupture, an...

Introduction: Gum Tragacanth (GT) obtained from Astragalus gossypinus is one of the most widely used natural gums which has found applications in many areas because of its attractive features such as biodegradability, nontoxic nature, natural availability, moisture absorption and creating a network of Hydrocolloid. It also has properties like maintenance and delivery of drugs, higher resistance...

A novel application of the adult Merocel nasal pack Dear Sir, Post-adenoidectomy haemorrhage is a potentially life-threatening complication with a prevalence of 0.38–1.5%. – 3 Post-nasal packs are the preferred haemostatic solution. Eighty-seven percent of ENT consultants questioned preferred using them, in a recent survey, with 78% leaving them in overnight. We recently treated a four-year-old...

BACKGROUND Many different wound dressings and topical applications are used to cover surgical wounds healing by secondary intention. It is not known whether these dressings heal wounds at different rates. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of dressings and topical agents on surgical wounds healing by secondary intention SEARCH STRATEGY We sought relevant trials from the Cochrane Central...