BACKGROUND Bronchiectasis is a permanent irreversible dilatation of the bronchial wall, often arising from inadequate treatment of a pulmonary infection. In recent years, the incidence of bronchiectasis has decreased mainly due to improved medical treatment of respiratory infections. However, the disease still constitutes a health problem in developing countries. METHOD We reviewed 277 patien...

INTRODUCTION Caustic ingestion is responsible for a spectrum of upper gastrointestinal tract injury from self-limited to perforation. This study conducted to evaluate clinical characteristics as well as surgical outcomes in patients with caustic ingestion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between Nov1993 to march 2011, 14 adults with a clinical evidence of corrosive ingestion were admitted into our inst...

BACKGROUND Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors have accounted for approximately one fourth of all pediatric malignancies. CNS tumors have been the most common solid malignancies among the children. In this study, we have evaluated survival and prognostic factors in children with non-brain stem astrocytoma. METHODS Children with non-brain stem astrocytoma, referring to radiation oncology cente...

background: the trace element copper has been identified as a highly toxic element for sperm. it is known to affect sperm motility in humans and experimental implantation of copper in the epididymis vas deferens and scrotum of mammals has been demonstrated to affect fertility detrimentally. objective: sperm concentration motility vitality and morphology are parameters used to evaluate potential...

Presenter: Omid Salehi MD | Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center Background: Inaccurate clinical staging of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) may impact not only on prognostication but also treatment, resulting in chemotherapeutic and surgical over- undertreatment. This study assesses factors associated stage migration stratified by treatment sequence (i.e. upfront surgery (UFS)...

BACKGROUND β-thalassemia, a monogenic autosomal recessive disorder, is prevalent in Middle East, particularly in Iran. In Iran, near to 20 mutations in the β-globin gene are introduced as common mutations with varying incidence frequencies in each city. Therefore, detection and screening for couples at high risk can help to solve the problems of this disease. In this study, optimized genotyping...