objective: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of needlestick injury (nsi) and the factors associated with it among medical and dental students in kerman province during the 2006 year. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 269 medical and dental students to evaluate nsis and practices regarding the protective strategies. these students were asked t...

background: besides medical therapy, surgical interventions plays an important role in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd), but they also involve complications and advantages. this study was undertaken to determine the characteristics and outcome of surgery in patients with ibd. â  methods: all the files of the patients admitted in nemazee and faghihi hospitals with the final diag...

background: cushing's disease is the most prevalent cause of endogenous adrenocorticotrophic hormone hypersecretion. the aim of this study was to document the current clinical practice pattern in the management of cushing's disease by iranian endocrinologists to determine their opinions and compare them with the current clinical practice guidelines.    methods: an eight-item questionnaire deali...

For some women the possibility of breast augmentation means a relief from suffering. This is true of reconstructive surgery after mastectomy or after childbirth. In some cases implants may help women who suffer mentally from being “flat-chested”. However, the majority of recent breast augmentation surgery can not be said to fall under these categories for they mostly serve the purpose of boosti...

BACKGROUND Research shows that career choices are made as a result of preconceived ideas and exposure to a specialty. If plastic surgery is to continue to attract the best, factors that may dissuade the millennial generation medical students from pursuing plastic surgery as a career must be identified and addressed. We explored the determinants of interest in plastic surgery as a career choice ...

Hongyu Xiang, Yinhua Liu; Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrS) the Surgical Medical Association

purpose: to present an extraocular muscle disinsertion in a pterygium surgery case report: a 61-year-old woman presenting an acute diplophia after a nasal pterygium surgery. the medical rectus muscle was cut during the primary surgery which was immediately reported and the muscle was reinserted to its original site and recovery was more or less obtained. conclusion: anatomical consideration met...

Zufarov MM* and Kamalov ST Author Affiliations Republican Specialized Scientific Practical Medical Center for Surgery. Named by acad. VV Vakhidov. Department of interventional cardiology, arrhythmology endovascular surgery, Uzbekistan Received: March 07, 2022 | Published: 18, Corresponding author: MM, DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.42.006796

PURPOSE Due to differences in epilepsy types and surgery, economic evaluations of epilepsy treatment in adults cannot be extrapolated to children. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of epilepsy surgery compared to medical treatment in children with intractable epilepsy. METHOD Decision tree analysis was used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of surgery relative to medical management. Fiftee...