Inverted papilloma is a common, benign sinonasal tumor with known high rate of recurrence. To prevent recurrences, complete excision inverted essential. In excision, especially, identifying the attachment site and managing meticulously important. this study, we introduce two surgical methods for that can reduce recurrence rate: prelacrimal approach ‘origin cauterization drilling (painting washi...

BACKGROUND To report the effect of intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy (IOERT) and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in addition to surgery as well as to evaluate the role of resectable local recurrence for long-term prognosis. METHODS In 53 patients who underwent surgery for retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma (RSTS) from 2001 to 2014 prognostic and epidemiologic factors were reviewed ...

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a rare proliferative process of the synovium which most commonly affects the knee and occurs in either a localised (LPVNS) or a diffuse form (DPVNS). The effect of different methods of surgical synovectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy on the rate of recurrence is unclear. We conducted a systematic review and identified 35 observational studies in English ...

BACKGROUND Although a number of studies have reported the recurrence risk of NTDs in developed countries, there is little data on the rate of recurrence of NTDs in northern China, a region of high prevalence of NTDs. METHODS Based on the population-based birth defects surveillance system of five counties, we identified women who had an NTD affected pregnancy from 2004-2015 and a retrospective...

Introduction: In recent years, the surgical management of angiofibroma has been greatly influenced by the use of endoscopic techniques. However, large tumors that extend into difficult anatomic sites present major challenges for management by either endoscopy or an open-surgery approach which needs new technique for the complete en block resection.   Materials and Methods: In a prospective obse...

this study was done on 30 intravenous drug abusers who had underwent femoral artery ligation within 2 years (2007-2009) in imam reza hospital of kermanshah have been enrolled. variables such as age, gender, hiv test, claudication, wound infection, skin ulcer, recurrence of the pseudo aneurysm and the rate of amputation were evaluated. among 27 studied cases, 18.51% developed surgical site infec...

OBJECTIVE Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common form of extra axial hemorrhage in the elderly. A surgical procedures such as a burr hole trephination are used for the CSDH treatment. The recurrence rate of CSDH is reported to range from 2.3 to 33%. In the current study, we focused on the determination of risk factors associated with the recurrence of CSDH. METHODS We retrospectively re...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided radiofrequency (RF) ablation in patients with incompletely treated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and to evaluate possible prognostic factors for this therapy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thirty nine patients with incompletely treated single HCC (≤ 5 cm) after TACE were treated with RF ...