PURPOSE To assess periradicular lesions clinically and by computed tomography (CT) after endodontic surgery using either Portland cement or mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) as a root-end filling material. METHODS Three patients diagnosed with periradicular lesions by cone-beam CT underwent endodontic surgery with root-end filling. Patient A was treated with MTA as the root-end filling materia...

background:  complete traumatic amputation of upper limb in wrist area is relatively rare. during the past years thanks to advances in scientific and microscopic methods peripheral nerve surgery has increased the success rate of such surgeries. case presentation: an 18 year old man with his wrist has been cut for about 6 hours in an accident was referred to emergency ward of taleqani hospital o...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Compared with conventional treatment, early surgery significantly reduced the composite end point of all-cause death and embolic events during hospitalization, but long-term data in this area are lacking. This study sought to compare long-term outcomes of early surgery with a conventional treatment strategy in patients with infective endocarditis (IE) and large vegetat...

Introduction: Epinephrine-containing lidocaine is the most used anestheic drug in dentistry. The aim of this study was to investigate the hemodynamic changes following local infiltration of 2%lidocaine with 1:80,000 epinephrine in subjects undergoing orthognatic surgery under general anesthesia. Methods: Twenty five patients without any systemic disease participated. After general anesthesia, t...

introduction: tonsillectomy is among commonest otorhinolaryngologic surgeries. many methods have been used to control post surgical pain, but despite it, pain is still one of the problems related to this operation. recently, due to the non invasiveness of low level lasers, this modality has attracted attention. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of low level laser irradiation ...

Aim: In this study, it isaimed to retrospectively evaluatethe effect of serum albumin levels on postoperative mortality and morbidity in patients with end-stage liver failure hypoalbuminemia who underwent follow-up transplant surgery.
 Material Method: After the approval ethics committee, surgery between April 2011 September 2016 were divided into two groups as preoperative values

background postoperative pain is a common complication that can lead to serious morbidities and delayed recovery. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of low-level laser therapy on acute pain after tibial fracture surgery. patients and methods in this randomized clinical trial, 54 patients who were candidate for tibial fracture surgery were allocated randomly to two gr...

The majority of patients who suffer peri-operative thromboembolic complication while undergoing vascular procedures do so despite taking aspirin. This study examined the antiplatelet effect of aspirin during surgery in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Fifty patients undergoing CEA were standardised to 150 mg aspirin daily for > or =2 weeks. Platelet aggregation in response to a...

BACKGROUND Emergency surgery has become a rare event after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Whether having cardiac-surgery services available on-site is essential for ensuring the best possible outcomes during and after PCI remains uncertain. METHODS We enrolled patients with indications for nonemergency PCI who presented at hospitals in Massachusetts without on-site cardiac surgery ...