Background: Laparoscopy is an established method to perform major surgeries, with many advantages over open surgeries. Hysterectomy a common procedure performed increased use of laparoscopy, having postoperative pain management issue. Effective promotes early ambulation, lowering the risk DVT and PE.Methods: The present study aimed assess effect bupivacaine intraperitoneally during laparoscopic...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to systemically evaluate the efficacy and safety of laparoscopy versus microsurgery in the surgical therapy of varicocele in male adults. METHODS Relevant literature, published between January 1995 and October 2012, were searched in Pubmed/Medline database, OVID, EMBASE, Chinese Biology Medicine disc (CBMdisc), CNKI, CEBM\CCD, and Cochrane database. The newly publi...

CONTEXT Women with primary infertility and no obvious pelvic pathology on clinical evaluation and imaging are either treated empirically or further investigated by laparoscopy. AIMS The role of diagnostic laparoscopy in women who fail to conceive after empirical treatment with ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination was evaluated. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Retrospective study at a priva...

OBJECTIVE To compare the laparotomy and laparoscopy techniques for correction of ventral hernia when related to perioperative complications, length of hospitalization, surgical time, and recurrence of hernia. METHODS This was a systematic review of randomized controlled trials, which included studies retrieved from four databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane and LILACS), using a combination of ...

BACKGROUND Very few studies are available that describe the role of laparoscopy in adults with impalpable testes. This study compares laparoscopy with ultrasonography in this subset of patients. METHODS Fourteen adults, having a mean age of 21 years, with 19 undescended testes were evaluated. None of the testes was palpable, preoperative ultrasound localized 7 testes (36.8%), but a change in ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the results of laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy with those of open total gastrectomy for early gastric cancer. METHODS Patients with gastric cancer who underwent total gastrectomy with curative intent in three Korean tertiary hospitals between January 2003 and December 2010 were included in this multicentre, retrospective, propensity score...

background the sitting position, rather than squatting, during defecation has been hypothesized to be a risk factor for colorectal cancer (crc). methods we conducted a case-control study to test this hypothesis. a total of 100 crc cases from two hospitals in iran and 100 control subjects, selected from the coronary care unit (ccu) of those same hospitals were selected for this study. we adminis...

introduction : pemphigus vulgaris (pv) is a relatively rare autoimmune disease characterized by blistering of the skin and mucosa. the main objective of this study was to investigate the possible association between the 5-httlpr polymorphism and pv in iranian patients. for this, 112 pv and 100 controls were enrolled in this study. materials and methods : in this case-control study, genomic dna ...

background hearing loss is the most common congenital disorder the incidence of which is further increased in the presence of risk factors for hearing loss among newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). the aim of this study was early diagnosis and intervention for hearing loss in newborns discharged from nicu. materials and methods this prospective cohort study was conduct...

acute chest pain is an important and frequently occurring symptom in patients. chest pain is often a sign of ischemic heart disease. chest pain due to suspected acute coronary syndrome (acs) is responsible for a large and increasing number of hospital attendances and admissions. current practice for suspected acs involves troponin testing 10–12 hours after symptom onset to diagnose myocardial i...