background: congenital heart disease (chd) is the most common congenital anomaly in newborns. this study was performed to determine the live birth incidence of chd by ethnicity and sex in gorgan, northern iran. methods: in this longitudinal, hospital-based study, 18162 live births in dezyani hospital in gorgan, north of iran, were screened for chd, from 2007 through 2009. clinical examination, ...

Large-head metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty represents novel technology, and outcome data are lacking. We prospectively compared the performance of a nonmodular metal-on-metal acetabular component (Durom; Zimmer, Warsaw, IN) with a modular titanium component (Trilogy, Zimmer). All Durom components placed at our institution with minimum 1-year follow up (n = 63) were compared with an age- a...

OBJECTIVES Full thickness skin grafts (FTSG) offer several advantages; they are esthetically superb, have less postoperative shrinkage, and offer minimal postoperative pain and scar formation at the donor site. As a donor site of FTSG, the groin offers a relatively large area of skin with high elasticity. The aim of this study was to evaluate FTSG from the groin for reconstruction in oral and m...

BACKGROUND Groin pain in athletes occurs frequently and can be difficult to treat, which may partly be due to the lack of agreement on diagnostic terminology. OBJECTIVE To perform a short Delphi survey on terminology agreement for groin pain in athletes by a group of experts. METHODS A selected number of experts were invited to participate in a Delphi questionnaire. The study coordinator se...

Chronic groin pain is a common presentation in sports medicine. It is most often a problem in those sports that involve kicking and twisting movements while running. The morbidity of groin pain should not be underestimated, ranking behind only fracture and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in terms of time out of training and play. Due to the insidious onset and course of pathology in t...

BACKGROUND Athletic groin pain remains a common field-based team sports time-loss injury. There are few reports of non-surgically managed cohorts with athletic groin pain. AIM To describe clinical presentation/examination, MRI findings and patient-reported outcome (PRO) scores for an athletic groin pain cohort. METHODS All patients had a history including demographics, injury duration, spor...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study (the third in a series of similar studies) is to evaluate the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus (SA), methicillin-resistant SA (MRSA) and mupirocin-resistant SA (MuRSA) carriers in a peritoneal dialysis centre where patients have been instructed to use prophylactic mupirocin ointment at the catheter exit site over the last 7 years. METHODS Swabs were take...

Groin pain in athletes is one of the most difficult to treat clinical entities in sports medicine. The reasons are the amount of differential diagnoses, complexity of pathophysiologic causes and the long time of limited participation in sport. In order to maximize efficient treatment, thorough diagnostics and a clear therapeutic regimen are crucial. To succeed with this issue, a close cooperati...

not to speak or chew too much to prevent needle migration, which might be caused by facial muscle contraction. Therefore, when we performed the removal operation, the embedded needle was located 2 cm away from the opening (Fig. 4). In this case, the embedded foreign body had migrated. Acupuncture needles, fish bones, and broken dental needles are very hazardous foreign bodies that can migrate t...