objective: to consider incisional endometrioma (ie) as a differential diagnosis of abdominal disorders and to recommend different treatments as preventive measures. incisional endometrioma (ie), as a rare condition, usually develops in surgical scar of cesarean section or hysterectomy. materials and methods: we performed a retrospective review of 12 cases at department of surgery, shahrekord un...

fibroadenoma is the most common benign mass of breast in females 20-50 years of age. juvenile fibroadenoma accounts for only 4% of total fibroadenomas. moreover, the incidence of giant juvenile fibroadenoma is found to be only 0.5% of all fibroadenomas. a 15-year-old woman at the 12th week of gestation was referred to the shahid sadoughi hospital, yazd, iran because of a mass in the right breas...

background & aim: spondylolisthesis is a visible deformity in lumbosacral region with vertebral slip and fracture or other deformities of pars interarticularis. this study aims at investigating the characteristics of spondylolisthesis surgery in operated patients. methods & materials/patients: this is a retrospective study which included all the patients who had undergone spondylolisthesis surg...

introduction: pulmonary embolism is one of the leading causes of mortality in patients.the mortality rate of this disease can be significantly reduced with appropriate treatment. surgical intervention can be highly effective for the treatment of acute massive pulmonary embolism. this article presents a report on the experience of acute pulmonary embolectomy. materials and methods: demographic d...

background combined procedures involving elective breast surgery at the time of abdominoplasty are frequently performed procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery. while found to be safe outpatient procedures, many surgeons elect to perform combined abdominoplasty/breast surgery as inpatient surgery. this study was performed to explore the practice of performing the combined procedure as an inpati...

surgery can be stressful situation and anxiety can cause sings such as tachycardia, hypertension and post-operation bleeding. the necessary information about surgery can help the patient and medical team to reduce anxiety. this experimental study was done in shahriar hospital in tehran and 110 patients chosen and randomly divided into two interventional and control groups. intervention was done...

hospitalization and medical experiences can be confusing and stressful for children, teens and their families. it is very common for young people and their families to have many questions when they are scheduled for surgery or hospitalization. when children are given opportunities to cope successfully with medical experiences, they may see themselves as more capable, more in control, and more r...

adrenocortical carcinoma (acc) is a rare tumor and usually a fatal disease which can develop at any age in either sex. differential diagnosis between malignant and benign adrenal mass is not easy which leads to significant clinical challenge for optimal treatment. here we report a 22-year-old woman diagnosed with primary hyper aldostronism initially but disease relapsed during six months and ma...

purpose : to quantitatively evaluate cataract surgeries performed between 2000 and 2005 at farabi eye hospital , tehran university of medical sciences methods : this retrospective study aimed at patients who had cataract and underwent surgery at farabi eye hospital , tehran from 2000 to 2005. one week per season per year was randomly selected after excluding the first two weeks of the persian y...

abstract background: aprotinin has been used increasingly to reduce postoperative blood loss in open-heart operations due to the potentialities for complications and high cost, it would seem reasonable to use aprotinin more selectively in small doses in the prime solution of the pump. methods: we prospectively studied the effect of preoperative low dose aprotinin [2 million units (230mg)] on bl...