AIM The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of irritable bowel syndrome in women undergoing hysterectomy and tubular ligation. BACKGROUND The results of previous studies have shown an increased incidence of irritable bowel syndrome after gynecological surgeries. PATIENTS AND METHODS Participants were patients of Alzahra and Taleghani University hospitals in Tabriz. One hundred and...

Cowden syndrome is an uncommon, autosomal dominant disease characterized by multiple hamartomas and hyperplastic lesions in the skin, mucous membrane, brain, breast, thyroid, and gastrointestinal tract. About 30% of Cowden syndrome cases are reportedly complicated by malignant diseases. Hamartomatous polyps occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract, the most common sites being the stomach, co...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) was one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders. psychological treatments have been effective in reducing symptoms severity and increasing mental health and well-being of these patients to some extent. the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive – behavioral stress management training on symptoms severity and ...

background : this research aimed to determine the efficacy of emotion focused therapy on quality of life and sleep problems of ibs patients. materials and methods : in this research 52 ibs patients who  met this diagnosis, according the rome ii criteria, were selected and assigned to two experimental and control groups with 26 ibs patients in each group. the emotion focused therapy according gr...

aim and background: considering the high frequency of anxiety and depressive symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) patients, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris) are recommended by some gastroenterologists for treatment. in this study, the efficacy of fluvoxamine on severity of symptoms and quality of life in ibs patients was assessed. methods and materials: a randomized, double...

INTRODUCTION: Post-operative pain control in pediatric patients has become a priority for all institutions. There is a paucity of literature on pain control following orthopedic procedures in the pediatric population. The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of acetaminophen to narcotic analgesics, specifically, acetaminophen/codeine and morphine, for pain management after closed re...

BACKGROUND The negative consequences of narcotic use and diversion for nonmedical use are on the rise. A growing number of narcotic abusers obtain narcotic prescriptions from multiple providers ("doctor shopping"). This study sought to determine the effects of multiple postoperative narcotic providers on the number of narcotic prescriptions, duration of narcotics, and morphine equivalent dose p...

BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most commonly encountered gastrointestinal disorders, for which there are no established diagnostic criteria. Thus, a diagnosis of IBS is made by exclusion of any organic diseases. Recently, important attempts for the positive diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome by questionnaire surveys of physical symptoms have been made. We performed a quest...

AIM To identify simple, objective, accurate histological criteria for distinguishing acute infective-type colitis, chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, and irritable bowel syndrome on rectal biopsy in patients with acute onset diarrhoea at first presentation, one to 10 weeks after onset. METHODS Cell counts and measurements of mucosal architecture were made on initial rectal biopsie...

A 49 year old gentleman presents with recurrent abdominal pain. The patient has a known history of chronic pancreatitis, alcoholism and narcotic addiction. Work-up, including computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen, demonstrated a 5.6 x 5.8 cm fluid collection contiguous with the pancreas. This was not seen on CT 18 months earlier. The patient's pain did not improve with bowel rest and pain con...