Piezoelectric surgery, known as Piezosurgery, is a relatively new technique which was initiated in oral surgery in the year 2000 with the classic publication of Dr. Tomaso Vercellotti’s article, and in orthognathic surgery only in 2004 and 2005. This technique is safe and useful for facial osteotomies and or osteoplasties with excellent results. Piezosurgery functioning principle is an ultrason...

purpose : to evaluate the therapeutic effect of posterior sub-tenon methyl prednisolone in anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, no class 1 study has shown any conclusive medical or surgical treatment for non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (naion). efficacy of systemic or intravitreal steroids was suggested by some studies. this study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safet...

introduction: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of glass ceramic insert in the sandwich technique to reduce microleakage in class ii composite resin restorations. methods: sixty sound human upper second premolars were selected and randomly divided into six groups (n=10). class ii box-only cavities were prepared in distal aspects of each tooth with gingival margin located a...

The histopatholgic examination usually depends on the tissue section stained with Hematoxylin-eosin (H.E.). skin tissue’s view shows a saggital picture, including epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous adipose in slice at glance. It is good to see structure of sagittal view, but it also hard horizontal structures. We recently established new fluorescent microscopy technique using transparency-enha...

Much of the current literature from both neuroimaging and post mortem studies points to a reduction in intracranial size and cerebrum in schizophrenia. Intriguingly, there is also evidence for reduced extracranial size in infants at high risk for schizophrenia, while studies in adults with schizophrenia which have assessed head size have been inconclusive. Using head measures of circumference, ...

abstract traumatic hip dislocations are common in high-energy motor vehicle accidents. we present a case of a 43-year old man who sustained posterior hip dislocation with posterior wall acetabular fracture and ipsilateral intertrochantric fracture following a motorcycle accident. urgent open reduction and internal fixation of the hip fracture-dislocation and fixation of intertrochantric fractur...

we report a 64-year-old diabetic woman who developed neovascularization of the posterior capsule 2 years after cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation. the patient was treated with single injection of 1.25 mg of intravitreal bevacizumab (avastin) via pars plana. after one week, complete regression of the posterior capsule neovascularization was achieved allowing us to perform nd: yag...