introduction: repair of peripheral nerve injuries is an intensive area of challenge and research in modern reconstructive microsurgery. intensive research is being carried out to develop effective alternatives to the standard nerve autografting, avoiding its drawbacks. the aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly designed mechanical device for the reconstruction of the scia...

one of the important causes of strabismus in all ages is extraocular muscles paralysis due to 3rd, 4th and 6th cerebral nerve palsies. exact and on-time treatment can result in improvement of deviation, am-blyopia and abnormal head posture. we studied epidemiological characteristics of extraocular muscles paralysis. this retrospective study performed on 131 subjects (58% male). records of patie...

TO THE EDITOR: I read with great interest the paper entitled “Gastroesophageal reflux disease in type II diabetes mellitus with or without peripheral neuropathy” by Lee et al, which was published in July 2011 issue of Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. The authors investigated gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) among patients with type II diabetes mellitus, and showed interestin...

Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a genetically determined tumor-predisposing syndrome. Ocular manifestations include cataracts, epiretinal membranes, retinal hamartomas, optic disk gliomas, and nerve sheath meningiomas. Moreover, edema, optical atrophy, motility disorders, pupil lid dysfunction, neurotrophic keratitis can be observed as indirect signs. An observational study was conducted with...

In order to determine calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) content and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of seminal plasma in buffalo and to study their associations with the semen characteristics, 54 semen samples were collected from 10 buffalo bulls; semen quality was evaluated, seminal plasma was then harvested by centrifugation and its Ca and Mg content were estimated and its TAC determined. The Ca ...

background: peripheral nerves may be damaged during an injury and its current standard treatment is using an autologous nerve. objectives: the purpose of this experimental study is to evaluate and compare the histological results of nerve regeneration after using the eggshell membrane (esm) guidance channel with autograft. materials and methods: thirty adult male rats were divided into three ex...

Introduction: Prior qualitative and quantitative studies have reported morphological changes that occur in nerve fibers and non-neuronal cells of peripheral nerve during the lifetime of the rats. Previous studies suggest that Aloe Vera has some beneficial and therapeutic effects such as anti-oxidant effects. In the current study, we have evaluated histological and histomorphometric changes of Sc...

The trigeminocardiac reflex (TCR) is defined as the sudden onset of parasympathetic dysrhythmia, sympathetic hypotension, apnea, or gastric hyper-motility during stimulation of any of the sensory branches of the trigeminal nerve. The proposed mechanism for the development of TCR is--the sensory nerve endings of the trigeminal nerve send neuronal signals via the Gasserian ganglion to the sensory...