Background: Over the past 50 years, subtotal or supracervical hysterectomy has come to be viewed as a suboptimal procedure reserved for those rare instances in which when concern over blood loss or anatomic distortion dictates limiting the extent of dissection, the aim of this study was to compare total and subtotal laparoscopic hysterectomy. Methods: The patients who were candidates for hyster...

Background: Laparoscopic techniques for the placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters are becoming increasingly popular. Recently, with the improvements in laparoscopic surgery, various methods for the insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheters have been reported, indicating that the laparoscopic insertion is preferred over the open and percutaneous techniques. The aim of this study was to int...

Abstract Background: Approximately 20% of patients undergoing laporotomy experience chronic post-prandial abdominal pain for months after operation. Most surgeons are wary of re-operation in this condition, and opt for conservative treatment with analgesics and sedatives. This study was performed to determine the cause of this chronic abdominal pain by means of laparoscopy. Methods: Electi...

    Background & Aim: Ectopic pregnancy is still considered one of the major diagnostic and therapeutic problems in obstetrics and gynecology which may result in mortality and infertility in some cases. The aim of the present study was to evaluate benefits such as maintenance of fertility and risks such as obligation of laparatomy resulted by laparascopic surgery that is quite new in our countr...

چکیده سابقه و هدف: درد مزمن شکمی مشکل شایعی است که پس از لاپاراتومی دیده می شود. انجام مجدد عمل جراحی لاپاراتومی تشخیصی و درمانی این درد چون همراه با عوارض زیاد و احتمال چسبندگی مجدد بعد از عمل است، اکثر جراحان به روش های غیرجراحی روی می آورند. به منظور تعیین تاثیر لاپاروسکوپی بر میزان درد شکمی بعد از اعمال جراحی لاپاروتومی قبلی در بیرجند انجام گرفت. روش بررسی: تحقیق به روش کارآزمایی بالینی روی...

Over a period of 4 years 325 infertile women were evaluated by diagnostic by laparoscopy, which included 250 cases of primary and 75 cases of secondary infertility. The aim of the present study was to find out the probable causes of infertility by collecting qualitative and quantitative data from laparoscopy results of the secondary infertility group so as to give precautions for decreasing the...

Background: Performing traditional autopsy mostly seems to be unpleasant in dead persons' relatives' opinion. This study aimed to determine the accuracy of laparoscopic examination of intra abdominal organs in comparison to the traditional autopsy in trauma victims. Methods: From December 2004 to September 2005, 50 fresh cadavers of blunt trauma victims were studied in less than 24 hours from d...

Aim and Background: Nausea and vomiting after surgery takes place in20-30% of patients and these two together are the second most common complains of patients after surgery. We perform this study hoping that use of proper intravascular fluids has a role in decreasing nausea and vomiting after surgery. Methods and Materials: This clinical trial study was performed on 60 female patients who ag...

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a way of removing the gallbladder. But like other surgeries, this procedure has some side effects such as postoperative shoulder pain. This study evaluates the effect of different gas flow rates into the abdominal cavity on postoperative shoulder pain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients. Methods: The study as a randomized clinical trial was con...