background: neonatal lupus erythematosus is an uncommon disease. congenital complete heart block (cchb) usually happens in neonates with maternal systemic lupus erythematosus. the most prevalent presentation of cchbis bradycardiathatcanbediagnosed through an electrocardiogram. case report: here in, we present the case of a full-term male neonate with gestational age of 37 weeks and birth weight...

among patients with chronic unrelieved pain, war veterans of eight years long iraq - iran war deserve especial attention. they not only suffer from severe intractable pain but also should bear some intangible consequences of unrelieved pain and severe disability. this perspective study reviews the outcome of implantation of intrathecal opioid pumps in these patients. ten war veterans (mean age ...

vascularization of the follicle may play a role in its maturation and aspirin seems to increase this vascularization.in this investigation we have studied the effects of low-dose aspirin on ovarian and uterine response, implantation and pregnancy rates in patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi). this prospective semirandomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was unde...

background: pinopodes are suggested as biological markers of uterine receptivity, but their molecular components are unknown. objective: co-expression of galectin-3 and ?v?3 integrin at human pinopodes has been examined in this study to propose a role for them during adhesion phase of embryo implantation. materials and methods: biopsies were obtained from early and mid luteal phase endometrium ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have characterized the surgical outcomes following epicardial pacemaker implantation in neonates with congenital complete atrioventricular block (CCAVB). OBJECTIVE This study sought to assess the long-term outcomes of a minimally invasive epicardial approach using a subxiphoid access for pacemaker implantation in neonates. METHODS Between July 2002 and February 2015, ...

BACKGROUND Bare stents has become the first line therapy for aortic coarctation. Covered stents has been reported more recently in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES The present study, reports comparatively 15-year experience of bare and covered stent implantation for aortic coarctation in a single tertiary referral center. METHODS From 1997 to 2011, 143 patients with native or postoperative aor...

INTRODUCTION Otosclerosis is an osteodystrophy of the labyrinthine capsule producing conductive hearing loss. If the process invades the cochlea, a sensorineural hearing loss usually takes place. The cochlear implant is a good alternative in these patients. OBJECTIVE To ascertain the behaviour of cochlear implantation in otosclerosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS We reviewed a database of 250 patie...

Our aim was to identify the predictive factors for permanent pacemaker (PM) implantation in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR). A total of 3534 patients received an AVR between January 1990 and December 2003 in our institution. Permanent PM implantation was performed in 234 (6.6%) patients, over median time of three days (range one to 24 days). This patient population w...

OBJECTIVE To present preliminary clinical experience with Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation, a new tissue-engineering technique for treatment of deep cartilage defects, in which autologous chondrocytes are seeded on a tridimensional scaffold provided by a bilayer type I-III collagen membrane. METHODS From December 1999 to January 2001, 13 patients underwent implantation proce...

accurate delivery of torque to implant screws is critical to generate ideal preload in the screw joint and to offer protection against screw loosening. mechanical torque-limiting devices (mtlds) are available for this reason. in this study, the accuracy of one type of friction-style and two types of spring-style mtlds at baseline, following fatigue conditions and sterilization processes were de...