background: we aimed to analyze the effect of nursing strategies on patients with chronic renal failure (crf) undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (mhd) treatment by puncturing on arteriovenous fistula (avf). methods: ninety-two patients with chronic renal failure undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (mhd) between jan 2014 and jan 2015 were included in the study (all undergoing avf, dialysis for ...

purpose: to describe a complicated case of traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula (ccf) and our management strategy. case report: a 13-year-old patient was referred one month following a car accident and facial trauma with severe proptosis, chemosis and limitation of ocular movement. presence of murmur and an enlarged superior ophthalmic vein on orbital imaging suggested an arteriovenous fistula. ...

Thoracobiliary fistula is a rare complication of hydatid cyst disease of the liver especially in calcified form. Given the rarity and high mortality of such fistula, it is not surprising that there is no consensus about surgical treatment of this condition. In the present paper we report two cases of thoracobiliary fistula of complicated calcified hydatid cyst of the liver. A 64-year-old man wi...

Various pressure-indicating media are available to assess the adaptation of the intaglio surface of a removable dental prosthesis at the insertion and follow-up appointments. This clinical report describes the use of an elastomer that entered the maxillary sinus through an undetected oroantral communication at the 24-hour follow-up for an immediate maxillary complete removable dental prosthesis...

The authors make a review of the current literature on the subject of bisphosphonateassociated osteonecrosis of the jaw bones. The modern theories about the occurrence of this complication resulting from bisphosphonate treatment of diseases characterized with high bone resorption are discussed. Modern understandings about the causes, risk factors and triggers for the occurrence of this disease ...

Objective: Cassia fistula L. fruit extract has been traditionally used in the treatment of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) lesions in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of C. fistula fruit gel on healing time of PV lesions in a clinical setting.Materials and Methods: This was a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial that was performed in dermatology ward at Sa...

surgical glues have been used in pediatric surgery because of the fragility of tissue, and to prevent major surgeries. the present report describes our experience with using a new cya-noacrylate glubran 2 (viareggio, italy) in the treatment of five cases of tracheoesophageal atresia with fistula (one fistula protection, three recurrent fistula, and one unstable patients), two cases of hypospadi...