Background: Varicocele occurs in approximately 15 to 20% of the general male population and it is the most common cause of poor semen production and decreased semen quality. Clinical studies have show that varicocele surgery can improve semen quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate if antioxidant therapy adds any extra benefit to standard inguinal varicocelectomy in improvement of sperm ...

BACKGROUND: Palliative surgery for advanced cancer patients involves complex decision making. Surgeons with a cancer-focused practice were surveyed to determine the extent to which palliative surgery was currently practiced, to identify ethical dilemmas and barriers they faced in performing palliative surgery, and to evaluate their treatment choices in four different clinical scenarios. STUDY D...

purpose : cataract surgery is the most common ocular surgery worldwide and in modern era of phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens (pc iol) implantation, refractive aspects of surgery is as important as the surgery itself. after the iol implantation, the anterior chamber depth (acd) is increased and the iridiocorneal angle is widened. these changes should be considered for ...

background evaluation of operational risk is a consequential goal in perioperative management of patients in cardiac surgery. preoperative total lymphocyte count (ptlc) is a prognostic criterion of adverse major cardiovascular outcomes. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of ptlc as an independent predictor of postoperative morbidity and mortality in car...

guillain-barre syndrome is a neurologic disorder that may appear after infection or major surgery.  guillian-barre syndrome following cardiac surgery is rare and only based on case reports, and we review all of the published cases. a 52-year-old man after 5 months suffering from chest pain was referred to our hospital and underwent coronary artery bypass graft for 3 vessel disease. the patient ...

Although classic and standard procedure for patients with ascending Aorta aneurysm with Sever aortic Regurgitation is Bentall surgery but in some selected cases this complex surgery was not performed with different reason like advanced age and coexisting comorbidity involving renal and hepatic and lung Function. In our cases 75 years old man with chronic renal failure ( Cr= 3.2 ) who was known ...

PURPOSE To investigate if cataract surgery improves overall and specific areas of quality of life (QoL) in patients with early age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using the impact of vision impairment (IVI) questionnaire. METHODS Patients with visually significant cataract and early AMD, who were being considered for cataract surgery in the study eye, were recruited. Eligible patients were...

IMPORTANCE As many surgical procedures have undergone a transition from a standard, open surgical approach to a minimally invasive one in the past 2 decades, the diffusion of minimally invasive surgery may have had sizeable but overlooked effects on medical expenditures and worker productivity. OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of standard vs minimally invasive surgery on health plan spending a...

Background/Aim. Total hip arthroplasty is the replacement of joint with an artificial one. Standard surgical procedures involve a long skin incision and extensive dissection healthy tissue. Mini-incision surgery modification standard operative approaches. In addition to significantly smaller incision, main difference based on much less damage soft tissues, especially muscles that move hip. The ...