purpose: to investigate the outcomes of keratolimbal allograft (klal) for treatment of total limbal stem cell deficiency (lscd). method: patients with total lscd and adequate tear production were included. a total of 27 klal procedures were performed in 21 eyes of 20 patients with lscd. immunosuppression was achived using mycophenolate and cyclosporine. main outcome measure was improvement in v...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 aim : the present study aimed to investigate the influence of histological factors on survival of patients with esophageal cancer. background : esophageal cancer is almost the common form of malignancy in the eastern world. patients and methods : through a retrospective cohort study a consecutive series of 134 patients wit...

cutaneous hodgkin’s lymphoma is a rare disease (0.5% to 3.4%) which tends to be in the setting of an advanced disease and has a poor prognosis. treatment of patients with cutaneous involvement of hodgkin’s lymphoma is according to dissemination of disease (systemic or localized therapy). the majority of data in this context are based on individual case reports or literature reviews. we have rep...

introduction: allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (hsct) is the only therapeutic modality capable of correcting the hematologic manifestations of fanconi anemia (fa). the development  of well  tolerated,  immunosuppressive  conditioning  regimens  for fa patients  undergoing hsct has proven to be a rather challenging task for hematologists. methods: we analyzed the outcome of 30 fa pa...

background:  we aimed to report outcomes of total hip arthroplasty (tha) in very young patients under the year of 30.   methods:  thirty patients (45 hips) with various indications for tha were retrospectively reviewed radiologically and clinically and analyzed regarding survival, reasons of failure, factors associated with outcomes and postoperative complications.   results:  within a mean fol...

the key to successful long-term peritoneal dialysis (pd) is permanent and safe access to peritoneal cavity. the two most commonly used tenckoff catheters for pd are the straight and coiled catheters. the present study was undertaken to assess the catheter survival, catheter associated infections, and all cause mortality and to compare the straight with coiled catheters in pd. during april 1997-...