closure of fascia after transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (tram) flap has usually been performed with direct closure or synthetic material. the dermal autograft was removed from zone iv of flap was an alternative to reinforce fascial closure. the dermal autograft was used in 34 patients after tram harvest for breast, head and neck reconstruction and prolene mesh was used in 42 other ...

post-remission treatment in patients with acute myeloid leukemia is still controversial. one potent choice for patients with no donor available is autologous stem cell transplantation. the median follow-up period was 18 months and the median age was 26 years old. in the review of 116 recently diagnosed aml patients (except aml- m3) who underwent autologous stem cell transplantation, 72.4% of pa...

Background:  Renal transplantation is the best choose in the end stage renal disease (ESRD), and acute rejection and graft dysfunction remain major challenges in the worldwide, even with the advent of new immunosuppressive drugs. The novel cell-based anti-rejection treatments have been studied by using different stem cell sources. In this study, transplantation of autologous-bone-marrow-derive...

conclusion for more precise prediction of successful aavf maturation after spta, short-term follow-up doppler ultrasonography (< 2 weeks) was useful. if the asr was < 0.7 or if residual stenosis was ≥ 30%, immediate repeat spta is recommended. results the technical and clinical success rates were both 94.9% (56/59); the mean asr was 0.84. an asr of ≥ 0.7 and no significant residual stenosis (< ...

six patients with disseminated hodgkin&apos;s disease resistant to mopp (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisolone), and abvd (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine) chemotherapy were treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous marrow transplantation. the patients first underwent marrow aspiration and storage for subsequent autologous bone marrow transplant...

background:  renal transplantation is the best choose in the end stage renal disease (esrd), and acute rejection and graft dysfunction remain major challenges in the worldwide, even with the advent of new immunosuppressive drugs. the novel cell-based anti-rejection treatments have been studied by using different stem cell sources. in this study, transplantation of autologous-bone-marrow-derived...

background: antibiotic prophylaxis is usually used in allogenic stem cell transplantation, but its use in autologous stem cell transplantation (asct) is controversial. we evaluated the efficacy of ciprofloxacin prophylaxis in asct. materials and methods: to identify the efficacy of ciprofloxacin on the incidence of neutropenic fever and its complications, 72 patients had been admitted to talegh...

objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of local cryotherapy on the intensity of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in autologous bone marrow transplantation patients. patients and methods in this single, blinded, randomized clinical trial, 29 patients undergoing stem cell transplantation in iran were selected by convenience sampling, and randomly allocated to control (...

background: burkitt lymphoma is a common subtype of non-hodgkin lymphoma in children. it has a rapid and aggressive clinical course with frequent involvement of bone marrow and central nervous system. systemic chemotherapy is the mainstay of the treatment for this malignancy in children. in this systematic review, we discuss autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsc...

introduction: acute myelogenous leukemia (aml) is a clonal  malignant disease of hematopoietic tissue. the early use of  hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) for aml was for patients with advanced stages of disease, usually while in relapse, in second or subsequent remission, or with resistant disease. patients and methods: from march 1991 until february 2008, 356(65%) registered allo...