abstract background: one of the most important problems in surgical patients is anxiety before surgery. teach-back method is an interactive training method that can lead to increase understanding and knowledge of the patients. the aim of this study is survey the effect of teach back- method on surgical anxiety in primiparous cesarean section women. methods: this study is a randomized clinical t...

MOTIVATION As quality assurance is of strong concern in advanced surgeries, intelligent surgical systems are expected to have knowledge such as the knowledge of the surgical workflow model (SWM) to support their intuitive cooperation with surgeons. For generating a robust and reliable SWM, a large amount of training data is required. However, training data collected by physically recording surg...

background: at present, surgery is the best method for chronic anal fissure, but by acquiring more knowledge about the pathogenesis and function of internal anal sphincter, non surgical treatment such as using of glycerin trinitrate, isosorbide, bethancol, diltiazem and butilinum toxin has been suggested. there is controversy about using of l-arginine. the aim of the present study was to compar...

abstract background: it is proved that surgical hand disinfectant contains alcohol, and has favorable properties such as strong and rapid antibacterial effect, ease of application, and suitable effect on skin. therefore, nowadays use of them has been gradually replacing traditional surgical hand scrub with antibacterial soap. hence, several domestic and imported products are available to the he...

objectives the present study aimed to compare the efficacy rate of avfs using two different anastomosis methods; side to side (sts) versus end to side (ets) and to determine whether the different approaches render any preferences or complications. background in candidate patients for permanent hemodialysis or dialysis on a regular basis, an appropriate vascular access has great importance. the ...

introduction: to report the experience of the jordan university hospital with respect to the surgical treatment of otosclerosis and to compare results and complications with published studies.   materials and methods: the medical records of all patients who underwent stapes surgery for otosclerosis at the jordan university hospital during the period january 2003 to december 2010 were reviewed. ...

introduction: adequate pain control is an important consideration in the post-surgical management of patients. local nerve blockade added to general anesthesia can provide excellent pain control during and after most nasal surgical procedures. the aim of this study was to determine the combined effect of local anesthetic drugs with corticosteroids in nasal surgery. materials and methods: in thi...

khataminia g, md*; keramati ag, md ahvaz jondi shapoor university of medical sciences, ahvaz, iran *corresponding author: [email protected] purpose: to report the demographics and clinical profile, and outcomes of canalicular laceration repaired with mini monoka monocanalicular stent. method: all patients who had undergone canalicular laceration repair over 4 years (2004-2008) at imam khom...