objective(s) wound healing represents a dynamic physiological process influenced by many factors. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of teucrium polium honey on the wound healing and tensile strength in rat. materials and methods thirty-six sprague-dawley rats were randomly divided into four equal (n= 9) treatment and control groups. two full-thickness wounds were made ove...

Background: Surgery is the most frequent treatment modality for basal cell carcinoma but in spite of its high cure rate, the frequency of incomplete excision varies widely (0.7-50%) among dermatologic centers. Our case series was designed to determine the frequency of incompletely excised basal cell carcinoma and the related risk factors. Methods: A total of 1424 basal cell carcinoma (1040 pati...

this study has examined the relationship between the xpd lys 751 gln polymorphism and colorectal cancer in 88 patients and their 88 age and sex-matched controls. genomic dna from peripheral whole blood was extracted using standard method to determine the genotype of subjects with rflp-pcr analysis. although this study shows cancer patients harbor more heterozygous genotype (xpd lys 751 gln) (or...

Background: Bowen’s disease is a form of intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) characterised by a persistent, non-elevated, red, scaly or crusted plaque with a small potentialfor invasive malignancy. Most cases of typical Bowen’s disease in the white population are found on the lower legs of the elderly women. H...

the effect of prepared ayurvedic formulation was evaluated on excision and incision wound models in rats. the wound-healing activity was assessed by the rate of period of epithelialization and skin-breaking strength. histological study of the granulation tissue was carried out to know the extent of collagen formation in the wound tissue. the ayurvedic formulation prepared was then promoted for ...

objective: to compare outcome of patients with burns covering less than 15% of total body surface area(tbsa) undergoing early excision and grafting or delayed skin grafting. method : this was a non-randomized clinical trial including 54 patients with less than 15% tbsa burn referring to ghotboddin hospital of shiraz. they were assigned to two study groups, each group including 27 patients: the ...

conclusions radio-guided localization of non-palpable breast lesions is an acceptable method because of technical facilitation, accurate localization and complete excision with limited complications. so it can be recommended as an alternative method for wire-guided localization. results pathologic results were benign in 90.5% and malignant in 9.5% of patients. post-operative margin of lesion wa...

Background: There are different treatment options with variable results for the management of pyogenic granuloma (PG). The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the cosmetic results and recurrence rate of classic surgical excision with a novel proposed method, curettage and punch excision of the vascular stalk (C&P;) ...