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 ...

purpose: to evaluate the outcomes of surgery for cicatricial ectropion in labbafinejad hospital, tehran, iran. methods: this existing data study was conducted on the hospital records of 84 patients who underwent eyelid surgery because of cicatricial ectropion. results: z-plasty was the most frequent method among 9 techniques. of 92 eyelids, 60 (65%) were completely corrected. the most frequent ...

Introduction: Postoperative wound infection is a complication that occurs after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of wound infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery among the patients operated in Ghaem Hospital in the city of Mashhad from 2009-2011. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in the years 2009 to 2011 o...

Although various techniques have been described for treatment of severe nose deformities, these problems have high revision rates.  Conventional nasal septal surgery may not be adequate for all cases. A 21-year-old male patient with nose deformity underwent a nasal surgery. Patient had both functional and aesthetic nasal problems. Rigid fibular bone graft was used for corrective nasal ...

purpose: to evaluate the influence of donor characteristics (age, death-to-preservation time, preservation-to-surgery time, graft rating, and endothelial cell features) on clinical outcomes following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in patients with keratoconus. methods: in this retrospective study, 290 consecutive keratoconic eyes underwent dalk using donor corneas of different quali...

introduction: in developing countries, chronic otitis media (com) and cholesteatoma are relatively prevalent.  within the field of otology, com surgery remains one of the most common surgical treatments. most recent studies evaluating the potential prognostic factors in com surgery have addressed graft success rate and types of middle ear and mastoid pathology. there has been much controversy a...

BACKGROUND Although the assignment and suturing of the spreader graft to the septum is a routine part of rhinoplasty, it is a time wasting procedure and some problems may occur. Rather, autospreader flap is a new method that the dorsal part of the upper lateral cartilage is used as its own graft. In the present study, we intended to compare the functional and aesthetic outcomes of these two ...

background although the assignment and suturing of the spreader graft to the septum is a routine part of rhinoplasty, it is a time wasting procedure and some problems may occur. rather, autospreader flap is a new method that the dorsal part of the upper lateral cartilage is used as its own graft. in the present study, we intended to compare the functional and aesthetic outcomes of these two tec...