PURPOSE Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is an established treatment for intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the power of lesion vascularization criteria based on computed tomography for prognosis of overall survival before initiation of treatment. METHODS A total of 59 patients with intermediate stage HCC treated with T...

background: despite numerous developments in the field of assisted reproduction the implantation rate remains low .recent studies suggested that local injury to endometrium in controlled ovarian hyper stimulation cycle improves implantation rate. studies have attempted to intervene in the development of endometrium. objective: the aim of the present study was the exploration of the possibility ...

CATARACT extraction, after the zonule has been dissolved by the action of the enzyme alpha-chymotrypsin, is a new procedure of great potential value. The parenteral use of this enzyme to reduce inflammatory reaction and assist the absorption of haematomata has been described (Fullgrabe, 1957). The application to cataract surgery is the result of work by Barraquer on the local effects of the enz...

wc studied the correlation between preoperative cervical cytology, postoperative clinicopathologic findings, and sites of metastasis from so surgically staged patients with endometrial carcinoma tliirty-faur patients (68%), liad normal cervical cytology, ami 16(32%) had malignant preoperative cervical cytology. malignant cervical smears were statistically correlated with surgical stage (p = 0.0...

background : endometrial cancer is the most common type of malignancy in female reproductive system and is the fourth common cancer after breast, lungs and colorectal cancers. our aim is to report epidemiology and frequency types of endometrial cancer and clinical staging and grading of this disease. methods : in this description and cross-sectional study, 75 patients with diagnosed endometrial...

Endometrial calcification along with ossification is an uncommon clinical entity. Most of the cases are asymptomatic or present with secondary infertility. Endometrial ossification associated with repeated abortions has been reported very infrequently. Here we report a case of endometrial calcification with ossification  due to retained fetal bony tissue in a 38 year old symptomatic female havi...

PURPOSE To report the effect of intrastromal injection of bevacizumab in an eye with extensive corneal stromal vascularization after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty. METHODS Bevacizumab (2.5 mg/1 mL) was injected into the deep corneal stroma of an eye with severe and extensive stromal vascularization. RESULTS Corneal vascularization regressed dramatically after deep stromal injection of...