aim : the aim of this study was to compare prognostic factors between colon and rectal cancers. background : prognosis of colorectal cancer (crc) may depend on the anatomical site. patients and methods : a total of 1219 patients with crc diagnosis according to the pathology report of rcgld cancer registry, from 1 january 2002 to 1 october 2007, were entered into the study. demographic and clini...

background & aim: traumatic brain injury is one of the main causes of death and disability. the aim of this study is to systematically review the articles which assessed some serum factors of traumatic brain injury patients in relation to their outcomes. methods & materials/patients: databases were searched for relevant publications from 2005 to 2014. selection criteria were:studies which evalu...

objectives: to describe the characteristics and prognostic factors of 28 patients with fournier’s gangrene (fg) referred to our medical center at southeastern iran. methods: this was a cross-sectional study including 28 cases of fg that were operated in surgery department of zahedan university of medical sciences during a 10-year period from april 2002 to march 2012. the study analyzed 9 parame...

introduction: sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ssnhl) is a frightening and frustrating symptom for the patient as well as the physician. prognosis is affected by multiple factors including duration of hearing loss, presence of associated vertigo and tinnitus, and co-morbidities such as hypertension and diabetes.   materials and methods: forty subjects presenting to our department with feature...

introduction: this paper used generalized gamma (gg) distribution to find the predictive factors of overall survival (os) after haematopoietic stem cell transplant (hsct) in acute myeloid  leukemia patients. methods: discrimination among the exponential, weibull, gg, log-logistic, and lognormal distributions was done using maximum likelihood and akaike information criteria. results: the 5-year ...

Abstract Introduction: Colorectal cancer is the third most prevalent malignancy with high mortality rate, necessitating markers that predict survival and guide the treatment. Previous studies have examined the immunohistochemical expression of Bcl-2, an apoptotic marker, in colorectal carcinoma, but results have been contradictory. Objectives: To evaluate the histopathological featu...

Background Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) in conjunction with intrauterine inseminations (IUI) are commonly used to treat infertile couples. In this study we evaluated the relationship between IUI outcome and special causes of infertility. We also aimed to examine parameters that might predict success following IUI. MaterialsAndMethods In this cross-sectional study, we included 994 I...

background: methanol poisoning is one of the most important poisoning due to drinking of illegal and non-standard alcoholic beverage in some countries. relatively limited studies have been carried out to identify the prognostic factors in methanol poisoning. materials and methods: we performed a retrospective study on acute methanol-intoxicated patients, which were admitted on the loghman hakim...

Introduction: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is a frightening and frustrating symptom for the patient as well as the physician. Prognosis is affected by multiple factors including duration of hearing loss, presence of associated vertigo and tinnitus, and co-morbidities such as hypertension and diabetes.   Materials and Methods: Forty subjects presenting to our department with feature...