Background: Numerous studies have been conducted on humans, animals, and cell cultures exposed to Sulfur Mustard (SM). However, the precise mechanism and cause or long-term pattern of SM injuries are not well defined. There is no protocol available for treating people with severe eye, lung, and skin ailments. The current study aimed to develop an animal model of the acute and delayed complicati...

introduction: today, lasik surgery is one of the most common and effective procedures for correction of refractive errors. less than 1% of patients undergoing lasik operation suffer from serious and 3-5% suffers from mild complications. also, results of lasik in most centers are promising. with the recent inauguration of the lasik center of yazd, it was decided to evaluate the results and compl...

purpose: to compare the effects of short-tem and long-term systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of confirmed ocular toxoplasmosis. methods: this randomized comparative clinical trial was performed on 69 patients with confirmed active ocular toxoplasmosis with typical clinical manifestations. the subjects were randomly assigned to receive either 10 days (group a, 33 cases) or 4-6 weeks (gro...

introduction: although surgery is the corner stone of treatment for esophageal cancer, there have been widespread efforts to find new methods of treatment .therefore, neoadjuant crt certainly increases the rate of resectability and 3 years survival .in our research, we reviewed effects of neoadjuant rct on short-term complications and hospital mortalities. materials & methods: 114 cases of esop...

sulfur mustard has been employed in chemical warfare in certain regions including iran. the short and long term biological effects of sulfur mustard contamination have been studied in both basic and clinical aspects. sulfur mustard has been shown to induce a vast array of pathological effects in affected persons. in addition to skin, lung, eyes and gastrointestinal disturbances, sulfur mustard ...

Although extensively applied in obstetrics practice to facilitate delivery by increasing the vaginal birth conduit, most episiotomy studies are in the context of short- or medium-term outcomes, and the number of studies investigating the long-term effects is insufficient. Episiotomy is often considered associated with urinary and/or anal incontinence and dyspareunia; however, there is no concre...