BACKGROUND: There are insufficient data covering retinal and choroidal microcirculation in eyes with lattice degeneration.
 AIM: To investigate circulation degeneration using optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCTA).
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 10 patients 12 healthy individuals. All subjects underwent OCTA examination of the macula. Additionally, four patients, ...

there are extensive evidences that show axonal processes of the nervous system (peripheral and/or central) may be degenerated after nerve injuries. wallerian degeneration and chromatolysis are the most conspicuous phenomena that occur in response to injuries. in this research, the effects of post-operative time following sciatic nerve crush on the number of spinal motoneurons were investigated....

purpose: to determine the correlation between body mass index (bmi) and exudative age-related macular degeneration (armd). methods: this case-control study was conducted on 60 patients with exudative armd and 60 controls, both aged over 50. age, sex, cigarette smoking and blood pressure were evaluated beside bmi. data analysis was performed by spss software, version 9.0 using pearson chi square...

background : anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (acdf) is an effective treatment for disc herniations ; but some studies demonstrated that in the untreated levels adjacent to a fusion, increased motion might lead to an increased risk of adjacent segment degeneration (asd). on the other hand, methods of cervical disc arthroplasty (cda) have improved. the aim of this study is to evaluate and...

background: giant retroperitoneal uterine leiomyomas are uncommon. degenerative changes of a leiomyoma may lead to unusual presentation resulting in misdiagnosis preoperatively. the final diagnosis can be made either intraoperatively or histologically. case: we report a 45-year-old multiparous women presented with abdominal distension and fatigue for six months. abdominopelvic sonography and co...

Degeneration of the intervertebral disc is an age-related condition. It also accompanies disappearance notochordal cells, which are remnants developmental stages nucleus pulposus (NP). Molecular changes such as extracellular matrix catabolism, cellular phenotype, and glycosaminoglycan loss in NP have been extensively studied. However, one most significant co- posttranslational modifications, gl...