background: growth factors play a major part in wound healing in many tissues including the periodontium. transforming growth factor-β1 (tgf-β1) is one of these factors present in the gingival crevicular fluid. in addition, it is considered as one of the most important anti-inflammatory cytokines. interleukin-1β is a proinflammatory cytokine that presents itself in gingival inflammation and the...

patients and methods fifty nine patients with indication for carpal tunnel release randomly assigned into two groups: open (n=30) or knifelight (n=29). the patients compared regarding scar length, operation duration, time to return to daily activities and amount of pain at three weeks after operation based on visual analog scale. results there was no significant differences regarding age and se...

conclusions our findings showed that the treatment of flaps with bm-msc and aam transplantations significantly promoted flap survival compared to a control group. the viability of the flap was improved by combining bm-mscs with aam matrix scaffolds. materials and methods bm-mscs and aams were transplanted into subcutaneous tissue in the flap area. on the 7th postoperative day, the surviving fla...

conclusions the addition of ketamine to intravenous fentanyl plus acetaminophen pca had not extra effects in relieving post abdominal surgery pain. results there were no significant demographic differences between two groups. pain scores (at rest, while moving and coughing) during the first 48 hours were not significantly different between two groups (p values = 0.361, 0.367 and 0.204, respecti...

conclusions in this study, the authors analyzed the location and disturbance level of pain after lgbp, which could serve as a cornerstone for further researches. the authors suggest that long-term follow-up (for more than a year after operation) should be considered in future studies and also the relationship between the drainage site and pain should be investigated. results the results of this...

results during the period from jan 2000 to dec 2011, at our center, 19 children less than eighteen years of age underwent urinary diversion with yang-monti’s catheterizable stoma. the indications for urinary diversion was neuropathic bladder in eight, exstrophy bladder in seven , valve bladder syndrome in three and persistent urethral stricture in one. none of the children found cic difficult d...

This is a preliminary report of 28 patients with ulcerative colitis who we surgically treated with "J" pouch endorectal pull-through operation from 1978 to 1996. All patients are continent with a median stool frequency of 4 times per day, no night soilage. low postoperative complications and one mortality due to pulmonary embolism.

Background: Bowen’s disease is a form of intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) characterised by a persistent, non-elevated, red, scaly or crusted plaque with a small potentialfor invasive malignancy. Most cases of typical Bowen’s disease in the white population are found on the lower legs of the elderly women. H...