How Plastic and Endoscopic Assisted Surgery Can Help Foreign Body Removal?

In this study we report a case with foreign body in the infratemporal fossa. The anatomic position of this region and the presence of important neurovascular structures make this region a sophisticated one. Commonly used open procedures can have morbidity of neurovascular system.

Occult Hepatitis C Infection Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Prevalence Study.

Introduction And Aim: Occult hepatitis C infection (OHCI) is the presence of HCV-RNA in the liver or peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) accompanying with negative serologic results. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of OHCI among Iranian chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Material And Methods: In this cross sectional study 200 chronic HD patients with negative HCV antibody enrolled the study.

Evaluation of efficacy of intra-nasal lidocaine for headache relief in patients refer to emergency department.

Background: Headache is a common complaint for emergency visits. Common drugs used in relief of headache are opioids and their agonists and antagonists, ergot alkaloids, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Lack of appropriate medications or serious side effects of available drugs, motivated us to perform the study for evaluating the efficacy of intranasal lidocaine on different types of headache.

Early coverage of upper extremity electrical injury wounds.

Background: An appropriate and well-timed surgery has great impact on a patient's treatment and can prevent further damage to partially injured structures which if untreated will be lost leading to severe disability. In the present study we report our experience with early coverage of electrically injured upper extremity vital structures with encouraging results.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of early flap coverage (less than two weeks) after electrical injury in the induced wounds of upper extremity.