Evaluating the rate of post-surgical complications between three surgical methods in management of pulmonary hydatid disease.

Introduction: Hydatid disease is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus. Surgery remains the gold standard approach of treatment.

Aim: This study reports on 10 years of experience on surgical management of 78 cases of pulmonary hydatid disease and compares the rates of post-surgical complications between three approaches.

Prognosis of heart transplant patients in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.

Introduction: Heart transplant is the ultimate treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure.

Aim: To assess 50 heart transplant patients for underlying diseases, transplantation outcome and mortality rate during a 5-year follow-up program.

Material And Methods: Fifty heart transplant patients who underwent heart transplantation from 2012 to 2017 were assessed for underlying diseases, organ rejection, duration of hospitalization, extubation time, cardiac output and survival.

Atrial fibrillation after lung surgery: incidence, underlying factors, and predictors.

Introduction: Cardiac complications are the second most common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients subjected to thoracic surgery after respiratory complications. Postoperative arrhythmia is one of the most common cardiac complications in these patients. It leads to morbidity, increased hospitalization, and high costs for patients.

Effect of interbody fusion cage on clinical and radiological outcome of surgery in L4-L5 lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis.

Background: Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (LDS) is a degenerative slippage of a lumbar vertebra relative to the adjacent vertebra below that can be clinically symptomatic. We aim to compare radiological and clinical outcome of surgery in L4-L5 LDS with or without applying the interbody fusion cage.

Methods: We studied 60 patients (mean age, 51.

Correlation between health-related quality of life in veterans with chronic spinal cord injury and their caregiving spouses.

Background: Recently, investigations have indicated that caring of a chronically ill family member strongly influences the health status and the quality of life (QOL) of the caregiving family members.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between health-related QOL of veterans with chronic spinal cord injury and their caregiving spouses.

Patients And Methods: We designed a cross-sectional study including two groups; veterans with chronic spinal cord injury and their caregiving wives who were living in the city of Mashhad, Iran.

The Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview Short Form (ZBI-12) in spouses of Veterans with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury, Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version.

Background: To test the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12) in the Iranian population.

Methods: After translating and cultural adaptation of the questionnaire into Persian, 100 caregiver spouses of Iran- Iraq war (1980-88) veterans with chronic spinal cord injury who live in the city of Mashhad, Iran, invited to participate in the study. The Persian version of ZBI-12 accompanied with the Persian SF-36 was completed by the caregivers to test validity of the Persian ZBI-12.

Depression, anxiety and quality of life in caregiver spouses of veterans with chronic spinal cord injury.

Objective: We were curious about the degree of anxiety and depression and their effect on the quality of life of the caregivers of veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: A convenience sample of 72 out of 120 caregiver spouses of veterans with spinal cord injury participated in our study. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were considered as a measure of depression and anxiety.

Is human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infection associated with hearing loss?

Objectives/hypothesis: Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is endemic in the northeast area of Iran. Although various neurological disturbances have been reported in HTLV-1 infection, possible audiovestibular involvement during this infection has not yet been studied.

Study Design: Case control study.

The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) in Persian Speaking Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis.

Background: Osteoarthritis of the knee is the most common chronic joint disease that involves middle aged and elderly persons. There are different clinical instruments to quantify the health status of patients with knee osteoarthritis and one example is the WOMAC score that has been translated and adapted into different languages. The purpose of this study was cultural adaptation, validation and reliability testing of the Persian version of the WOMAC index in Iranians with knee osteoarthritis.

The International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Subjective Short Form: a validity and reliability study.

Purpose: The purpose of the present research was to translate the original English version of International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Subjective Short Form to Persian and to assess validity and reliability of it in Iranian patients with ACL injury.

Method: The Persian version of the IKDC Subjective Short Form was administered to 145 patients including 111 men (76 %) and 34 women (24 %) with the clinical diagnosis of knee ACL tear that were referred to our Knee and Shoulder Center at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. The Persian IKDC Subjective Short Form and Persian SF-36 questionnaire were completed by patients in the clinic before beginning any treatment intervention.

A Comparative Serological Study of Toxoplasmosis in Pregnant Women by CLIA and ELISA Methods in Chalus City Iran.

Background: Toxoplasmosis is the most common disease in humans and animals (zoonosis) caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The disease is usually appeared as asymptomatic in immunocompromised individuals but its most common symptom is lymphadenopathy. Shortly before or during the first trimester of pregnancy, this disease can be transferred to the fetus and cause serious infection in the fetus.

Percutaneous vertebroplasty in symptomatic hemangioma versus osteoporotic compression fracture.

Background: Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is more commonly used for osteoporotic compression fractures (OCFs) and osteolytic vertebral body tumors. This study aimed to study the differences between OCFs and vertebral hemangiomas (VHs) treated with PVP.

Materials And Methods: Between September 2007 and January 2010, we prospectively treated 28 consecutive patients of OCFs (43 recently symptomatic OCFs) and 24 cases of VHs (26 VHs).

Quality of life and the related factors in spouses of veterans with chronic spinal cord injury.

Background: The quality of life (QOL) of caregivers of individuals with chronic spinal cord injuries may be affected by several factors. Moreover, this issue is yet to be documented fully in the literature. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health related quality of life of spouses who act as primary caregivers of veterans with chronic spinal cord injuries in Iran.

Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Persian version of Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART) short form.

Objective: To test the psychometric specifications of the Persian version of the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART) short form in an Iranian population.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects: Fifty-two individuals with a mean age of 49.

Morphine-induced place preference: involvement of the central amygdala NMDA receptors.

In the present study, the effects of bilateral injections of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor agonist and/or antagonist into the central amygdala (CeA) on the acquisition and expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) were investigated in male Wistar rats. Animals that received 3 daily subcutaneous (s.c.