Comparing The Effects of Glycyrrhiza glabra Root Extract, A Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor (Celecoxib) and A Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analog (Diphereline) in A Rat Model of Endometriosis.

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice), a cyclooxygenase- 2 inhibitor (Celecoxib) and a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog (Diphereline®), with a control group on endometrial implants in rats.

Materials And Methods: In this experimental study, endometriosis was induced in rats by auto transplantation and after confirmation, the rats were divided into 4 groups that were treated for 6 weeks with normal saline (0.5 ml/day, orally), licorice extract (3000 mg/kg/day, orally), celecoxib (50 mg/kg, twice a day, orally) or diphereline (3 mg/kg, intramuscularly).

Perihepatic Packing versus Primary Surgical Repair in Patients with Blunt Liver Trauma; an 8-year Experience.

Objective: To explore the pros and cons of early versus delayed intervention when dealing with severe blunt liver injury with significant hemoperitoneum and hemodynamic instability.

Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was performed at the Nemazi hospital, Shiraz, Southern Iran, level I trauma Center affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The study population comprised of all patients who were operated with the impression of blunt abdominal trauma and confirmed diagnosis of liver trauma during an 8-year period.

Chest Tube Removal Time in Trauma Patients on Positive Ventilation Pressure: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objective: To determine the removal time of the chest tube in ICU trauma patients under positive ventilation pressure (PVP).

Methods: This was randomized clinical trial being performed in ICU department of Rajaei trauma hospital from March to December 2011. A total number of 92 trauma patients who were admitted in ICU and were under ventilation and had chest tube were randomly assigned into two groups.

Comparison of conservative management and laparotomy in the management of stable patients with abdominal stab wound.

Introduction: The management of the hemodynamically stable patients with penetrating abdominal stab wounds is a problematic issue among trauma surgeons.

Methods: In a retrospective study, we analyzed stable patients with anterior abdominal stab wound from August 2009 to 2010. The patients who were hemodynamically unstable or had developed peritonitis were excluded.