The trend of mortality rates following hospitals downgrading and closures due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Fars province: A comparative cohort study.

Background And Aims: Hospitals are one of the most important healthcare centers for providing the patients with different medical needs. Several different factors might cause hospitals to downgrade their services or departments or close down overall. One of the most multifaceted reasons for hospital downgrading or closure is infectious disease outbreaks.

Unexpected Findings of Regulatory Factor X6 Gene Mutation and Severe Hepatic Macrovesicular Steatosis in a Neonate with Congenital Left Ventricle Diverticulum: A Case Report.

Herein we present a case of a neonate with congenital left ventricular diverticulum (LVD), a rare anomaly, with an unusual course and unexpected findings. The neonate was born at 35 weeks in Namazi Hospital (Shiraz, Iran) and presented with a pulsatile umbilical mass immediately after birth. Based on multiple imaging modalities, the presence of a connection between the left ventricular apex and the umbilicus was confirmed.

Feasibility of Medial Pectoral Nerve to Musculocutaneous Nerve Transfer Using Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve of Forearm Graft: Histopathologic and Anatomical Evaluation.

Aim: To evaluate the compatibility of medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve of the forearm (MACN) with medial pectoral (MPN) and musculocutaneous (MCN) nerves for the anastomosis from anatomical and histopathologic aspects.

Material And Methods: Ten brachial plexus specimens from five cadavers were dissected. The distances of the distal ends of MPN and MACN and proximal ends of MACN and MCN were measured from coracoid.

Effectiveness and Safety of Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injection Regarding Anatomical Landmarks: A Cadaveric Study.

 Triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) injections can be applied using anatomical landmarks or under the guide of ultrasound (US). US is not always available, and the physician may rely on the anatomical landmarks.  The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of TFCC injection with anatomic landmarks.

Autopsy diagnosis of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, the first manifestation of gastric adenocarcinoma: a rare case report and review of the literature.

This study aimed to report an unusual presentation of an advanced gastric adenocarcinoma. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a rare event in gastric adenocarcinoma. It is much more uncommon as the primary manifestation in post-mortem evaluation of the cause of death in a patient presenting with headache and neurological signs and symptoms.

Iatrogenic L5 Nerve Injury Following Decortication of the Sacral Ala in Posterolateral Lumbosacral Fusion Surgery.

Study Design: Cadaver study.

Objectives: To investigate the risk of the L5 nerve injury following sacral ala decortication performed during lumbosacral posterolateral fusion surgery.

Methods: Fourteen fresh cadaver pelvises were dissected through an anterior approach and the L5 nerves on both sides were explored and macroscopically examined by direct observation.

Can We Release All Calcaneal Attachments of the Superior Peroneal Retinaculum During Extensile Lateral Approach to the Calcaneus?

During extensile lateral approach to the calcaneus, in order to see all fractured fragments and subtalar joint, all soft tissues including insertion site of superior peroneal retinaculum (SPR) on the calcaneus should be released. The aim of this study was to evaluate the probability of peroneal tendon dislocation by releasing all soft tissues attached to the calcaneus. In 10 fresh cadavers, after standard extensile lateral approach to the calcaneus in right side, all soft tissues attached to the lateral wall of the calcaneus were excised.

First survey of forensically important insects from human corpses in Shiraz, Iran.

The presence of insects on human cadavers has potential judicial value in medicolegal cases. This research emphasized the important role of insects in postmortem decomposition. It was conducted to investigate the composition and abundance of insects from human corpses during autopsies in legal medicine.