Aortic reimplantation of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) for SMA stenosis in a previously stented patient: New technique and a case report.

Introduction And Importance: Mesenteric artery stenosis leads to inadequate blood flow toward various parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Revascularization is the primary aim of treatment regardless of its approach. During the last decades, open revascularization has been replaced by endovascular-first approach.

Insurance status and traumatized patients' outcomes: a report from the national trauma registry of Iran.

Background: Trauma care is one of the most expensive medical procedures that is significantly affected by factors like insurance status. Providing medical care to injured patients has a significant impact on patients' prognosis. This study examined whether insurance status was associated with different outcomes, including hospital length of stay (HLOS), mortality, and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission.

Comparing epidemiologic features, outcomes, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of traumatic patients before and during COVID-19 pandemic: Data from the National Trauma Registry of Iran.

Purpose: To prepare for future possible communicable disease epidemics/pandemics, health care providers should know how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced injured patients. This study aimed to compare epidemiologic features, outcomes, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of trauma patients admitted to a university-affiliated hospital before and during the pandemic.

Methods: This retrospective study was performed on data from the National Trauma Registry of Iran.

Cost-effectiveness of a population-based AAA screening program for men over 65 years old in Iran.

Background: Screening program tend to recognized patients in their early stage and consequently improve health outcomes. Cost-effectiveness of the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening program has been scarcely studied in developing countries. We sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a screening program for the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in men aged over 65 years in Iran.

How Can Policymakers be Encouraged to Support People With Spinal Cord Injury-Scoping Review.

Study Design: Scoping review.

Objective: Regarding that inappropriate medical care approaches, absence of rehabilitation services, and existing barriers in physical, social, and policy environments lead to poor outcomes in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and provision for appropriate interventions and care must be created by health policymakers, we conducted this scoping review to investigate how policymakers can be persuaded to set new plans for individuals with SCI.

Methods: This review was performed according to Arksey and O'Malley's framework.

Developing "Code of Ethics for Medical Professionals, Medical Council of Islamic Republic of Iran".

Background: The medical profession has always been an inspiration for human societies throughout its diverse history. This position and historical authority in the field of ethics has had a different and higher status, in such a way that many of the norms of general ethics and professional ethics, especially principles, such as trust, confidentiality and respect for human dignity, have been developed by medical professionals. Developing guidelines of general and professional ethics is one of the inherent duties of the Medical Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIMC) as a professional organization.

Coil Embolization of an Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula between the Superior Mesenteric Artery and Vein: A Case Report.

Superior mesenteric arteriovenous fistulae are rare. A 32-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain. The angiography showed that the superior mesenteric vein was aneurysmal.

Venoplasty and stenting in post-thrombotic syndrome and non-thrombotic iliac vein lesion.

Venous outflow obstruction is a common condition among patients with chronic venous insufficiency. Endovascular treatment is favourable over open surgery. This study aimed to assess stent patency and clinical outcome in venous outflow obstruction of lower limbs, and also to compare it between post-thrombotic syndrome and non-thrombotic iliac vein lesions.

Feasibility and Data Quality of the National Spinal Cord Injury Registry of Iran (NSCIR-IR): A Pilot Study.

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most disabling consequences of trauma with unparalleled economic, social, and personal burden. Any attempt aimed at improving quality of care should be based on comprehensive and reliable data. This pilot investigation studied the feasibility of implementing the National Spinal Cord and Column Injury Registry of Iran (NSCIR-IR) and scrutinized the quality of the registered data.

Venoplasty and Venous Stenting in Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency in the Lower Extremities.

Venoplasty and stenting is a minimally invasive therapy that can be used for patients with deep venous insufficiency in the lower extremities. This study aimed at investigating the effect of venoplasty and venous stenting in patients with chronic venous insufficiency in the lower limbs. : This prospective case-series study recruited patients with chronic deep venous insufficiency in the lower limbs candidated for venoplasty in the Vascular Clinic of Sina Hospital in Tehran, Iran.

Therapeutic Effects of Successful Angioplasty on the Aorta and Lower Limb Arteries on the Healing of Chronic Ischemic Wounds.

Chronic wounds are a serious problem for the patient and can increase the socioeconomic burden on the healthcare system and community. This study aimed at investigating the effect of angioplasty on chronic ischemic wound healing. This study was conducted in Sina Hospital, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Safety and Efficacy of Repeated Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Therapy in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia in a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Critical limb ischemia is a manifestation of peripheral arterial disease characterized by insufficient arterial blood flow for maintaining tissue viability in the lower extremities. Therapeutic angiogenesis is used for peripheral arterial disease patients who are not candidates for surgical revascularization or radiological intervention. There is accumulating evidence for the beneficial impact of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantation for treatment of critical limb ischemia in humans.

Validation of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Technique to Wire Localization of Sentinel Lymph Node in Patients with Early Breast Cancer.

Axillary staging is one of the primary steps in management of Breast cancer patients. Current standard methods including blue dye and radicolloid have limitations and disadvantages. In this study, the feasibility of visualization of lymph node pathways and localization of SLN with the help of CEUS was assessed.

Long term effects of below-the-knee angioplasty in diabetic patients with critical ischemia of lower limbs referred to Sina Hospital during 2010-2011.

Unlabelled: Despite significant advances in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and below-the-knee critical ischemia, there are ongoing efforts to achieve a method with low complication, high success rate and persistence of long-term effects. The aim of the study was to examine the outcome of angioplasty in patients with below-the-knee critical ischemia referred to Hospital.

Material And Methods: This semi-experimental study conducted on diabetics patients treated with PTA (Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty) with critical ischemia of lower limbs referred to Sina Hospital.

Comparison of results of placement of cuffed -tunneled hemodialysis catheter in internal jugular vein with subclavian vein for long -term dialysis.

Aim Of The Study: was to comparison between internal jugular vs. subclavian vein cuffed tunnel catheter placement for dialysis.

Material And Methods: Cases who required central venous catheter for dialysis were included in this study.

Incidence of cancer in Iranian sulfur mustard exposed veterans: a long-term follow-up cohort study.

Introduction: It is estimated that during the Iraq-Iran war of the 1980s, over 100,000 Iranians (military or civilian) were exposed to sulfur mustard (SM), and a considerable proportion of them are still suffering with long-term consequences of exposure. The aim of the present article is to address carcinogenesis of SM following these acute exposures.

Methods: Using a cohort study, we estimated and compared the incidence rates of malignant disorders in 7,570 veterans exposed to SM and 7,595 unexposed comrades in a 25-year follow-up period.

Safety and efficacy of granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor administration following autologous intramuscular implantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells: a randomized controlled trial in patients with advanced lower limb ischemia.

Background Aims: The aim was to investigate the therapeutic effect of granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration following implantation of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells (BM MNC) for patients with lower limb ischemia.

Methods: The design was a randomized controlled trial. Fifteen patients with severe chronic limb ischemia were treated with autologous BM MNC [without G-CSF (MNC-G-CSF) or combined with G-CSF administration for 5 days following transplantation (MNC+G-CSF)].

Decreasing trend of tumor size and downstaging in breast cancer in Iran: results of a 15-year study.

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to show the characteristics of breast cancer across a period of 15 years according to pathological records in Tehran, Iran. In the year 1985, a 20-year study was designed and developed in five major hospitals in Tehran to study the burden and characteristics of breast cancer in Iran. This study is based on the data collected from 1986 through 2000.