Surgical Treatment of Trigonocephaly, Simplified Technique for Moderate Cases.

Background: The prevalence of trigonocephaly has increased worldwide over the past 2 decades. Early identification and appropriate treatment are critical. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes and the effect of metopic suture excision, perisutural frontal bone shave, and bilateral pericranial flap method on the shape of the forehead after surgical correction in infants with moderate trigonocephaly.

An experimental rat model of hilar splenic vessel ligation versus splenectomy for spleen trauma.

Background: The most prevalent method of treating splenic injury is by splenectomy. This method is followed by postoperative complications. Therefore, less invasive procedures such as splenic angioembolization are introduced.

The Impacts of Gastroileostomy Rat Model on Glucagon-like Peptide-1: a Promising Model to Control Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Background: One of the new current treatment options for Diabetes Mellitus is about increasing glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) activity. GLP-1 with its incretin effect showed major role in glucose homeostasis. Gastroileostomy can increase GLP-1 secretion by rapid delivery of undigested food to the terminal ileum.

Is Decline Rate of Intact Parathyroid Hormone Level a Reliable Criterion for Early Discharge of Patients after Total Thyroidectomy?

Introduction: Parathyroid dysfunction leading to symptomatic hypocalcemia is not uncommon following a total thyroidectomy and is often associated with significant patient morbidity and a prolonged hospital stay. The current study aimed at evaluating the comparative predictive role of serum calcium and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) for post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia.

Materials And Methods: This prospective study was performed in 83 consecutive patients undergoing total thyroidectomy.

Determinants of Mortality and the Lethal Area 50 Index (LA50) in Burn Patients Admitted to a Large Burn Center; A Single Center Experience.

Objectives: To investigate the determinants of mortality and the lethal area 50 (LA50) in large series of Iranian burn patients admitted to a single burn center.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Shahid Motahari burn center of Tehran, Iran during a 1-year period from 2011 to 2012. We included all the burn patients who were admitted to our center during the study period.

Surgical correction of upper lip deficit in patients with cleft lip using dermis fat graft.

Background: This study aimed to assess dermis fat graft (DFG) as a choice to correct the tissue deficit in the free border of the upper lip in cleft lip repair surgery.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-five individuals who referred to Alzahra Hospital at 2013-2014, with lip deformity following the primary repair surgery of cleft lip underwent surgery by DFG technique. Outcomes were assessed 4 months after the surgery based on comparison of preoperative and postoperative photographs.