Animal and bird-related ocular trauma: a decade of experience from a tertiary referral eye hospital of Iran.

Background: This study aimed to explore ocular and periocular injuries resulting from animal and bird attacks among patients referred to a tertiary referral eye hospital of Iran over ten years (2014-2024).

Methods: In this retrospective analysis, we collected data on patient demographics, the species of the attacking animal and bird, the nature of the ocular and periocular injuries, details of ophthalmological examinations, therapeutic interventions, and surgical treatments.

Results: One hundred and twenty-nine patients, with an average age of 36 ± 23 years (range: 1-77 years), were included in this study, of whom 81 were male.

A canine model of reversible urethral sphincter insufficiency.

This study developed an animal model with internal and external urethral sphincter insufficiency by bypassing the sphincter without major damage so that the animal under study can return to normal life after the study. There is a need for a reliable, applicable, and reproducible animal model for studying urinary incontinency disease due to incorrect sphincter function. Seven adult male dogs were used for this study.

Evaluation of the early effect of elective percutaneous coronary intervention on left ventricular diastolic and systolic function.

Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an effective treatment for coronary artery disease. Previous studies have demonstrated the delayed effects of PCI on left ventricular diastolic and systolic function. However, the early impact on these parameters has not been systematically examined.

Prediction of hospitalization time probability for COVID-19 patients with statistical and machine learning methods using blood parameters.

Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may induce life-threatening complications and lead to death in the patients.

Method: The aim of this study was to describe a predictive model for the disease outcome (length of hospitalization and mortality) by using blood parameters results at the admission time of 201 patients with positive RT-PCR test for the infection. Variables including; age, sex, comorbidity risk factors, the length of hospitalization, and 25 blood parameters results at the time of admission were considered.

Morphometric Evaluation of the Greater Palatine Foramen in Patients With Cleft lip and Palate (CLP) and Controls: A CBCT Study.

Objective: This study aimed to use cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans to compare the morphometric characteristics of the greater palatine foramen (GPF) in unilateral and bilateral cleft lip/palate patients (CL/P) and non-cleft (NC) individuals.

Method And Material: One hundred patients with CL/P (78 unilateral and 22 bilateral) and 100 non-cleft individuals had their GPF morphometrically assessed in CBCT images. The antero-posterior width and medio-lateral width of the GPF, the distance between the right and left GPFs, the mesio-distal location of the GPF with respect to the molar teeth, the distance between the GPF and the hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate, and the distance between the GPF and the palatine alveolar ridge were measured on these images.