General surgery
Atefeh Moridi; Sudabeh Mahmoodi; Nayereh Rahmati; Marzieh Fathi; Zahra Naeiji
Volume 6, Issue 4 , August 2021, , Pages 188-194
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Background & Objective: Awareness of breast cancer risk factors, clinical presentations and screening rules and methods may encourage women to use preventive measures more commonly. Materials & Methods: A total of 691 women from general population were interviewed using a standardized ...
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Background & Objective: Awareness of breast cancer risk factors, clinical presentations and screening rules and methods may encourage women to use preventive measures more commonly. Materials & Methods: A total of 691 women from general population were interviewed using a standardized questionnaire. Demographic data, level of awareness about risk factors, presentations and screening the breast cancer and their general perception about the treatment’s efficacy were evaluated.Results: Of the participants, 45.7% had “good” knowledge about the presentations of breast cancer while the level of awareness was “good” in 19.2% of them in field of risk factors (statistically significant difference). As only about 16% of them knew that women should perform breast self-examination once a month and about 15% of them were aware of the screening role of the annual clinician performed breast examination.Conclusion: Most of our participants had statistically significant lower level of knowledge about the risk factors and screening rules and tools of breast cancer than its clinical presentation.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Zahra Naeiji; Saleheh Heydari; Melina Bahaar; Masoomeh Mirzamoradi; Atefeh Moridi; Marzieh Fathi
Volume 6, Issue 4 , August 2021, , Pages 195-201
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Background & Objective: Pessary is a silicone, rubber or plastic device, available in different shapes and sizes, which may prevent preterm labor in some pregnant women.Materials & Methods: We enrolled >18-year-old women with gestational age between 24 weeks and 0 days to 34 weeks ...
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Background & Objective: Pessary is a silicone, rubber or plastic device, available in different shapes and sizes, which may prevent preterm labor in some pregnant women.Materials & Methods: We enrolled >18-year-old women with gestational age between 24 weeks and 0 days to 34 weeks and 0 days, admitted to hospital with signs/symptoms of preterm labor (threatened preterm labor) and shortened cervical length (<25 mm in ultrasound measurement). Included subjects were randomly allocated to 2 groups. In first group a cervical pessary was placed for patient in lithotomy position. In second group no pessary was inserted and patients received only the routine standard institutional treatments.Results: Demographic characteristics, Body Mass Index, mean cervical length, parity status, fertilization type (natural, assisted) and route of delivery had no statistically significant difference in 2 studied groups. Although gestational age at which patient had experienced her first preterm labor episode was similar in 2 groups, gestational age at delivery was higher in pessary group compared with expectant management group (38.64 weeks versus 35.80 weeks which was statistically significant). Neonatal outcome measures (like rate of respiratory distress, orotracheal intubation, low birth weight, NICU admission, fetal death, etc.) were better (statistically significant) in pessary group.Conclusion: Using cervical pessary after successful control of a threatened preterm labor episode in women with short cervix can postpone the labor significantly, leading to increased gestational age and improved neonatal outcome.
Atefeh Moridi; Maliheh Arab; Ghazaleh Fazli; Maryam Khayamzadeh
Volume 1, Issue 3 , November and December 2016
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Dermoid cyst is a benign and common ovarian neoplasm affecting women. Sources for this review article were taken from PubMed and other up-to-date databases covering the period from Jan 2010 to Jan 2016. Keywords for the search were “dermoid cyst” and “treatment”. A search of the ...
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Dermoid cyst is a benign and common ovarian neoplasm affecting women. Sources for this review article were taken from PubMed and other up-to-date databases covering the period from Jan 2010 to Jan 2016. Keywords for the search were “dermoid cyst” and “treatment”. A search of the literature revealed 113 full text manuscripts, from which 21 were relevant. In addition, another 56 relevant manuscripts identified in the reference lists of the above-mentioned 21 manuscripts were included in the study, although they had been published before 2010. Clinical considerations for dermoid cyst management are categorized as follows: 1) selection of the best choice of surgical treatment in dermoid cyst: laparoscopy or laparotomy; 2) procedure to exteriorize a dermoid cyst in laparoscopy; 3) selection of oophorectomy or cystectomy; 4) spillage of the cyst contents: prevention and treatment of the consequences if it does happen; 5) necessity of surgical treatment in dermoid cyst management; 6) ovarian torsion and other complications; 7) Probability of malignancy in dermoid cyst.