In globalised manufacturing and production environments, companies increasingly tend to
exploit public contribution advantages within designing, manufacturing and marketing …

Background Microdiscectomy or open discectomy (MD/OD) are the standard procedures for
symptomatic lumbar disc herniation and they involve removal of the portion of the …

BACKGROUND: Accuracy of upper lip bite test (ULBT) has been compared with the
Mallampati classification. In this study, we investigated whether the combination of the ULBT …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify information governance (IG) requirements
in the context of dynamic business networking (BN). Design/methodology/approach – For …

Background/Aims: To describe the epidemiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) in the developing
world. Methods: Developing countries were selected based on the definition proposed by …

The spinal column is involved in less than 1% of all cases of tuberculosis (TB). Spinal TB is
a very dangerous type of skeletal TB as it can be associated with neurologic deficit due to …

OBJECTIVE: To compare fatalities and injuries in road traffic crashes (RTC) in Iran with other
countries. METHODS: Data were obtained from national health sources of Iran. These data …

Background: Despite advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques, lower-extremity total
joint arthroplasty is associated with considerable perioperative blood loss. As predictors of …

Background/Objective: To determine the prevalence of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in
Tehran, Iran. Methods: A population-based study was performed. In a random cluster …

Transdermal lidocaine may reduce short-term pain after surgery in selected surgery types
and has a low risk of toxicity but its overall clinical utility in the perioperative setting is …