Reproductive outcome after operative hysteroscopy for uterine septum: scissors or diathermy?

Introduction: Hysteroscopic septoplasty is a safe and routinely used procedure for the treatment of septate uterus. The aim of this paper is to determine which hysteroscopic technique (scissors, monopolar/bipolar diathermy) is superior for post-treatment reproductive outcome.

Evidence Acquisition: Two different hysteroscopic septoplasty instruments (scissors and monopolar/bipolar diathermy) were compared, focusing on the pregnancy outcome.

Fertility potential in a man with ankylosing spondylitis as revealed by semen analysis by light, electron and fluorescence microscopy.

Ankylosing spondylitis affects 0.1%-0.5% of the adult population.

Acute exposure of rabbit eyes to artificial light in vivo: effect on corneal and third eyelid conjunctival histology and the gene expression of PAFR.

Purpose: To study the effect of acute exposure of rabbit eyes to artificial sunlight in vivo, on the integrity of corneal and conjunctival tissue as well as on the gene expression of the receptor for platelet activating factor (PAFR).

Methods: New Zealand albino rabbits were immobilized opposite a 300 W Osram Ultra-Vitalux® light bulb with an emission radiation spectrum similar to that of normal sunlight at noon, and exposed to ultraviolet B radiation in the range of the reported threshold for corneal damage. Corneal and third eyelid tissue samples were removed from exposed eyes at 2, 6 and 24 h following the end of the exposure to the bulb light and were subsequently processed for histochemical staining and RNA extraction.