Initial studies on a novel filtering-type intra-vas device in male dogs.

Background: To relieve the side effects induced by the complete obstruction of the vas deferens, we created a filtering-type intra-vas device (IVD) which is made of materials composed of nano-SiO(2)-copper complex cross-linking polymer composites.

Study Design: Eight male beagle dogs were grouped into nonimplanted control group and IVD-implanted group. We tested the efficacy of the sperm filtering effect of the new IVD material for 12 months and examined the influence of the IVD materials on the cells of the vas deferens, epididymis and testis.

[Effects of union of albumin and egg yolk on human semen cryopreservation].

Objective: To provide a more effective cryoprotective medium (CPM), effect of union of albumin and egg yolk on human sperm cryopreservation was studied.

Methods: Egg yolk-glycerol-sodium citrate was regarded as CPM of the control group and egg yolk-glycerol-sodium citrate with different concentrations of albumin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 g/L) were regarded as CPMs of experiment groups. Before and after cryopreservation, sperm movement parameters were assessed by using computer-aided sperm analyzer (CASA) system, and then egg yolk-glycerol-sodium citrate group added 1 g/L albumin was selected, whose movement parameters were the best among the experimental groups, and egg yolk-glycerol-sodium citrateto group as the control to compare sperm survival rate, membrane integrity, function of mitochondrion and ultrastruction.

Effect of sildenafil citrate on penile erection of rhesus macaques.

Aim: To examine the effect of sildenafil citrate on penile erection of male rhesus macaque.

Methods: Twenty Macaca mulatta were divided into the sildenafil treated and the control groups of 10 animals each. The penile size, the corpus cavernosal electromyogram (EMG) and the intra-corpus cavernosal pressure (ICP) were determined.

[Effect of sildenafil ciltrate on the sexual activities of male rats].

Objective: To obtain related pharmacodynamic data for the clinical experiment by observing the sexual activities of male rats after using sildenafil ciltrate through stomach irrigation.

Methods: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were distributed into 4 groups with different dosages (control with distilled water, low dosage: 0.08%, medium dosage: 0.