Evaluation of a suspended radiation protection system to reduce operator exposure in cardiology interventional procedures.

Objectives: To investigate a novel suspended radiation shield (ZG), in reducing operator radiation exposure during cardiology interventions.

Background: Radiation exposure to the operator remains an occupational health hazard in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Methods: An anthropomorphic mannequin simulating an operator was placed near a phantom, simulating a patient.

Patient exposure data and operator dose in coronary interventional procedures: Impact of body-mass index and procedure complexity.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess patient exposure data and operator dose in coronary interventional procedures, when considering patient body-mass index and procedure complexity.

Methods: Total air kerma area product (P), Air-Kerma (AK), Fluoroscopy time (FT), operator dose and patient body-mass index (BMI) from 97 patients' procedures (62 coronary angiography (CA) and 35 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) were collected for one year. For PCI procedures, also the complexity index-CI was collected.

Revisiting the association between smoking and female fertility using the oocyte donation model.

Research Question: Is active smoking among donors, recipients and male partners associated with oocyte donation cycle outcomes, in donors and recipients?

Design: Retrospective cohort over a 4-year period including 4747 oocyte recipients and partners, and 3101 oocyte donors. All oocyte donation cycles were carried out between 2010 and 2014, and for whom donor, recipient and male partner smoking status at the time of treatment were known.

Results: Ovarian response was significantly reduced in oocyte donors who smoked compared with those who did not: 13.

[Varicocele and infertility: where do we stand in 2013?].

While the incidence of clinical varicocele is common in infertile men (about 40%), the reasons why varicocele may affect sperm parameters is still unclear. In addition, the improvement of fertility after treatment of varicocele is also a subject of debate. The purpose of this review is to get new insight into the physiopathology of varicocele, its impact on sperm parameters and the effectiveness of varicocele treatment on fertility.

[Elective cryopreservation of all embryos in women at risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: prevention and efficiency].

Objective: To evaluate the benefits, regarding prevention and clinical pregnancy rates, of embryos cryopreservation in patients at high risk of ovarian hyper-stimulation.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective study with 66 patients divided into two groups. Group 1 (n=24), cryopreservation of all the embryos due to high risk of OHSS.