Antisperm Antibody Levels After Vasectomy Reversal Are Not Associated With Pregnancy Rates or Method of Conception.

Objective: To examine the relationship between antisperm antibody (ASA), pregnancy rates, and method of conception following vasectomy reversal, given that before and after vasectomy reversal, patients wonder if ASAs will prevent them from achieving pregnancy and American Urological Association vasectomy guidelines call for additional research to answer this question.

Methods: We performed retrospective chart review and phone interview of patients who underwent vasectomy reversal at our institution from 1/1/2000 to 12/31/2018. We excluded patients who underwent vasectomy reversal for pain, or without postoperative semen analysis with ASA.

Elucidating academic surgical staff perspectives of medical student learning in the operating room: An embedded mixed methods study.

Background: The operating room (OR) is a complex environment for medical students. Little is known about the OR staff's perception of medical students.

Methods: We utilized an embedded mixed methods design to characterize surgical staff perceptions of students at an academic institution.

Androgen-Dependent Excitability of Mouse Ventral Hippocampal Afferents to Nucleus Accumbens Underlies Sex-Specific Susceptibility to Stress.

Background: Depression affects women nearly twice as often as men, but the neurobiological underpinnings of this discrepancy are unclear. Preclinical studies in male mice suggest that activity of ventral hippocampus (vHPC) neurons projecting to the nucleus accumbens (NAc) regulates mood-related behavioral responses to stress. We sought to characterize this circuit in both sexes and to investigate its role in potential sex differences in models of depression.