Effect of Autologous Adipose-Derived Stromal Vascular Fraction Transplantation on Endometrial Regeneration in Patients of Asherman's Syndrome: a Pilot Study.

This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of the transplantation of autologous adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (AD-SVF) containing adipose stem cells (ASCs) in regenerating functional endometrium in patients with severe Asherman's syndrome (AS). This was a prospective clinical study involving six infertile women aged 20-44 years who were diagnosed with severe AS by hysteroscopy. Autologous AD-SVF were isolated from patient's adipose tissue obtained by liposuction and then transplanted into uterus by transcervical instillation using an embryo transfer catheter followed by estrogen hormone therapy.

Oncologic and obstetric outcomes of conservative surgery for borderline ovarian tumors in women of reproductive age.

Objective: To compare the oncologic and obstetric outcomes in reproductive-age females with borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) treated with cyst enucleation (CE) or unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (USO).

Methods: The medical records of patients with BOTs treated between 1998 and 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. The recurrence rates in the USO and CE groups were compared, and the postoperative obstetric outcomes were assessed via telephone survey.

Tinnitus in patients with chronic otitis media before and after middle ear surgery.

The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical features of tinnitus in patients with chronic otitis media (COM) and to evaluate changes in tinnitus following middle ear surgery in relation to audiologic outcome. Medical records were reviewed for 117 patients with COM who underwent middle ear surgery between March 2009 and March 2010. Of them, 44 patients who pre-operatively reported tinnitus on a tinnitus questionnaire and 28 patients who completed a tinnitus questionnaire 8 weeks after surgery were evaluated to determine the clinical characteristics of tinnitus in patients with COM and any change in tinnitus following middle ear surgery, respectively.

Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium extract induced apoptosis in SNU-C4, human colon cancer cells.

Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium (CR) has been used traditionally in Korea to promote the Liver Qi activity and the function of digestive system. We investigated whether the immature peels of Citrus reticulata Blanco (Rutaceae) induced cell-death on SNU-C4, human colon cancer cells. Cytotoxicity of CR was assessed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay.