Publications by authors named "Song-Bo Tian"
Background: The relationship between surgical sperm retrieval of different etiologies and clinical pregnancy is unclear. We aimed to develop a robust and interpretable machine learning (ML) model for predicting clinical pregnancy using the SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) association of surgical sperm retrieval from testes of different etiologies.
Methods: A total of 345 infertile couples who underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment with surgical sperm retrieval due to different etiologies from February 2020 to March 2023 at the reproductive center were retrospectively analyzed.
Article Synopsis
- The study compared four types of scaffolds used in tissue engineering for blood vessels: acellular dermal matrix (ADM), small intestinal submucosa (SIS), Bio-Gide, and acellular vascular matrix (ACVM) with 0.25% human-like collagen I (HLC-I).
- Researchers evaluated the compatibility of these scaffolds with primary human gingival fibroblasts (HGFs) using various staining methods and assays to assess cell proliferation, water absorption, mechanical properties, and cytotoxicity.
- Results showed the ACVM-0.25% HLC-I scaffold outperformed the other scaffolds in terms of cell proliferation and biological characteristics, while SIS had the lowest cell proliferation and ADM plus Bio
Objective: To investigate the influence of different procedures of testicular sperm retrieval on the levels of serum inhibin B (INHB), antisperm antibodies (AsAb), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and testosterone (T) in patients with azoospermia.
Methods: We randomly assigned 210 azoospermia patients to receive testicular sperm extraction (TESE, n = 50), testicular sperm aspiration (TESA, n = 56), testicular fine needle aspiration (TEFNA, n = 64), or microscopic TESE (micro-TESE, n = 40). We measured the levels of serum INHB, FSH, and T and the positive rate of AsAb before and at 1 and 3 months after surgery.