Publications by authors named "Tyler W Ball"

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of laparoscope-assisted peritoneal vaginoplasty for the treatment of congenital vaginal atresia.

Methods: A retrospective study enrolled patients diagnosed with congenital vaginal atresia who were treated with one of two different laparoscope-assisted peritoneal vaginoplasty techniques (named Luohu-one and Luohu-two) between October 31, 2001 and December 31, 2014. Operative time, intraoperative bleeding volume, surgical difficulty, complications, and post-procedure sexual satisfaction were reported.

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Aim: To investigate if γ-synuclein (SNCG) could be used as a bladder cancer (BC) marker to predict prognosis of BC.

Patients And Methods: Medical records of 140 patients with BC (January, 2006 to December, 2009) were retrospectively reviewed. SNCG expression level was examined by immunohistological staining.

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Background: IL-9 is a pleiotropic cytokine produced mainly by Th9 cells. IL-9 may have an anti-proliferative role in murine melanoma, however, its effect on human melanoma is unknown.

Methods: We examined the effects of IL-9 on proliferation and apoptosis in four human melanoma cell lines, HTB-65, HTB-72, CRL-11147, and SK-Mel-5.

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