Background: With continuous advancement of industrial society, environmental pollution has become more and more serious. There has been an increase in infertility caused by environmental factors. Nonylphenol (NP) is a stable degradation product widely used in daily life and production and has been proven to affect male fertility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe aimed to establish a novel rat model of seminal vesiculitis that would provide an effective approach to investigate the pathogenesis of this disease in the future. Eight male rats received the same operation, during which the root of one of the two seminal vesicles was partly ligatured with sutures and the other vesicle was left intact. The samples of seminal vesicles were harvested on the 8 day following the operation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Current evidence regarding the efficacy of ethanol locks in preventing catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBI) is inconclusive.
Methods: Electronic databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library (until April 2018),were systematically searched for relevant studies. Two reviewers independently screened the retrieved records and identified RCTs that met the inclusion criteria.
Previous studies have reported that rs523349 (V89L) and rs9282858 (A49T) polymorphisms in the gene 5α-reductase II () are associated with the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), but different opinions have emerged. In view of distinct discrepancies among those findings, we performed this meta-analysis to ascertain a more accurate association between rs523349 and rs9282858 polymorphisms and the risk of BPH. Studies investigating the association between rs523349 and rs9282858 polymorphisms and susceptibility to BPH were searched from the databases of PubMed, Embase, Wanfang, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInconsistency between reported findings on the association of prostate specific antigen (PSA) gene -158G/A polymorphism with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) susceptibility need a meta-analysis to obtain a more accurate conclusion. A systematic search was conducted in electronic databases for the collection of eligible studies on PSA -158G/A polymorphism and BPH susceptibility. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were then calculated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We investigated the safety and efficacy of Shang Ring™ male circumcision and conventional sleeve resection circumcision in a randomized study.
Materials And Methods: During the same period, 479 cases of Shang Ring circumcision and 354 of sleeve resection circumcision were performed. Complete followup data were evaluated on the 2 groups.
Objective: Standardization of and training in adult male circumcision can significantly reduce its complication rate. Currently no such program exists for its standardization and training, making it difficult to guarantee the quality of male circumcision services. We therefore established a standardized surgical protocol for adult male circumcision in China using the Shang Ring, and applied it to a clinical study examining the performance of the Shang Ring in adult male circumcision.
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