Efficacy and safety of transvaginal mesh repair in a cohort with a minimum of 10-year follow-up.

Although transvaginal mesh (TVM) repair is no longer used in some countries, long-term outcomes after TVM surgery are of great importance globally. However, reports with follow-up >10 years are limited. Thus, this study aimed to report outcomes in a prospective cohort with at least 10 years of follow-up.

Update on Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome.

This review presents an update of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome on its etiologic, clinical, diagnostic, psychological, therapeutic, and reproductive aspects. The etiology of MRKH syndrome remains unclear due to its intrinsic heterogeneity. Nongenetic and genetic causes that may interact during the embryonic development have been proposed with no definitive etiopathogenesis identified.

Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus and T-SPOT.TB in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in febrile patients.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the accuracy of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) and T-SPOT.TB for diagnosing active tuberculosis (ATB) in febrile patients, to explore influencing factors of positive results and to verify the potential value of QFT-Plus in the identification of ATB and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).

Methods: A total of 240 febrile patients with ATB (n = 80) and non-ATB (n = 160) were recruited to assess the accuracy of QFT-Plus and T-SPOT.

Ischial Spinous Fascia Fixation for Dilated Neovaginal Prolapse in Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome-2 Case Reports.

Background: Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, as congenital anomaly of the female reproductive tract, is characterized by the congenital absence of uterus and vagina. Dilation maneuver was recommended as the nonsurgical treatment for these patients. However, only several cases were reported depicting the prolapse of the dilated neovagina of patients with MRKH syndrome.

Food access modifies GnIH, but not CRH, cell number in the hypothalamus in a female songbird.

Food deprivation or restriction causes animals to mount a stereotypical behavioral and physiological response that involves overall increases in activity, elevated glucocorticoid production, and (often) inhibition of the reproductive system. Although there is increasing evidence that these responses can differ in their degree or covariation between the sexes, most studies to-date on food restriction/deprivation have focused on male songbirds. We therefore aimed to characterize the behavioral, physiological, and neuroendocrine response to acute food deprivation in a female songbird using a nomadic species, the zebra finch.

Sex steroids influence organizational but not functional decidualization of feline endometrial cells in a 3D culture system†.

Successful implantation requires complex signaling between the uterine endometrium and the blastocyst. Prior to the blastocyst reaching the uterus, the endometrium is remodeled by sex steroids and other signals to render the endometrium receptive. In vitro models have facilitated major advances in our understanding of endometrium preparation and endometrial-blastocyst communication in mice and humans, but these systems have not been widely adapted for use in other models which might generate a deeper understanding of these processes.