BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent endocrine disorder and a major cause of anovulatory infertility, often requiring assisted reproductive technology (ART). The freeze-all strategy followed by frozen-thawed embryo tr…
Polycystic ovary syndrome is the primary cause of female infertility. Growing evidence suggests that dysregulation of amino acid metabolism plays a significant role in the onset and progression. However, the underlying mechanism remains unc…
BACKGROUND: Ovarian maldescent is a rare congenital anomaly in which one or both ovaries are positioned abnormally above the pelvic brim. However, the potential relationship between ovarian maldescent and infertility remains poorly understo…
BACKGROUND: Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG), which is associated with adverse long-term effects on the health of the offspring, has become a major clinical problem. Accumulating evidence indicates that the ovary kisspeptin/GPR54 sys…
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare the accuracy of rectal cancer restaging after neoadjuvant therapy with 3D CUBE sequence with 2D T2-weighted fast spin-echo (FSE) sequence. METHODS: This retrospective study comprised 72 patients with …
Sclerosing mesenteritis (SM) is an extremely rare disease characterized by chronic non-specific inflammation, fat necrosis and fibrosis of the mesentery. We presented a 77-year-old man with progressive dyschezia, abdominal pain and mass in …