Liu YH

BackgroundAlong with increasing research on acupuncture for chronic pain, the validity of sham acupuncture (SA) has also been argued.MethodsNine databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from the inception dates of the…

PurposeThe main treatment options of neurogenic bladder remains catheterization and long-term oral medications. Metabolic interventions have shown good therapeutic results in many diseases. To date, no studies have characterized the metabol…

Evidence for long-term use of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) as an adjuvant treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains limited. This study aimed to assess the frequency of use, utilization patterns, and therapeutic effects of a…

ObjectiveOxidative stress is generated during the pathophysiology of endometriosis (EMT). Hydrogen (H2) has been demonstrated as a gas antioxidant. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the protective effect of H2 on EMT in rats.Study…

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic, multifactorial, and metabolic disorder accounting for 90% diabetes cases worldwide. Among them, almost half of T2D have hypertension, which is responsible for cardiovascular disease, morbidity, and mortal…

Biofilm formations play an important role in Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis and contribute to antibiotic treatment failures in biofilm-associated infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) of intraoperative frozen section diagnosis of the borderline tumor of ovary (BTO). METHODS: A retrospective analysis and comparison were done respectively between the…

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of human follicular fluid (HFF) from endometriosis (EM) patients treated with Quyu Jiedu Granule (QJG) on mouse embryonic development. METHODS: Cultured 2-cell mouse embryos were divided into three groups. T…

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of Quyu Jiedu Granules (, QJG) on the micro- microenvironment of ova in patients with endometriosis (EM). environment METHODS: Twenty EM patients who received in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF…

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of Quyu Jiedu Granule, a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine for removing blood stasis and expelling superficial evils, on the quality of oocytes and the expressions of tumor necrosis factor-alpha …

ObjectiveTo observe the clinical efficacy of Quyu Jiedu Recipe (, QJR) in treating endometriosis (EM), and to explore the levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and cell proliferative nucleoprotein antigen (Ki-67), their change…

OBJECTIVES: To measure serum resistin levels in infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilisation-embryo transfer (IVF-ET), and to find any correlations between serum resistin levels and body weight, body mass index, the number of oocytes r…

The main treatment of leukemia is traditional radiochemotherapy, which is associated with serious side effects. In the past twenty years, differentiation was found as an important effective measure to treat leukemia with fewer side effects.…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the method of primary culture for endometriotic cells and to find out the differences in morphological manifestations among endometriotic cells and eutopic endometrial cells sampled from patients with endometriosis and…

Catamenial hemoptysis is a rare disease. Hormone ablation therapy is the treatment of choice with multiple side effects. We report a case of pulmonary endometriosis with deep and changeable focus. Successful treatment was obtained with the …

Catamenial haemoptysis is rare entity, a part of thoracic endometriosis syndrome. We present a young woman who was timely diagnosed, successfully treated using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and pathologically confirmed the case. The …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short term and long term outcomes of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) treated by transcervical resection of endometrium (TCRE) as well as the factors which influence the outcomes. METHODS: From May 1990 to Septembe…

Background and objectivesWe reviewed the records for 571 gynecologic laparoscopies performed at a privately owned general hospital in Kaosiung Taiwan in 1998 and 1999 and discuss here the major obstacles we encountered while introducing the…

Catamenial hemoptysis is a rare form of hemoptysis. It is a term for the condition of hemoptysis associated with menses. Few cases have been reported in the literature. Only one case, treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection,…