Background and Objectives: The association between different anesthesia modalities and spermiogram parameters and reproductive outcomes in patients undergoing microscopic subinguinal varicocelectomy (MSV) remains unclear. In this retrospect…
Hematospermia or hemospermia is traditionally defined as the presence of fresh or altered blood in semen. Several factors might cause hematospermia, including infectious, inflammatory, iatrogenic, traumatic, structural, neoplastic, vascular…
ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to evaluate the short term efficacy of intravesical instillation of hyaluronic acid in patients with Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis (BPS/IC).Material and methodsThe study included 54 women with…
ObjectiveTo investigate whether the insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-2 G1057D polymorphism is associated with the risk of endometriosis, and to evaluate potential correlation of IRS2 gene polymorphism with the stages of endometriosis.Design…
Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) is a glycosphingolipid of the Lewis blood group that for years has been proposed as a useful marker for epithelial type gastrointestinal cancers. It is well known that moderately increased concentrations …