International journal of clinical and experimental medicine

OBJECT: Reproductive system related autoantibodies have been proposed to be associated with natural infertility. However, large scale systematic analysis of these of antibodies has not been conducted. The aim of this study is to analyze the…

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the feasibility and safety of uterine artery chemoembolization in treating cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP). METHODS: During the period between 1(st) of May 2009 and 17(th) of January 2014, uterine artery chemoembolizati…

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the application value of a spontaneously closed protective stoma (SCPS) in an ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, which is a novel procedure first performed in our hospital in 2008. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two males cases …

Many stages of COH protocols are considered to potentiate a state of systemic inflammation. The limit beyond which inflammation has negative impacts on the formation of conception and the reproductive outcomes are compromised still remains …

The trial was to explore the effects of Chinese medicinal plants (CMP) treatment on the advanced endometriosis (stage III-IV) after conservative surgery. A prospective, multi-center and controlled trial was conducted from June 2012 to Septe…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the remission rate and outcome of pregnancy of patients who had moderate and severe ovarian endometriosis after conservative surgery. We also wished to analyze the associated factors of recurrence. METHODS: Weconducted…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of complete and incomplete excision of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: Ninety-three women who underwent complete excision (n=55) or incomplete surgery of DIE (n=38) between Janu…

Many physicians suggest that performing ICSI instead of IVF for all cases just because they thought that ICSI yields more available embryos than IVF. However, we found that IVF results in better fertilization per retrieved oocyte (72.12 ± 1…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between male's body mass index (BMI) and the outcome of assisted reproductive technology (ART). In this retrospective study, we analyzed the data from 729 cycles of female patients aged 38 years or…

BACKGROUND: Some studies assessed the association between CYP1A1 MspI and Ile462Val polymorphisms and uterine leiomyoma (UL) risk. However, the results were controversial. We did this meta-analysis to determine the association between CYP1A…

AIM: The aim of this study is to assess the effects of hydrosalpinx on ultrasonographic parameters for endometrial receptivity during the window of implantation, as measured by power color Doppler ultrasound. METHODS: The women recruited t…

Growth hormone (GH) is involved in the regulation of male and female infertility. Several clinical studies reveal that adjuvant GH treatment has a possible role in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), especi…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, safety and sexual life quality outcomes of ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablations for the treatment of patients with symptomatic adenomyosis and ut…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the long term outcomes (all-cause death, myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization, and silent restenosis at 12 months) of one-stent vs. two-stent implantation due to coronary bifurcation l…

Adult stem cells occur in human endometrium. Menstrual-blood derived stem cells (MenSCs) are mesenchymal stem cells that can be obtained in a non-invasive manner. Due to their rapid proliferation rate, low immunogenicity, and low tumorigeni…

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of GnRH agonist in comparison with hCG for triggering final oocyte maturation in endometrial preparation of letrozole stimulation protocols for frozen-thawed embryo transfer. METHODS…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to improve the understanding of ureteral endometriosis, and remind the clinics to be highly suspicious of it in women of reproductive age with hydronephrosis without evidence of stones and maligna…

Hemangiopericytoma (HPC) and meningioma, for their morphology immunohistochemical markers similarity, were usually confused especially before surgery. This study aimed to develop a panel of biomarkers to differentiate HPC from meningioma. R…

AIM: The uterus with its size exceeds 12 weeks of gestation have been considered a relative contraindication to laparoscopic hysterectomy. With surgical techniques progressed and laparoscopic instruments improved, laparoscopic hysterectomy …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic repair of iatrogenic vesicovaginal fistulas (VVF) and rectovaginal fistulas. METHODS: Seventeen female patients with iatrogenic fistulas (11 cases of VVF and 6 cases of high r…

The present study is to investigate the relationship between microRNA (miR)-365 expression and the levels of interleukin (IL)-6 mRNA and protein in patients with active tuberculosis. From June 2011 to June 2014, 48 patients with active pulm…

OBJECTIVES: This study is to investigate the role and mechanism of microRNA-202 (miR-202) in endometriosis. METHODS: Forty-five cases of ectopic endometrial tissues, 25 cases of eutopic endometrial tissues and 26 cases of normal endometria…

Adnexal torsion (AT) is a condition in which there is sometimes difficulty in making a preoperative diagnosis since there are no routine laboratory markers and this condition is usually intraoperatively diagnosed. Many of the studies have i…

BACKGROUND: Normal saline is commonly used for rinsing the abdominal cavity and many surgeons claim that it is not harmful to peritoneum. We found in patients treated with laparoscopic surgery, that mean 25% of the instilled fluid is not dr…

X irradiation may lead to female infertility and the mechanism is still not clear. After X irradiation exposure, significantly morphological changes and functional decline in endometrial epithelial cells were observed. The mitochondrial and…