Infertility

Robotic Immobilization of Motile Sperm for Clinical Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection.

OBJECTIVE: In clinical intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), a motile sperm must be immobilized before insertion into an oocyte. This paper aims to develop a robotic system for automated tracking, orientation control, and immobilization of motile sperms for clinical ICSI applications.

Is Robotic Complete Mesocolic Excision Feasible for Transverse Colon Cancer?

Laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision (CME) for transverse colon cancer is technically challenging. Robotic technology has been developed to reduce technical limitations of laparoscopy. Yet, no data are available on the role of robotic approach for CME of transverse colon cancer. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and short-term outcomes of robotic CME in this subset of colon...

Mining Electronic Health Records to Extract Patient-Centered Outcomes Following Prostate Cancer Treatment.

The clinical, granular data in electronic health record (EHR) systems provide opportunities to improve patient care using informatics retrieval method...

Robotic versus laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in early cervical cancer: A case matched control study.

BACKGROUND: This study aims at evaluating the feasibility, surgical outcome and oncological results observed after robotic radical hysterectomy (RH) c...

Effect of oviduct and follicular fluids on ram sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction in vitro.

The present study was designed to study the influence of different concentrations of oviduct fluid (OF) and follicular fluid (FF) on ram sperm capacit...

Comparison of Changes in the Lipid Profiles of Eastern Chinese Postmenopausal Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treated With Different Aromatase Inhibitors: A Retrospective Study.

Cardiovascular morbidity is closely associated with serum lipid level. We aimed to investigate the effects of different aromatase inhibitors, includin...

The effect of vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance, visceral fat and adiponectin in vitamin D deficient women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

INTRODUCTION: Low plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) is associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the ...

Vitamin D deficiency and high serum IL-6 concentration as risk factors for tubal factor infertility in Chinese women.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin-D [25(OH)D] and female infertility and to further expl...

A dictionary learning approach for human sperm heads classification.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To diagnose infertility in men, semen analysis is conducted in which sperm morphology is one of the factors that are evaluat...

Insulin Resistance, Hyperinsulinemia, and Mitochondria Dysfunction in Nonobese Girls With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

OBJECTIVE: Obese girls with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) have decreased insulin sensitivity (IS), muscle mitochondrial dysfunction and increased...

A comparative study of pediatric open pyeloplasty, laparoscopy-assisted extracorporeal pyeloplasty, and robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty.

PURPOSE: To compare the outcomes of open pyeloplasty (OP), laparoscopy-assisted extracorporeal (LEXP), and robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (...

Robot-assisted single-site compared with laparoscopic single-incision cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder disease: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Recent advances in robotic technology suggest that the utilization of the da Vinci Single-Site™ platform for cholecystectomy is safe, feas...

Evaluation of the Clinical Use of Robot-Assisted Retroperitoneal Laparoscopy and Preoperative RENAL Scoring for Nephron Sparing Surgery in Renal Tumor Patients.

The present study aims to compare the operative outcomes following the use of robot-assisted retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy (RARPN) with radius, ...

Anti-Müllerian hormone as a predictor of polycystic ovary syndrome treated with clomiphene citrate.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the threshold of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) as predictor of follicular growth failure in polycystic ovary s...

Global vision system in laparoscopy.

OBJECTIVE: The main difficulty in laparoscopic or robot-assisted surgery is the narrow visual field, restricted by the endoscope's access port. This r...

Impact of laparoscopic ovarian drilling on serum anti-mullerian hormone levels in patients with anovulatory Polycystic Ovarian syndrome.

OBJECTIVES: Anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) is a marker of the activity of recruitable ovarian follicles. It is useful in the prediction of ovarian reser...

Age as A Predictor of Embryo Quality Regardless of The Quantitative Ovarian Response.

BACKGROUND: One determining factor of a successful fertilization (IVF) cycle is embryo quality. The aim of the present study was to evaluate associat...

Effects of Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension diet on androgens, antioxidant status and body composition in overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disease in reproductive age women. The present study aimed to determine the ...

Effect of combination of Dunal and Linn on letrozole induced polycystic ovarian syndrome in rats.

BACKGROUND: To investigate the effect of the combination of hydroalcoholic extract of (WS) and (TT) on letrozole induced polycystic ovarian syndrome...

Learning curve in robotic rectal cancer surgery: current state of affairs.

INTRODUCTION: Robotic-assisted rectal cancer surgery offers multiple advantages for surgeons, and it seems to yield the same clinical outcomes as rega...