On Varicocele: A Practical Treatise

A Practical Treatise on Tropical Dysentery, More Particularly as It Occurs in the East Indies; Illustrated by Cases and Appearances on Dissection: To Which Is Added, a Practical Treatise on Scorbutic Dysentery, with Some Facts and Observations Relative to Scurvy

A Practical Treatise on Sexual Disorders of the Male and Female

رساله‌ی طبی «فواید الافضلیه» و جایگاه آن در پزشکی دوره‌ی صفویه

Ali Afzal Ghate’ Ghazvini was a renowned physician, scholar, and calligrapher of the Safavid era whose personality and efforts in the field of medicine have not been fully recognized thus far. Among his works, three medical treatises can be of use in researching the medicine of the Safavid era. The present article adopts a descriptive-analytic method to introduce one of these treatises, Favaed-...

Protective effects of celecoxib on inflammatory cytokine levels and testis indices after induction of varicocele

Introduction: Varicocele is a pathological dilation of spermatic cord vein plexus, and celecoxib, an inhibitor of cyclo-oxygenase-2, is widely used in the treatment of chronic inflammation. So, we examined the effects of celecoxib on inflammatory cytokines, testicular Sertoli and spermatogonial cells number, seminiferous tubule diameter, and sperm indices in immature male rats with induced vari...

Assesment of flaxseed on oxidative stress in prepubertal rats with experimental varicocele

Introduction: Perepubertal varicocele can result in hypotrophy of testes, sperm damage and decrease the function of leydig cells in future. pathophysiology of varicocele is unclear. Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a major theory. There are many controversies in treatment of pediatric varicocele. Flaxseed (FS) is the richest source of lignans with antioxidant properties. The aim of...