© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2016;5(S1) tau.amegroups.com 50%. With the recent advances in assisted fertilization such as in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), the couples suffer from infertility would like to choose assisted fertilization and nearly 1 million cycles ICSI were carried out in China every year, eve...

BACKGROUND Expectations towards surgeons in modern surgical practice are extremely high with minimal complication rates and maximal patient safety as paramount objectives. Both of these aims are highly dependent on individual technical skills that require sustained, focused, and efficient training outside the clinical environment. At the same time, there is an increasing moral and ethical press...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The use of robotic assistance during microsurgical procedures has evolved from its early beginnings in the early 2000s. Currently, its use is expanding in the treatment of male infertility and patients with chronic testicular or groin pain. The addition of this technology may allow an improvement in outcomes as when the operating microscope was introduced in microsurgery. Howe...

AIM To compare the clinical results of different transcortical approaches for the removal of third ventricular colloid cysts (CC). MATERIAL AND METHODS Records of 41 colloid cyst patients who underwent transcortical conventional microsurgical, microsurgical with the aid of stereotactically guided cylindrical retractor (minitubular), and endoscopic removal between 1999 and 2015 were retrospect...

OBJECTIVE  When root avulsions are detected in children suffering from obstetrical brachial plexus palsy (OBPP), neurotization procedures of different nerve trunks are commonly applied in primary brachial plexus repair, to connect distally the nerves of the upper limbs using healthy nerve structures. This article aims to outline our experience of neurotization procedures in OBPP, which involves...

Currently there is a low success rate of function restoration with aid of surgical techniques. Therefore Peripheral nerve repair and healing have gained an increased attention in recent decades; many studies have investigated this subject. There is a clear need for biomedical engineering research to develop novel strategies to improve outcomes following nerve damage. Double-blinded randomized c...

BACKGROUND The management of peripheral nerve injuries remains a large challenge for plastic surgeons. With the inability to fuse axonal endings, results after microsurgical nerve repair have been inconsistent. Our current nerve repair strategies rely upon the slow and lengthy process of axonal regeneration (~1 mm/d). Polyethylene glycol (PEG) has been investigated as a potential axonal fusion ...

Peripheral nerve injuries are frequent and represent a significant pathology of the periph‐ eral nervous system because, despite operative techniques and successful microsurgical repair, in most cases, the nerve repair is followed by scar formation. Numerous inves‐ tigations have been carried out with the aim of finding pharmacological substances that can prevent scar formation and speed up the...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Unruptured intracranial aneurysm repair is the most commonly performed procedure for the prevention of hemorrhagic stroke. Despite efforts to regionalize care in high-volume centers, overall results have improved little. This study aims to determine the effectiveness in improving outcomes of previous efforts to regionalize unruptured intracranial aneurysm repair to high-v...