The aim of this study was to gain insight into the quality of life (QoL) and stress response of female spouses of men cured of testicular cancer in the long-term. Time since treatment completion varied from 0.5 to 23.8 years. Two hundred and fifty nine testicular cancer survivors and their spouses completed the Dutch version of the MOS Short Form (SF)-36 and the Impact of Event Scale. QoL data ...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an estrogenic environmental toxicant, a synthetic monomer widely used to polymerize polycarbonate plastics and resins. BPA has been implicated to have hazardous effect on reproductive health in human and experimental rats. Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant and potential high-value compound for the prevention of many diseases. The present study has been designed to investig...

To the Editor: Some hematologic markers, such as the neutrophil-tolymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and mean platelet volume (MPV), have gained popularity as possible predictive factors in oncologic and nononcologic inflammatory processes [1-3]. We have read the letter about our recently published report, “Predictive Role of Hematologic Parameters in Testicular Torsion” [4]....

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence of testicular and epididymal appendages in patients with cryptorchidism. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 65 patients with cryptorchidism, totalizing 83 testes and 40 patients who had prostate adenocarcinoma and hydrocele (control group), totalizing 55 testes. The following situations were analyzed: I) absence of testicular and epididymal appendages, II) prese...

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), especially males, face a key problem in the form of infertility. Apart from low serum testosterone, abnormalities involving accessory sex organs are also observed in these patients. Infertility is a known complication among males with SCD, and it comes about due to reasons such as impotence, relative primary gonadal failure, priapism, and delayed or impa...

BACKGROUND Calcium ions are vital in many biological processes including hormonal secretion, mitosis, reproduction, fertility and regulation of gene expression. Thus, calcium antagonists who are frequently prescribed for the cure of cardiovascular diseases may affect any of these physiological processes. METHODS This quasi experimental study was done at Army Medical College, Rawalpindi from O...

It has been hypothesized that poor semen quality, testis cancer, undescended testis and hypospadias are symptoms of one underlying entity, the so-called testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS). TDS was suggested to be a result of disruption of embryonal programming and gonadal development during foetal life and as aetiological factor, an impact of adverse environmental factors such as hormone disr...

Testicular torsion is a well-known urological emergency most common in the paediatric population; however, testicular not all-or-none phenomenon and can be of complete or partial intermittent types. Intermittent rare misdiagnosed even population. adults less reported may considered differential diagnosis acute pain, leading to misdiagnosis.

BACKGROUND Testicular adrenal rest tumors are a benign condition characterized by the presence of remnants of adrenal tissue within the testes that can lead to infertility. Testicular microlithiasis are calculus deposits within the seminiferous tubules. Both are described in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. OBJECTIVES Describe the frequency of testicular adrenal rest tumors and testicular micr...

background use of medicinal plants with high antioxidant properties could be effective to increase fertility and improvement of disorders such as hormonal imbalance, impotency, oligospermia and immotile sperm. celery (apium graveolens) is rich in antioxidant agents. the leaf and stems of celery contain phenols, furanocoumarin and luteolin. apigenin is one of the main flavonoids of celery leaf. ...