OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical potential of donor-oocyte cryopreservation and thaw techniques for recipient patients. DESIGN Institutional review board-approved prospective study of donor oocyte cryopreservation. SETTING A large, private infertility center. PATIENT(S) Four anonymous oocyte donors underwent ovarian hyperstimulation for the purpose of oocyte retrieval and cryopreservat...

OBJECTIVE To assess cycle outcome among day 5 and day 6 cryopreserved frozen-thawed blastocyst embryo transfers (FBET). DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Military-based assisted reproduction technology (ART) center. PATIENT(S) One hundred seventy-two nondonor, programmed cryopreserved embryo cycles. INTERVENTION(S) Fully expanded blastocysts on day 5 were cryopreserved on day 5...

BACKGROUND Measurements of 24-h fractionated urinary metanephrines and catecholamines are used for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, but adequate information is needed regarding collection, storage, and shipment conditions. METHODS Spot urine samples were collected from 8 healthy volunteers. Aliquots were immediately frozen at -20 degrees C, or acidified to pH 4 and then frozen either direct...

Levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) in sera collected and frozen in J .were studied among 81 prostate cancer cases diagnosed in the following 12 years and 81 ageand race-matched controls. Although mean levels of DHEA were 1 1% lower among cases than controls and DHEA-S levels were 12% lower than among controls, no dose-response association was not...

OBJECTIVE To identify whether the cause, site of ductal obstruction, and characteristics of fluid aspirates are associated with the cryosurvival and fertility after thawing of sperm obtained during reconstruction of the excurrent ducts with microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration, vasal sperm aspiration, or both. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Andrology center at a tertiary care instit...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a 2-year follow-up of cryopreserved hemi-ovary autografts in ewes. DESIGN Animal study. SERTTING: University fertility center, Hospices Civils de Lyon; Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, INSERM U 418 Hocaron;pital Debrousse, Lyon; and Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France. PATIENT(S) Grivette ewes. INTERVENTION(S) Recently we reported four pregnancies and six live ...

During spring, summer and winter seasons, Sistani donor cows, with normal reproductive status, were superovulated and embryos were recovered non-surgically on day 7. Grade A blastocyst embryos were either transferred fresh (spring) or frozen (summer and winter). Recovered embryos during summer and winter were exposed to glycerol and frozen using conventional method. During spring season, recipi...

how to cite this article: khoddami m, akbarzadeh a, mordai a, bidari zerehpoush f, alipour h, samadzadeh s, alipour b.diagnostic accuracy of frozen section of central nervous system lesions: a 10-year study. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):25-30.   abstract objective definitive diagnosis of the central nervous system (cns) lesions is unknown prior to histopathological examination. to dete...

pancoast tumor accounts for 3%-5% of all non-small cell lung carcinomas. this tumor has a distinct clinical presentation through local invasion and the resulting clinical entity called pancoast syndrome. this syndrome includes severe shoulder pain, arm pain, and horner’s syndrome andatrophy of forearm and hand muscles. the differential diagnosis of arm and shoulder pain is extensive. thoracic o...

background: to explain the role of arthroscopic release in intractable frozen shoulders. we used different questionnaires and measuring tools to understand whether arthroscopic release is the superior modality to treat patients with intractable frozen shoulders. methods: between 2007 and 2013, in a prospective study, we enrolled 80 patients (52 females and 28 males) with recalcitrant frozen sho...