OBJECTIVE To compare performance after cochlear implantation in children with mutations in connexin (Cx) 26 (GJB2) or Cx30 (GJB6) and children with deafness of unknown etiology. DESIGN Genetic analysis and speech perception evaluation was performed in the children with and without Cx mutations who had undergone cochlear implantation. Speech perception performance was retrospectively analyzed ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the effectiveness of simultaneous versus sequential bilateral cochlear implantation on postoperative outcomes in children with bilateral deafness and to evaluate the impact of the inter-implant interval and age at second implantation on postoperative outcomes in children who already received their first cochlear implant. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Embase, and Web ...

OBJECTIVE The benefits of cochlear implantation for children with developmental delays (DD) often are unclear. We compared cognition, adaptive behavior, familial stress, and communication in children with and without DD. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Two tertiary care pediatric hospitals. PATIENTS Two hundred four children who underwent cochlear implantation assessed before a...

AIM To investigate the impact of timing of same-admission orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation on in-hospital mortality and post-transplant length of stay. METHODS Using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 1998 to 2011, we identified patients 18 years of age or older who underwent implantation of a LVAD and for whom the procedur...

Introduction: Parents are such important members of the cochlear-implant team that analysis of their views is essential in orderto improve services and outcomes. The authors developed a tool to assess parental attitudes towards various aspects of cochlear implantation in children who had passed aural rehabilitation sessions. The authors then went on to determine the validity and reliability of ...

BACKGROUND The present study addresses the issue of biological ageing of the oocyte (as indicated by basal serum FSH levels) versus chronological ageing. METHODS 1019 infertile but ovulating women were studied in their first cycle of IVF treatment. A series of logistic regression models were developed to assess statistical significance of effects of age and FSH on implantation rates and live ...

the success rate of reproductive treatment methods depends on many different factors. the most important and discussed ones in the literature are maternal age, the causes of infertility, the ovarian response to stimulation, the influence of the male factor and sperm quality, embryo quality and the various uterine pathologies. some couples fail repeatedly after transferring good quality embryos ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of male age on clinical outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles, according to sperm concentration. DESIGN Retrospective, observational study. SETTING Assisted reproduction center. PATIENT(S) The study included 1,024 couples undergoing ICSI cycles with fresh spermatozoa. INTERVENTION(S) The influence of paternal age on ICSI outcomes of ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze IVF outcomes in patients with a history of one or more elevations in basal FSH who have a normal basal FSH at the start of their IVF cycle, compared with the general IVF population. DESIGN Retrospective clinical study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENT(S) General IVF patient population. INTERVENTION(S) Patients received standard IVF gonadotropin protocols, oocyte...