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self-limiting shoulder tip pain, which occurs in up to 80% of individuals ( Sao et al. 2019 ) and rarer, but also self-limiting surgical emphysema. In the largest cohort study to date of 29,966 laparoscopic surgeries, the overall complication rate was
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hysterectomy. Hysterectomy is a common gender-affirming surgery that some transmasculine patients undergo. Some transmasculine patients also present for management of pelvic pain and describe endometriosis symptoms. Sometimes, patients seek hysterectomy for a
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recurrence with the excision of all these different lesion types varies significantly, with 30% of patients developing chronic pelvic pain that is unresponsive to surgery, and 50% developing recurrent symptoms within 5 years after treatment ( Zondervan et al
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treatment failure and require rescue surgery, and little is known about subsequent pregnancy outcomes in this group. We describe subsequent pregnancy outcomes in women with tubal ectopic pregnancy managed with methotrexate using data from a UK multicentre
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According to the World Health Organization guidelines, ejaculatory abstinence (EA) of 2–7 days is recommended for semen analysis. This study aimed to determine how seminal quality may be affected by two EA periods from the same man. Seminal samples from 65 men were evaluated by conventional semen analysis and qualitative characteristics after 1 and 4 days of EA (two samples/man). The semen was qualitatively analyzed by examining oxidative activity (intracellular and seminal plasma), sperm function (acrosome integrity, mitochondrial activity, and nuclear DNA integrity), and epididymal function. As expected, samples collected after 1 day of EA showed a decrease in volume and sperm total number compared to samples collected after 4 days of EA. The sperm motility of the samples collected after 1 day of EA was better compared to samples collected after 4 days of EA. Oxidative activity measured was lower after 1 day of EA compared with those measured after 4 days of EA. With regards to sperm function, samples collected after 1 day of EA showed an increase in acrosome integrity, mitochondrial activity, and nuclear DNA integrity compared with samples collected after 4 days of EA. Epididymal function showed no difference between the two-time points. Although samples collected after 4 days of EA showed better results for sperm quantity, samples collected after 1 day of EA showed better qualitative results, including motility, oxidative activity, and sperm function. Thus, it can be concluded that sperm storage at the epididymal tail may make spermatozoa more susceptible to oxidative damage.
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According to the World Health Organization guidelines, stopping ejaculation for 2 to 7 days is recommended before sperm collection for semen analysis. However, the evidence that supports these recommendations is limited. Our study aimed to compare how sperm quality was affected in samples collected after stopping ejaculation for 1 day and 4 days (two samples per man) in a total of 65 men. Although sample collection after stopping ejaculation for 4 days showed better semen quantity (volume and sperm concentration), sample collection after stopping ejaculation for 1 day showed better sperm motility and function. If not ejaculated, sperm are stored in the epididymis tail located in the scrotum beside the testicles and our study suggests that longer sperm storage may damage sperm quality. The results from this study may be used to inform guidance for sperm collection for use in assisted reproduction techniques, and lead to an improvement in both fertilization and implantation rates.
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highly relevant. Transwomen undergo GAHT prior to gender-affirming surgery (GAS) for physical adaptation to the female body. Generally, GAHT has a negative influence on steroidogenesis as well as spermatogenesis in transwomen. In Germany, GAHT usually
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national lockdown and outpatient clinics and non-urgent elective surgeries for benign conditions across all specialities were postponed creating a backlog of appointments ( https://www.gov.scot/news/nhs-scotland-placed-on-emergency-footing/ , Carr et al