Supported by Jiangsu Provincial Medical Innovation Team(No.CXTDA2017039);the Soochow Scholar Project of Soochow University(No.R5122001).
AIM:To describe the optical coherence tomography(OCT)features in the fellow eyes of individuals with full-thickness macular holes(FTMHs).METHODS:This multicenter retrospective study included observational and validati...
Objective:To determine whether specific neuroreflex points exist on the auricles of subjects suffering from idiopathic chronic low back pain(icLBP).Methods:Using the pressure pain test(PPT),we tested both auricles of ...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81600747);Foundation of Liaoning Province Education Administration(No.JYTMS20230089);Joint Project Planned by the Department of Science and Technology of Liaoning Province(No.2023JH2/101700129).
Dear Editor,We reported the case of idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome(IUES)with increased intraocular pressure.IUES is a disease caused by an abnormal increase in serous exudation of the choriocapillaris in the eye f...
supported by DOR 2020 funding from the Department of Internal Medicine-DIMED,University of Padua,Padova,Italy.
At present,most cases of sporadic absolute erythrocytosis remain without an etiologic demonstration,excluding acquired secondary forms,polycythemia vera,and hereditary erythrocytosis.Therefore,about 70%of all patients...
Background: Patients with Steroid-Refractory Idiopathic Minimal change disease (SRIM) have high morbidity and mortality and inherent side effects of immunosuppressive therapy. Except for its cost, R has been shown to ...
Raynaud’s syndrome (RS) is a vasospastic disorder with potential hereditary predisposition and multiple triggering factors. After the exclusion of external stimuli and local disorders, autoimmunity presents a potenti...
Microdissection testicular sperm extraction(mTESE)is commonly performed to retrieve sperm in the testes for assisted reproductive techniques in patients with idiopathic nonobstructive azoospermia(iNOA).However,the suc...
Introduction: Acute intestinal intussusception (AII) has been known for a long time but its diagnosis sometimes remains difficult and its etiologies, particularly the idiopathic forms, poorly elucidated. The objective...
We investigated the prognostic importance of noninvasive factors in predicting sperm retrieval failure in idiopathic nonobstructive azoospermia(iNOA).We studied 193 patients with nonobstructive azoospermia who underwe...