Postoperative intrabdominal adhesions

Pados G, Almaloglou K, Bontis J

Postoperative adhesions are a significant complication of all abdominal surgical procedures. Adhesions formation is a consequence of peritoneal trauma and may lead to infertility, bowel obstruction and chronic pelvic pain. The major strategies for adhesion prevention are focused to the optimization of surgical technique and the use of antiadhesive agents which fall into two main categories …

New aspects of the role of varicocele in male infertility

Kantartzi PD, Goulis DG, Papadimas I

Varicocele is a very common finding among infertile men and one of the most controversial issues in the field of Andrology. The aim of the present study was to analyze the epidemiological, clinical, hormonal findings and sperm parameters in men with varicocele and to evaluate the changes in sperm parameters after varicocelectomy. We accessed medical records of 925 men …