AbstractPurpose: Intimate partner violence has become into a public health issue. This study was carried out in Primary Care Centres and its main objective is to investigate healthcare professionals’ degree of awareness on IPV.
Design and Methods: Cross-s.....
AbstractIssues and concerns regarding the diagnosis and treatment of two cases: one initially thought to be aphallia but actually having very severe proximal epispadias with a tiny buried penis (hypophallia) and the second a post-pubertal individual who requ.....
AbstractIntroduction: Sexual health is compromised by the diagnosis and treatment of virtually all cancer types. Despite the prevalence and negative impact of sexual dysfunction, sexual health clinics are the exception in cancer centers worldwide. Consequent.....
AbstractIntroduction: Continence after prostatectomy depends on a combination of preoperative patients’ characteristics, surgical techniques and intraoperative details. The integrity of pelvic floor muscles and striated urethral sphincter significantly inf.....
AbstractBackground: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been shown to improve symptoms in women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD); however, the mechanism underlying symptom improvement with MBSR remains unknown.
Aim: To investigate the effects of.....
AbstractThe review was concerned with the importance of sperm motility as one of the important factors in
fertilization. The seminal plasma quality plays the main factor in sperm movement. There are many factors
that affect the mobility of sperms includi.....
AbstractObjective: To compare colpocleisis and vaginal reconstruction in elderly women with medical co-morbidities.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent pelvic organ prolapse surgery between November 2015 and December 2018.....
AbstractObjective: To investigate the effect of male’s BMI on semen quality, embryo formation, development and pregnancy outcomes in couples undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) fresh cycle treatment.
Methods: The clinical data of .....
AbstractObjective: To investigate the effect of male’s BMI on semen quality, embryo formation, development and pregnancy outcomes in couples undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) fresh cycle treatment.
Methods: The clinical data of 5,.....
AbstractBackground: There were discussed different aspects of implantation of testicular prostheses in boys with lack of testes, in particular use of Foley’ catheter.
Aim: Determining suitability of the balloon of Foley’s catheter to create space in the.....
AbstractAccording to WHO (world health organization), approximatively 10% of couples of childbearing age suffer from infertility. The general causes and possible methods of restoring the reproductive possibility of both sexes are disputable. One of the facto.....
AbstractBackground: Transgender men face a wide array of challenges in the context of their sexuality.
Aim: The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of key aspects of sexuality in transgender men, irrespective of the treatment trajectory.....
AbstractThe aim is to analyze emergency contraception (EC) use and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among university students (UE). It is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted at the University of Balearic Islands. Female and male UE were invit.....
AbstractThe approach defining the gender based on the social function seeks the biological basis allowing to support this approach. From the biological point of view, there are reasons for creating a technique of reproduction without fertilization with oppos.....
AbstractIncreases in pulmonary epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), caused by inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH, encoded by the Ephx2 gene), promote pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). We hypothesized that the estrogen-dependent methylation and hypo.....
AbstractIntroduction: The past decade has witnessed dramatic changes in the management of smoking among pregnant women. This review of the literature aims to synthesize the information available to date on: the place of electronic cigarettes among women, the.....
AbstractBackground: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition defined by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue outside the uterus. It affects 6 to 15% of women worldwide and the clinical manifestations are diverse and linked to its location: abd.....
AbstractBackground: Gartner’s duct cyst is a relatively common benign cystic lesion, not exceeding 2 cm in diameter and frequently located in the vaginal wall. It arises from the incomplete involution of the mesonephric remnants of Wolff’s ducts. They ar.....
AbstractAccording to the medical model of disability (as explained also in the ICF), conceiving sexual activity by a person with a disability for a “normal body” population would mean admitting imagining an abnormal (monstrous) sexuality. It follows from.....
AbstractBackground: Women’s risks for sexual assault rise significantly during disasters. The potential impact on their health is profound, making prevention or effective early intervention essential. International protocols are available for sexual assaul.....
AbstractThe aim of the study was to evaluate semen quality of Chilean patients with testicular cancer and compared with patients consulted for other cancers and couple infertility.
Seminal samples from 308 patients consulting semen cryopreservation for test.....