Adverse effect Cyclosporine Tacrolimus Steroids Aza Mycophenolate mofetil Sirolimus-everolimus Arterial hypertension +++ ++ +++ − − + Hyperglycemia − + +++ − − − Hyperlipidemia ++ + ++ − −…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Antonio Daniele Pinna and Giorgio Ercolani (eds.)Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation10.1007/978-3-319-16997-2_4 4. The Safety of Donor Antonia D’Errico1 , Deborah Malvi1 and Francesco Vasuri1 (1) “F. Addarii” Institute of Oncology and Transplant Pathology, S. Orsola…
Fig. 2.1 Illustration depicting the venous testicular vasculature (a), and the drainage of right and left testes (b). The right testicular vein empties into the inferior vena cava while the…
Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%) Physical exam 70 70 67 Color Doppler ultrasound 93 85 ND Venography 100 60–70 ND Thermography 84–98 81–100 ND ND not defined Physical…
Study Patients Antioxidant Outcomes Controlled trials Cavalleni et al. (2004) [213] n = 62 men with varicocele and 39 men with oligozoospermia treated compared with 71 men with varicocele and 47 men…
© The Author(s) 2016Alaa Hamada, Sandro C. Esteves and Ashok AgarwalVaricocele and Male InfertilitySpringerBriefs in Reproductive Biology10.1007/978-3-319-24936-0_7 7. Varicocele in Adolescents Alaa Hamada1 , Sandro C. Esteves2 and Ashok Agarwal3 (1) TUFTS Medical School/St. Elizabeths Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA…
# Author, year and reference OS marker Evidence Study group (N) Controls (N) Results A. Seminal OS markers 1. Hendin et al. 1999 [104] Seminal ROS (by CL) Direct Infertile…
© The Author(s) 2016Alaa Hamada, Sandro C. Esteves and Ashok AgarwalVaricocele and Male InfertilitySpringerBriefs in Reproductive Biology10.1007/978-3-319-24936-0_9 9. Varicocele and Azoospermia Alaa Hamada1 , Sandro C. Esteves2 and Ashok Agarwal3 (1) TUFTS Medical School/St. Elizabeths Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA…
Levels of evidence 1a Evidence obtained from meta-analysis of randomized trials 1b Evidence obtained from at least one randomized trial 2a Evidence obtained from one well-designed controlled study without randomization…
© The Author(s) 2016Alaa Hamada, Sandro C. Esteves and Ashok AgarwalVaricocele and Male InfertilitySpringerBriefs in Reproductive Biology10.1007/978-3-319-24936-0_10 10. Cost-Effectiveness of Varicocele Treatment Alaa Hamada1 , Sandro C. Esteves2 and Ashok Agarwal3 (1) TUFTS Medical School/St. Elizabeths Medical Center, Boston, MA,…
