[Psychological status-based early risk warning combined with multidisciplinary team intervention improves satisfaction of the outpatients in the andrology clinic HUANG Xun-mei1, MENG Ping1, LI Hui2, HE Wei-xiang1, MA Xiao-li3, GAO Jing-jing4, XUE Rui-zhi1, CHENG Rui1].

Objective: To investigate the psychological status of the outpatients in the andrology clinic and the effect of risk warning combined with multidisciplinary team (MDT) intervention on their satisfaction.

Methods: Using convenience sampling, we enrolled 600 outpatients seeking medical attention in the Department of Andrology of our hospital from July to October 2022. We randomized the patients into a control (n = 300) and an observation group (n = 300), obtained their basic information, evaluated their psychological status with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and assessed their satisfaction with the Xijing Hospital Outpatients' Satisfaction Questionnaire (HOSQ).

Vasectomy reversal in China during the recent decade: insights from a multicenter retrospective investigation.

To date, there is little information about the demography of vasectomy reversal (VR) patients or the factors currently influencing VR effectiveness in China, especially after the universal two-child policy was released in 2015. In this research, demographic data and perioperative medical records of VR patients were extracted from seven major hospitals in different provinces or municipalities of China. Meanwhile, a telephone survey of the patients was conducted to collect follow-up information.

Clinical outcomes of transperitoneal laparoscopic unroofing and fenestration under seminal vesiculoscopy for seminal vesicle cysts.

Symptomatic seminal vesicle cysts (SVCs), especially those of a large size, can be removed by surgical treatments. Currently, open surgeries for SVC are rarely performed due to their extensive surgical trauma, and minimally invasive surgical therapies for treating seminal vesicle cysts are still in the early stages. In addition, relevant studies are mostly confined to case reports.

Two-stage laparoscopic repair of two-level ureteral strictures: our experience of 8 patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of two-stage laparoscopic repair for two-level ureteral strictures.

Materials And Methods: From October 2010 to January 2017, 8 patients with two-level ureteral strictures, which were located in upper and lower ureter, received two-stage laparoscopic repair in our institution. Laparoscopic ureteroureterostomy was conducted for the upper ureteral strictures in first stage and 8 weeks later laparoscopicureterovesical reimplantation was performed for lower stricture after the patency of upper lesion was confirmed by antegrade ureteropyelography.

Downregulation of VEGFA inhibits proliferation, promotes apoptosis, and suppresses migration and invasion of renal clear cell carcinoma.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) on cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion in renal clear cell carcinoma (RCCC).

Methods: Between June 2012 and June 2015, RCCC tissues were obtained for the experimental group, and RCCC adjacent tumor-free kidney parenchyma tissues were obtained for the control group. VEGFA mRNA and protein expressions and phosphoinositide 3-kinase, serine/threonine-specific protein kinase (AKT), and phosphorylated-AKT protein expressions were detected.