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Background: The rapid increase in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients led to the operation of COVID-19 facilities for patients with mild COVID-19 in South Korea. We analyzed the...
Background: In recent years, the demand for fertility preservation for both oncologic and nononcologic reasons, as well as for personal reasons, has increased dramatically.
Current Concepts: Currently, embryo and oocyte cryopreservation...
Background: Hypertension is the leading factor of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Although antihypertensive medical treatment is the cornerstone of blood pressure control, lifestyle modification, including optimal diet therapy, such as...
Background: The survival rate of cancer patients is increasing owing to the early diagnosis and treatment methods. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy may cause serious complications, such as ovarian failure and infertility....
Background: Oocyte cryopreservation opens up opportunities for women to preserve fertility when it is necessary to postpone pregnancy. After the advent of vitrification, the results of oocyte cryopreservation were significantly...
Background: As the number of cancer survivors has increased with advancements in cancer treatment, fertility preservation has become a treatment goal. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) and transplantation (OTT) has made...
Background: In its short history, reproductive medicine has achieved many fertility-related milestones, including: the arrival of in vitro fertilization in the late 1970s, the development of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in...
Background: Fertility preservation refers to a procedure performed to maintain the ability to become pregnant before receiving treatment with a risk of fertility loss, such as chemo- or radiation therapy....
Background: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and teriparatide, which is a PTH analog, are special options of osteoanabolic therapies for osteoporosis treatment. Their efficacy in improving the bone mineral density (BMD) and...