Does a special interest in laparoscopy affect the treatment of acute cholecystitis?
Patients with AC are more likely to undergo successful LC if cared for by a surgeon with an interest in laparoscopy. However, length of hospital stay is influenced more by patient factors in a multivariate model.
Sperm autoimmunity is a plausible mechanism of infertility in men with germ cell tumors. Dendritic cells may induce antitumor cell cytotoxic reactions, but may also be cytotoxic to sperm cells or lead to inhibited spermatogenesis. Further studies focusing on tumor rejection antigen and the cloning of specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte against gametes are required to confirm these finding.