JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY
Volume 31 MAY/JUNE 2010 Number 3
CONTENTS
MINIREVIEW: Roles of Androgen Receptor in Male and Female
Reproduction: Lessons From Global and Cell-Specific Androgen
Receptor Knockout (ARKO) Mice / X. Zhou 235
ORIGINAL ARTICLES:
Nonbacterial Prostatitis in Kunming Mouse Induced by Long-Term Stimuli
of Passive Sexual Abstinence / C. Lv, Z. Zhong, Z. Wu, N. Xiao,
M. Yang, X. Zhao 244
Salvaging Penile Venous Stripping Surgery / G.-L. Hsu, H.-S. Chen,
C.-H. Hsieh, W.-Y. Lee, K.-L. Chen, C.-H. Chang 250
Editorial Commentary on Hsu et al / J. L. Marmar 261
Erectile Dysfunction, Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Their Relationship
With Testosterone Levels in Eugonadal Patients in an Andrology
Clinic Setting / P. Knoblovits, P. R. Costanzo, G. J. Rey Valzacchi,
G. Gueglio, A. O. Layus, A. E. Kozak, M. I. Balzaretti,
L. E. Litwak 263
Clinical Experience of a Refined Penile Venous Stripping Surgery
Procedure for Patients With Erectile Dysfunction: Is It a
Viable Option? / G.-L. Hsu, H.-S. Chen, C.-H. Hsieh, W.-Y. Lee,
K.-L. Chen, C.-H. Chang 271
LH and Non-SHBG Testosterone and Estradiol Levels During Testosterone
Replacement of Hypogonadal Men: Further Evidence That Steroid
Negative Feedback Increases as Men Grow Older / S. J. Winters,
C. Wang for the Fortigel Study Group 281
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Hereditary Behavior of Varicocle / A. Gokce, M. Davarci,
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F. R. Yalcinkaya, E. O. Guven, Y. S. Kaya, M. R. Helvaci,
M. D. Balbay 288
Estrogen Receptor a and b Polymorphisms Are Associated With
Semen Quality / L. A. Lazaros, N. V. Xita, A. I. Kaponis,
K. A. Zikopoulos, N. I. Plachouras, I. A. Georgiou 291
Hypoxia-Induced Apoptosis in the Bilateral Testes of Rats With Left-Sided
Varicocele: A New Way to Think About the Varicocele / H. Wang,
Y. Sun, L. Wang, C. Xu, Q. Yang, B. Liu, Z. Liu 299
Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) Modulates Leydig Cell Extracellular
Matrix Components / A. Catizone, G. Ricci, M. A. Tufano,
B. Perfetto, R. Canipari, M. Galdieri 306
Oxidative Stress in Rat Testis and Epididymis Under Intermittent
Hypobaric Hypoxia: Protective Role of Ascorbate Supplementation /
J. G. Farias, M. Puebla, A. Acevedo, P. J. Tapia, E. Gutierrez,
A. Zepeda, G. Calaf, C. Juantok, J. G. Reyes 314
Cover: A template for refined venous stripping surgery of the erection-related
veins in the human penis. (A) Lateral view: the erection-related veins
are arrayed surrounding the tunica albuginea of the corpora cavernosa
(CC). These include the deep dorsal vein (DDV), cavernosal veins
(CVs), and para-arterial veins (PAVs). The DDV consistently in the
median position receives the blood of the emissary veins from the CC
and of the circumflex vein from the corpus spongiosum. It is sandwiched
by CVs, although these lie in a deeper position. Bilaterally, each dorsal
artery is sandwiched by its corresponding medial and lateral PAVs.
Note that the lateral PAV merges with the medial one proximally. The
deeper color of the veins indicates the deepest group of the vasculature.
At the penile hilum, communicating veins of the DDV and CV are
encountered first (purple arrow), denoting the erection veins leaving the
CC, and last (green arrow), signifying the completeness of the venous
stripping. A 1.0-cm segment (green cuff) around the penile base must
not be separated to prevent the postoperative penile shortening resulting
from penile retraction among the layered tissues. The borders of
ligatures of venous stumps are marked. (B) Cross-section of the mid-
portion: The DDV and PAVs are at the same imaginary arc, whereas
the CVs are ducked at deeper positions with separate perivascular
sheathes. Note that the number of veins is 7 rather than that of the
traditionally described 1, although it becomes 4 at the level of the penile
hilum because a merging takes place in each pair of the nomenclature
veins. See Hsu et al on p. 250.
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