Cryopreservation of human spermatozoa is extensively used in artificial insemination and IVF programmes. Despite various advances in cryopreservation methodology, the recovery rate of functional post-thaw spermatozoa remains mediocre, with sperm motility being significantly decreased after freezing. This aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cryopreservation on both DNA integrity ...

The challenge of the case presented was threefold: congenital absent uterus (Mayer-Rokitansky-KustnerHauser syndrome), a request for surrogacy, and teratozoospermia in the husband (6% normal morphology according to the Tygerberg strict criteria). Surrogacy was dealt with by means of guidelines proposed by the SA Law Commission after a surrogate mother was found. The gestational carrier was sync...

A retrospective study was carried out on patients with histologically proven gastric carcinoma diagnosed at the Gastro-intestinal Clinic, Tygerberg Hospital, over a 5-year period--1979-1983. Fifty per cent of patients were coloured men. The overall median age was 65 years but the coloured patients were significantly younger than the white. The main symptoms were loss of appetite and weight, abd...

A pioneering life-and cost-saving radial angiography service in Tygerberg Hospital's cardiology department, the only one of its kind in Africa, is giving hundreds more patients unprecedented access to accurate diagnosis and treatment. Built around medical advances that allow both angiography and the often ensuing strategic placement of coronary stents to be done via the radial artery in the arm...

Over a 12-month period, 74 isolates of Serratia marcescens were obtained from various sources at Tygerberg Hospital. The majority of these isolates were from catheterized patients with urinary tract infections, and were non-pigmented and resistant to all antibiotics tested, excepting amikacin and neomycin. All isolates transferred resistance to tobramycin, gentamicin and tetracycline by conjuga...

A number of food poisoning outbreaks in hospitals have been recorded in South Africa:-' In order to prevent such outbreaks in the Tygerberg Hospital a comprehensive investigation into all possible sources of food poisoning has been carried out. The investigation covered the bacteriological testing of all raw food supplied to the hospital, the same food after normal cooking, and after subsequent...

OBJECTIVE Few empirical studies have addressed the impact of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on treatment utilisation and outcome in South African youth. This study was undertaken to document demographic, clinical, and treatment characteristics of child and adolescent inpatients with PTSD. DESIGN A retrospective chart study of all patients presenting to a child and ad...

BACKGROUND The utility of blood reproductive endocrine biomarkers for assessing or estimating semen quality was explored. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 47 DDT exposed malaria vector control workers was performed. Tests included blood basal and post gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone, sex hormone binding globu...