https://www.selleckchem.com/products/uamc-3203.html 76, 95% CI －7.09 to －4.42, P less then 0.000 01 in the 2 000-pulse group). CONCLUSIONS ESWT can raise the rate of overall clinical effectiveness and improve the symptoms of chronic prostatitis in the treatment of CP/CPPS. This conclusion, however, is to be further supported by more RCTs with higher quality, larger sample size and better design.Objective To explore the distribution characteristics of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome types of male infertility in Chengdu area, China, in order to provide some objective evidence for the clinical treatment and studies of male infertility. METHODS We collected the clinical data on 500 cases of male infertility treated in the outpatient and inpatient departments of the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine and Chengdu Hospital for Reproduction, Women and Children from January to December 2017. Based on the results of examinations using the four diagnostic methods of TCM, namely, observation, auscultation and olfaction, interrogation, and palpation, we differentiated the TCM syndromes of the patients and analyzed the distribution characteristics of the syndrome types. RESULTS Analysis of the baseline characteristics and the results of Chi-square test showed statistically significant differences in the distribution of the frequency of sexual intercourse, body mass indexey-yang deficiency, kidney-yang deficiency with liver-qi stagnation, and kidney-yang deficiency with spleen-asthenia and excessive dampness. The distribution and influencing factors of the syndrome types need to be further explored and clarified by more large-sample and high-quality studies.Objective To investigate the effects of Compound Amino Acid Capsules (CAAC) for obstructive azoospermia (OA) patients undergoing percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (PESA) and ICSI. METHODS We retrospectively studied 134 cycles of PESA-ICSI in OA males, who were divided into a CAA