There were 122 infertile males who received testicular biopsy in our department during the period from 1978 to 1980. Among them, 20 patients were diagnosed to have Sertoli cell only syndrome by pathologic finding. A cumulative clinical investigation was undertaken in 20 patients with Sertoli cell only syndrome using history taking, orchidometer, semen analysis, and plasma hormonal assay (FSH. LH, & Testosterone). We found the interesting relationship between the size of the testis and plasma hormonal levels. 1. In pathologic finding, Sertoli cell only syndrome was 16%, spermatic arrest 16%, hypospermatogenesis 15%, peritubular fibrosis 15%, and normal testis accompanying obstruction of efferent duct 22%. 2. The size of the testis was average 12ml, and plasma FSH was increased to average 27.43 IU/L, plasma LH was also increased to average 25.9 IU/L, but plasma testosterone was within normal ranges (average 5.58 ng/ml).
Biopsy ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Male ; Oligospermia ; Plasma* ; Reference Values ; Semen Analysis ; Sertoli Cell-Only Syndrome* ; Testis* ; Testosterone

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to provide basic evidence to improve community health nursing practice education by analyzing the current status of actual operation, program outcomes and evaluation methods, and the level of achieving learning goals. METHODS: Data were collected through an e-mail survey from 155 professors teaching community health nursing in April 2016. Out of 45 responses in total, 42 cases were used for analysis (response rate 29.0%). RESULTS: Community health nursing practice was a 3-credit course in most of the schools (66.7%) and included a practice at public health centers without exception. The most common diagnosis classification system was OMAHA (81.0%). The core fundamental nursing skills evaluated during the practice were subcutaneous injection, vital signs, oral administration, and intradermal injection. Among the subjects of community health nursing practice, the area with the highest potential for achieving learning goals was primary health care provision (4.4/5) and the area with the lowest potential was disaster management (2.4/5). CONCLUSION: The results of this study show that there would be active efforts to complement and improve several problems of the community health nursing practice among the community health nursing practice instructors for more effective and qualitative community health nursing practice.
Administration, Oral ; Classification ; Community Health Nursing* ; Complement System Proteins ; Diagnosis ; Disasters ; Education* ; Education, Nursing ; Electronic Mail ; Humans ; Injections, Intradermal ; Injections, Subcutaneous ; Learning ; Nursing ; Primary Health Care ; Public Health ; Public Health Practice ; Vital Signs