Age-related infertility and unexplained infertility: an intricate clinical dilemma

Unexplained Infertility

I-2: Varicocele and Male Infertility: A Clinical Dilemma

Background: To date, impact of varicocelectomy on semen parameters is controversial mainly because clear preoperative selection criteria of patients to be submitted to varicocele surgery are still lacking. A comprehensive review on varicocele pathophysiology, and indications to varicocelectomy according to controlled studies and methanalises from literature and the Guidelines of the Scientific ...

Dexamethasone in unexplained infertility.

OBJECTIVE To determine if dexamethasone could be a suitable option in the treatment of patients with unexplained infertility. METHODS This study was carried out in the Obstetrics Department of Amir University Hospital, Semnan, Iran, from April 2001 to May 2008. One hundred and twenty-four cases of unexplained infertility that underwent ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination (IUI) (...

An endometrial factor in unexplained infertility.

OBJECTIVE To study a group of women with unexplained infertility to see whether they have a defect that is intrinsic to the endometrium. DESIGN Evaluation of the functional response of the endometrium by examining endometrial biopsy specimens using immunohistochemical methods in a group of women with unexplained infertility and in a control group of women with normal fertility. PATIENTS 27 ...

Demographics of infertility and management of unexplained infertility.

The cause of infertility is unexplained in about 22-28% of all infertile couples. The prognosis for spontaneous pregnancy in such couples is better than in those with diagnosed causes of infertility. Traditional treatment options in this group have included expectant management, clomifene citrate, intrauterine insemination with (super ovulation plus intrauterine insemination) or without (intrau...