Clinical Male Infertility and Assisted Reproduction

Oxidative Stress and its Role in Female Infertility and Assisted Reproduction: Clinical Implications

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in physiological functions and act as mediators in various signaling processes. Elevated or sustained generation of free radicals and non radical species derived from free radicals can lead to an imbalance in the intracellular redox homeostasis. Normally, any excess levels of reactive radical and nonradical species generated are intercepted by antioxid...

Uterine Imaging in Infertility and Assisted Reproduction

Uterine pathologies are found to be present in 25% of infertile patients [2] . Structural abnormalities of the uterus, such as leiomyoma, endom etrial polyps, intrauterine adhesions (IUAs), adenomyosis and mullerian anomalies, may affect the reproductive outcome adversely, by interfering with implantation or causing spontaneous abortion. Therefore, exclusion of any uterine pathology becomes an ...

Surgery or assisted reproduction? A decision analysis of treatment costs in male infertility.

PURPOSE Assisted reproductive technology (ART), including in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, is routinely used to treat male factor infertility. Because of the success of ART, the optimal method to achieve pregnancy with male infertility is controversial. Two examples in which ART competes with traditional male infertility treatments are varicocelectomy and vasectomy r...

Effectiveness of Assisted Reproduction Techniques as an Answer to Male Infertility

Role of Hysteroscopy in Infertility and Assisted Reproduction

The uterus plays a major role in sperm migration, embryo implantation, and fetal development. Congenital uterine anomalies and acquired uterine lesions may affect such uterine functions precluding successful pregnancy. Despite advances in the field of assisted reproductive techniques (ART), only one-third of cycles started end in a pregnancy and one-fourth result in a live birth [1]. Intrauteri...