O-002. Multiple pregnancy following fertility treatment

Improved fertility following conservative surgical treatment of ectopic pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate fertility after salpingectomy or tubotomy for ectopic pregnancy. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Clinical University Center, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen. POPULATION Two hundred and seventy-six women undergoing salpingectomy or tubotomy for their first ectopic pregnancy between January 1992 and January 1999 and who actively attempted to conceive were foll...

Fertility and pregnancy outcomes following conservative treatment for placenta accreta.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to estimate the fertility and pregnancy outcomes after successful conservative treatment for placenta accreta. METHODS This retrospective national multicenter study included women with a history of conservative management for placenta accreta in French university hospitals from 1993 through 2007. Success of conservative treatment was defined by uterine pre...

Fertility Outcome after Treatment of Unruptured Ectopic Pregnancy with Two Different Methotrexate Protocols

Imatinib treatment: specific issues related to safety, fertility, and pregnancy.

Imatinib (Gleevec) (formerly STI571) has demonstrated high levels of efficacy in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) and has been used in more than 12,000 patients participating in clinical trials. Experience from clinical trials with imatinib has largely demonstrated the drug to be well tolerated in humans. Common side effects, usually manageable, incl...

Hypothyroidism, Fertility and Pregnancy

Pregnancy has a profound effect on the thyroid gland and its function. In iodine-replete countries, the gland size has been found to increase by 10% during pregnancy, and in areas of iodine deficiency, the gland size increases by 20%–40%. The prevalence of hypothyroid‐ ism during pregnancy is estimated to be 0.3–0.5% for overt hypothyroidism and 2–3% for subclinical hypothyroidism. Worldwide, i...