BACKGROUND Blood coagulation plays a crucial role in the blastocyst implantation process and its alteration may be related to in vitro fertilization (IVF) failure. We conducted a prospective observational longitudinal study in women eligible for IVF to explore the association between alterations of coagulation with the IVF outcome and to identify the biomarkers of hypercoagulability which are r...

Purpose Research investigating the effect of acupuncture on in vitro fertilization (IVF) pregnancy outcomes has focused primarily on non-donor cycles. Most trials excluded donor IVF cycles in their design, as donor IVF live birth outcomes are higher than non-donor IVF. In this retrospective chart review, we compared the effect of two standardized acupuncture protocols on donor IVF live birth ou...

Unusual and consistent defects in infertility patients merit attention as these may indicate an underlying genetic abnormality, in turn necessitating tailored management strategies. We describe a case of repeated early pregnancy loss from in vivo conceptions, followed by cancelled embryo transfers after one IVF and one ICSI/PGD cycle. Following the unexpected presence of cleaved embryos at the ...

In this paper, we introduce the concept of IVF weakly M -continuity and investigate some characterizations for IVF weakly M -continuous mappings between an IVF minimal space and an IVF topological space.

PURPOSE We compared the cost-effectiveness of 4 treatment strategies for varicocele related infertility from the perspective of the health care payor and patient. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cost-effectiveness analysis was performed by studying 4 treatment strategies, namely observation, surgical varicocelectomy followed by in vitro fertilization (IVF) if unsuccessful, gonadotropin stimulated intra...

BACKGROUND To assess the value of testing for ovarian reserve prior to a first cycle IVF incorporating patient and doctor valuation of mismatches between test results and treatment outcome. METHODS A decision model was developed for couples who were considering participation in an IVF programme. Three strategies were evaluated: (I) withholding IVF without prior testing, (II) testing for ovari...

ObjectiveTo identify the risk of stillbirth from in vitro types assisted reproductive technologies compared with spontaneous conception (SC), limited to singleton births.DesignSystematic literature search and chaining on online databases: PubMed, Embase, Scopus.SettingNot applicable.Patient(s)Singleton pregnancies fertilization (IVF) or by IVF intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF-ICSI).Interve...

Background Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is a rare cause of sudden cardiac arrest. IVF is currently defined as a resuscitated cardiac arrest victim, preferably with documentation of ventricular fibrillation (VF), in whom known cardiac, respiratory, metabolic, and toxicological causes have been excluded through clinical evaluation. In other words, IVF is diagnosed after exclusion of ...

BACKGROUND This research describes current clinical and demographic features sampled from reproductive endocrinology programs currently offering in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the Middle East. METHODS Clinic leadership provided data via questionnaire on patient demographics, demand for IVF services, annual cycle volume, indications for IVF, number of embryos transferred, twinning frequency, ...

BALB/c mice are widely used in genetic, tumour and immunological studies. However, the mice demonstrate a lower reproduction rate, low fertility and small litters, because of their highly genetic homozygoisty. Based on in vitro fertilization (IVF), a routine technique for biomedical studies, it is worth to evaluate the effects to BALB/c mice on IVF efficiency. In order to test the genetic facto...