Background: Infertility has become nowadays not only a medical, but a social problem as well. Infertility in female is caused by various factors. Tubal disease is responsible for 25-35% of female infertility. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is the most common cause of tubal disease. Aim of the Study: To assess the rate of M. tuberculosis and C. trachomatis infections in patients with tubal fa...

STUDY QUESTION How well does the recently developed UK model predicting the success rate of IVF treatment (the 2011 Nelson model) perform in comparison with a UK model developed in the early 1990s (the Templeton model)? SUMMARY ANSWER Both models showed similar performance, after correction for the increasing success rate over time of IVF. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY For counselling couples under...

Background. The prevalence of infertility in Pakistan is 22% with primary infertility at 4% and secondary infertility at 18%. This study explored perceptions and experiences of women in Karachi, Pakistan regarding the causes, treatment-seeking behavior for and consequences of secondary infertility. Methods. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with married women explored their percep...

Background: Fibroids are the commonest benign gynaecological tumors affecting only females and laparoscopic myomectomy is the modern management because of its various advantages, especially among women who still desire retention of their fertility. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective review of 31 infertile patients who had laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) from January 2010 to December 20...

Aim and Objectives: To assess the value of Hysterosalpingography in evaluating uterine abnormalities tubal patency infertile patients to compare its results with established methods like hysterosalpingography for determination cases primary secondary infertility. Methods: In this study , trial 50 women complaining infertility ,suspected pathologies underwent various radiological modalities. was...

Several epidemiological studies have demonstrated the relationship between the existence of fibroids and the occurrence of infertility; indeed fibroids have been reported in 25-30% of infertile women and are responsible for them alone to 2 to 3% of infertility cases when no other cause was found. The objective of this study was to investigate the probable association between the presence of a f...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects and safeness of combined hysterolaparoscopy on evaluation the causes of infertility. METHODS This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Gynecology (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China) from January 2011 to April 2014. Patients aged 21-43 years with infertility were included in this study. The ...

Breeding for fine black fur has generated a colony of mink wherein 20-30% of the males are infertile. Two clinical groups are distinguishable: one being infertile from the start (primary infertility), and the other infertile after one or more years of fertility (secondary fertility). Although the etiology of primary infertility is unknown, the available data indicate that secondary infertility ...

Testicular schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni is very rare and more so when associated with primary infertility. A 40 years old man from the Jos Plateau, North Central Nigeria presented with primary infertility after ten years of marriage. Sperm count revealed oligospermia and he also complained of inability to sustain erection. Testicular biopsy revealed several ova of Schistosoma m...