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...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among both men and women seeking help at an infertility clinic, and to prospectively follow the effect of previous infection on pregnancy rates and pregnancy outcome after a long follow-up period (mean 37 months). METHODS A total of 244 infertile couples was tested for C. trachomatis IgG antibodies...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of natural cycle (NC) endometrial preparation for frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) in women with advanced endometriosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective study included 179 patients with stage III-IV endometriosis who underwent 233 FET cycles at a tertiary care academic reproductive medical center between March 2011 and Au...

Infertility is the inability to conceive following 1 year of unprotected intercourse in cases where the female is ≤35 years of age or following 6 months of unprotected intercourse for women >35 years of age. The female factor infertility is found in 40% of cases, the male in 20% of cases and the both male and female factors in 20% of cases. Female factors can further be divided into tubal (40%)...

Infertility is a serious but entirely neglected public health problem in resource-poor countries. Most of the infertility is caused by infections and therefore potentially preventable. The problem of infertility in Rwanda has not been -researched so far. We examined predictors for infertility and treatment-seeking behaviour in an unmatched case-control. We performed infertility investigations i...

OBJECTIVE To critically assess the evidence that appendiceal perforation is a risk factor for subsequent tubal infertility or ectopic pregnancy. DATA SOURCES Epidemiologic studies investigating the relationship between appendectomy and infertility or ectopic pregnancy were identified by searching the MEDLINE database from 1966 to 1997. Appropriate citations were also extracted from a manual s...

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of infertility after pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and factors important in postinfectious tubal damage in an urban population at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases. METHODS From a cohort of 213 women with PID documented by laparoscopy and/or endometrial biopsy, 58 women (27% of the initial cohort) were interviewed by phone 2 to 9 years after an ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on the outcomes of IVF/ICSI treatment cycles in Chinese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Women with PCOS (n = 128) and tubal factor (n = 128) underwent a conventional long GnRH agonist suppressive protocol. Women with PCOS had significantly more oocytes retrieved (P < 0.05) and available embryos (P <...

BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is the leading cause of maternal death during the first trimester of pregnancy. A better understanding of EP risk can help prevent its occurrence. We carried out a multi-center, large-sample, case-control study to evaluate the risk factors for EP in Shanghai, China. METHODS Women who were diagnosed with EP (n = 2411) and women with intrauterine pregnancies (n...

BACKGROUND Leptin influences the proinflammatory immune responses and has angiogenic activity in vitro and in vivo. The objective of this study was to evaluate the peritoneal fluid levels of leptin in patients with endometriosis and idiopathic infertility and compare them with a control group of tubal ligation/reanastomosis patients. METHODS In this observational, prospective controlled study...