Infertility is defined as inability of a couple to conceive within a certain period of time one to two years of frequent unprotected intercourse [1]. It is seldom a physically debilitating disease, but couple’s psychosocial harmony is severely affected. The important causes of infertility in female are tubal and peritoneal factors (25-35%), ovulatory factors (30-40%), endometriosis (1-10%) [2]....

The objective of this study was to determine the impact of the learning curve of one surgeon on the term delivery rate following laparoscopic salpingostomy for tubal infertility. This was a retrospective audit of ongoing clinical practice, undertaken in two tertiary level infertility programmes. Subjects in this study were women undergoing surgery for total occlusion of the distal Fallopian tub...

BACKGROUND Infertility is highly prevalent in Nigeria and most infertile couples in southeast Nigeria are offered conventional forms of treatment, which consist mainly of ovulation induction and tubal surgery, due to limited availability and high cost of endoscopic and assisted reproductive technologies like laparoscopy and in vitro fertilization. The aim of this study was to determine the prev...

BACKGROUND Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is one of the commonly used radiological modalities for investigating infertility in women. In developing countries such as Ghana it remains the main tool for investigating some of the underlying causes of female infertility. The purpose of this study was to determine the predominance of various hysterosalpingographic results in patients that went through ...

BACKGROUND: There is no agreement about the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities (CAs) in the female partner of an infertile couple and therefore there is no evidence base for determining whether karyotype analysis is mandatory before the initiation of infertility treatment. The aim of this prospective study was to estimate the prevalence of karyotype abnormalities in normovulatory women atte...

The prolonged retention of fetal bone structure is an uncommon condition after a previous abortion. We describe two cases with fetal bone fragment amongst 3589 hysteroscopies (0.05%), who had no complaint other than secondary infertility. In both patients, hyperechogenic areas were found through transvaginal ultrasound and the bones were removed by hysteroscopy. Despite meticulous evaluation du...

The aim of this research was to determine the levels of human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G) and endometrial Natural Killer ((e)NK) cell percentages in uterine flushing samples from primary and secondary infertile women. sHLA-G levels were lower in the uterine flushing samples from primary infertile women in comparison with women with secondary infertility. Lower CD56+KIR2DL4+ (e)NK cell percentag...

Approximately 8-10% of couples are facing some kind infertility problem. Infertility is defined as a couple's inability to achieve pregnancy over an average one year without using birth control methods and while engaging in normal sexual intercourse. Primary secondary the two types infertility. The high percentage female reproductive age factors influencing infertility, well existing studies on...