OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of non-surgical treatment of periodontal disease during the second trimester of gestation on adverse pregnancy outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS Pregnant patients during the 1st and 2nd trimesters at antenatal care in a Public Health Center were divided into 2 groups: NIG--"no intervention" (n=17) or IG--"intervention" (n=16). IG patie...

Background: This retrospective study compared pregnancy outcomes from single embryo transfer (SET) with multiple embryo transfer (MET) in too young (≤25 years) and young (>25 years) infertile patients. Materials and Methods: Data from infertile patients who referred for ART treatment to Yazd infertility center during 1992 to 2012 were studied retrospectively. Records of patients with SET or MET...

BACKGROUND GnRH agonist and antagonist were developed to control the premature release of LH surge. There is some difference between two protocols. OBJECTIVE We compared the outcome of frozen-thawed embryo transfer in infertile women who used GnRH agonist or antagonist protocol for previous COH cycle and evaluation of any adverse effect of GnRH antagonist on oocyte and embryo. MATERIALS AND...

Previous reports have shown that the presence of hydrosalpinges may have a detrimental effect on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes and salpingectomy has been recommended by some authors as a means of improving IVF pregnancy rates. Our first objective was to determine the effect of hydrosalpinges diagnosed by ultrasound on IVF outcomes in our clinic. Our second objective was to examine the e...

OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term safety of nonsurgical sterilization with quinacrine. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING Rural provinces in northern Vietnam. PATIENT(S) Two thousand eight hundred forty women who had had quinacrine insertions and an age-matched comparison group of 1,658 women who had an intrauterine device (IUD) insertion between 1989 and 1993. METHOD(S) Inte...

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2008: 34(1) Introduction The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS) is extremely effective, with pregnancy rates comparable to tubal ligation (i.e. a 5-year cumulative rate varying from 0.5 to 1.1).1 Women using the device should be fully counselled about the risks of failure and the risks of ectopic pregnancy, although those using an IUS are act...

PURPOSE To evaluate the pregnancy rate in intrauterine insemination (IUI), and to determine possible prognostic factors of successful pregnancy. METHODS A retrospective study of IUI cycles performed in the Reproductive Medicine Unit of Vila Nova de Gaia Hospital, between January 2007 and July 2010. The IUI cycles were preceded by ovarian stimulation and monitored by vaginal ultrasound. Clinic...

background: unexplained infertility is still a challenging issue as to its causes, appropriate management and treatment. evidence implicates early embryopathy or implantation failure as likely causes. objective: this study aims to investigate the effect of local endometrial injury on pregnancy rate in selected unexplained infertile patients. materials and methods: this was a randomized clinical...

background:   objective: to evaluate the relative efficacy of lod and gonadotropins for infertile women with clomiphene citrate- resistant poly cystic ovary syndrome (pcos).   materials and methods: a complete electronic literature search in databases including embase, medline, cochrane library and google scholar for some specific keywords was accomplished. we contained randomized clinical tria...