BACKGROUND: The prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies in women with reproductive failure remains unclear, largely due to methodological bias. The aim of this review is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of different methodologies and estimate the prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies in women with infertility and recurrent miscarriage (RM). METHODS: Studies from 1950-2007 were identifi...

OBJECTIVES To define the proportion, methods of diagnosis, and a simplified laparoscopic technique for treating paratubal and paraovarian cysts. METHODS We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study in the Gynecologic Endoscopy Unit of Assiut University Hospital in Assiut, Egypt in 1853 patients undergoing video-assisted laparoscopy. Transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) was performed to dete...

Intrauterine pathologies have been shown to be present in 25% of infertile patients.Structural abnormalities of the uterine endometrial cavity may affect the reproductive outcome adversely, by interfering with the implantation or causing spontaneous abortion. Intrauterine abnormalities may visualize using a variety of techniques. Including hysterosalpingography (HSG), transvaginal sonography (T...

OBJECTIVE To describe safety, tolerability, and effectiveness results through 5 years of follow-up of a Phase III trial with Essure inserts. DESIGN Multicenter, nonrandomized, single-arm international study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). SETTING Thirteen clinical study centers in the United States, Europe, and Australia. PATIENTS A total of 518 previously fertile women seeking...

background:   objective: to evaluate the effect of unilateral tubal blockage diagnosed by hsg on cumulative pregnancy rate (cpr) of the stimulated iui cycles.   materials and methods: a cross-sectional analysis was performed between october 2006 and october 2009 in an academic reproductive endocrinology and infertility center. two groups of patients undergoing stimulated iui cycles were compare...

In the field of gynecology, infertility treatment in particular, laparoscopy continues to be the gold standard for the evaluation of mechanical factors affecting the fallopian tubes. However, it cannot be used to directly observe the inner cavity of the fallopian tube. The fallopian tube is more than a passive conduit for gametes and early embryos; it also plays an important role in many reprod...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of placebo, oral opioid analgesic (OOA), intravenous opioid analgesic (IOA), non-opioid analgesic (NOA), topical anesthetic (TA) and locally injected anesthetic (LIA) for pain relief duringhysterosalpingography (HSG) using a Bayesian network meta-analysis of data from randomized controlled trials. METHODS PUBMED, EMBASE, and CENTRAL search engi...

Background Hysterosalpingram (HSG) evaluation of tubal patency is typically performed in the follicular phase, but data to support this timing are lacking. Purpose To determine whether menstrual cycle phase or hormonal treatments affect observation of tubal patency during HSG. Material and Methods Ten participants underwent repeated HSG examinations: during the follicular and luteal phase of a ...

Background: Tubal factor infertility accounts for approximately 25-35% of cases of female infertility. The evaluation of the fallopian tube is necessary to determine the management plan for infertility. Tubal patency can be diagnosed by hysterosalpingography (HSG) or laparoscopy with chromopertubation. The aim of this study was to determine the role of laparoscopy in the evaluation of tubal fac...