BACKGROUND Infertility is common and in vitro fertilization (IVF) is a widely used treatment. In IVF the need increases and the effectiveness and appropriateness decrease by age. The purpose of this study was to describe allocation of resources for IVF by women's age, socioeconomic position, area of residence and treatment sector (public vs. private) and to discuss how fairly the IVF resources ...

Embryo transfer (ET) is universally recognized as the final and most critical stage in an in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome (Neithardt et al., 2005; Ghazzawi et al., 1999). The majority of couples (approximately 80%) who undergo IVF reach the embryo transfer stage, yet few pregnancies occur (Mansour & Aboulghar, 2002; Adamson et al., 2006). Although embryo genetic abnormalities (Munne et al....

A prospective, randomized study of 158 patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer was conducted to evaluate whether a shortened exposure of oocytes to spermatozoa enhances oocyte development, and subsequently influences the IVF outcome. A comparison was made between conventional treatment time and shorter exposure of retrieved oocytes to spermatozoa. Fertilization and ...

ObjectiveTo estimate the frequency of spontaneous hemoperitoneum in pregnancy (SHiP) women with endometriosis achieving vitro fertilization (IVF).DesignRetrospective case series.SettingReferral academic assisted reproductive technology (ART) center.Patient(s)Three hundred and forty-eight a history surgery for ovarian endometriomas or deep endometriotic nodules detected at basal transvaginal ult...

The study's objective was to assess the effect of a cognitive behavioral group intervention on the pregnancy rates of patients submitted to in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques or to intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The study was conducted on 188 patients, 93 who participated in a group of psychological intervention before the IVF and ICSI procedures and 95 patients submitted to IVF ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the first case of IVF pregnancy in a pancreas-kidney recipient. DESIGN Case report. SETTING Reproductive Medicine Department, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France. INTERVENTION(S) In vitro fertilization in a pancreas-kidney recipient. PATIENT(S) A 39 year-old nulliparous woman, with primary infertility and a history of pancreas-kidney transplant at 29 years of age...

OBJECTIVE To report on the safety of conservative management of a young woman with pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin desiring fertility preservation. DESIGN Case report. SETTING IVF Center at Tertiary Hospital. PATIENT(S) A 32-year-old woman with primary infertility. INTERVENTION(S) Appendectomy, conservative second-look laparoscopy, and IVF. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Persist...

In Switzerland preimplantation genetic diagnosis is limited by law to polar body biopsy (PBB). The indications for PBB include unexplained recurrent miscarriage and improvement of the outcome of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles in women at an advanced reproductive age. In this article we report the first birth of a healthy child after polar body biopsy in Switzerland in a case of unexplained...

BACKGROUND/AIM Implantation failure after embryo transfer is one of the main problems of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrauterine pathologies can lead to unsuccessful outcome. The aim of this study was to determine if hysteroscopic examination of uterine cavity and consequent treatment of intrauterine lesions prior to IVF could improve the pregnancy rate in women under 38. METHODS This s...

OBJECTIVE To compare the economic consequences of proceeding directly to IVF to those of proceeding with gonadotropins followed by IVF in patients <35 years of age with unexplained infertility. DESIGN A decision-tree model. The model incorporated the cost and success of each infertility regimen as well as the pregnancy-associated costs of singleton or multiple gestations and the risk and cost...