AIM The aim of the study was to examine the efficiency of psycho-education of candidates for the IVF in stress, anxiety and depression decreasing, and the impact of the psycho educative techniques on the successfulness of the treatment. METHOD A random sample of 64 candidates for IVF treatment is divided in two groups: control group without psycho-education (32 candidates) and intervention gr...

BACKGROUND Sono-automatic volume calculation (SonoAVC) automatically identifies and measures the dimensions of hypoechogenic areas within datasets acquired using three-dimensional ultrasound. The objective of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of automated antral follicle counts according to their relative sizes in women undergoing assisted reproduction treatment (ART). METHODS A...

This essay seeks to address a puzzling element of the current political and legal struggles over abortion in the United States: if, as pro-life activists insist, embryos are morally equivalent to living persons, then why do these activists not oppose in vitro fertilization (IVF) as aggressively as they oppose abortion? IVF accounts for a significant number of destroyed embryos. Constitutionally...

BACKGROUND Reversal of tubal ligation is requested by some women for various reasons. The present study aims to determine the rate of pregnancy after tubal ligation reversal. CASE In these case series, we reported fifteen women who requested tuboplasty after tubal ligation. In these cases reversal of tubal ligation was done in 15 women. Pregnancy occurred in 4 women (26.6%). Two term pregnanc...

OBJECTIVE To compare cost and efficacy of tubal anastomosis to in vitro fertilization (IVF) in women who desired fertility after a tubal ligation. DESIGN Cost-effectiveness analysis. SETTING Not applicable. PATIENT(S) Not applicable. INTERVENTION(S) Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Cost per ongoing pregnancy. RESULT(S) Cost per ongoing pregnancy for women after tubal anastomo...

Author details Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag, 1797, Penrith South, DC, NSW 2751, Australia. School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia. School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, St George Hospital, IVF Australia Southern Sydney, South Street, Koga...

A porcine in vitro fertilization (IVF) system and seminal quality parameters of frozen-thawed boar semen were used to assess the effectiveness of two different thawing rates of frozen boar semen, and to address the question of whether differences between fertility of ejaculates could be predicted in a limited field trial. In the first experiment, two thawing procedures were analysed (37 degrees...

This review focuses on the platform of recent advances in reproductive biotechnologies in sheep and goat. Here, we discuss some aspects of veterinary and biomedical importance in artificial insemination using sexed semen, in vitro/in vivo fertilization, interspecies in vitro fertilization, multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET), somatic cell nuclear transfer and transgenic animal product...