This study was designed to investigate the role of three-dimensional (3D) endometrial ultrasound in predicting the outcome of an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) programme. In 47 IVF cycles measurements of endometrial thickness and volume, as assessed by 3D transvaginal ultrasound on the day of oocyte retrieval, and concentrations of oestradiol and progesterone in the same patient sampled on the da...

UNLABELLED The aim, of this prospective study was to estimate whether the presence of endometrial fluid detected by transvaginal ultrasound investigation was a marker for the pathological changes of the endometrium in postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS 128 postmenopausal women with uterine bleeding and 29 asymptomatic postmenopausal women underwent transvaginal ultrasound investigatio...

Objectives: To evaluate the value of endometrial sampling and histopathology for asymptomatic postmenopausal women with endometrial thickness >!5mm. Population: Two hundred sixty one asymptomatic postmenopausal women with thick endometrium >!5mm accidentally discovered during investigations for reasons other than vaginal bleeding. Method: Cases with confirmed thick endomertrium >!5mm by TVS und...

BACKGROUND Isoflavone from soy and other plants modulate hormonal effects in women, and the hormone disorder might result in different caners including endometrial cancer. However, it's effect on the risk of endometrial cancer is still inconclusive. We aimed to assess the effects of isoflavone on endometrial thickness, a risk factor of endometrial cancer in peri- and post-menopausal women. ME...

ndometrial vasculature has been shown to play an important role in the early endometrial response to the implanting blastocyst, and vascular changes may contribute to uterine receptivity . the aim of this study was to investigate the role of endometrial and subendometrial vascularity and thickness in uterine receptivity in infertile women treated with assisted reproductive technologies (art). a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the combined effect of endometrial thickness and pattern on clinical outcome in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET). METHODS Cycles of IVF/ICSI-ET conducted between January 2003 and December 2008 at a university-based reproductive center were reviewed retrospectively. Endometrial ultrasonographic c...

BACKGROUND We often see patients with a thin endometrium in ART cycles, in spite of standard and adjuvant treatments. Improving endometrial growth in patients with a thin endometrium is very difficult. Without adequate endometrial thickness these patients, likely, would not have reached embryo transfer. OBJECTIVE We planned this study to investigate the efficacy of intrauterine granulocyte co...

Ultrasonography of the endometrium is a noninvasive way to evaluate the chance of successful implantation during in vitro fertilization treatment. Ultrasound parameters of endometrial receptivity include endometrial thickness, endometrial pattern, endometrial volume, Doppler studies of uterine vessels and the endometrium. Endometrial thickness, pattern and volume are not predictive of pregnancy...

Background: There is fine correlation between the infertility and lessening of endometrial thickness. In this study the effects of sedative naloxone, and L-arginine, the precursor of nitric oxide (NO), on endometrial thickness of rat uterus was examined. Materials and Methods: Wistar rats (weighing 200-250 g) in Diestrous phase received intra-peritoneal (i.p.) 1. single L-arginine (50 mg/kg), 2...

OBJECTIVE To manage patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) according to endometrial thickness. METHODS A retrospective chart review of 49 patients who reported 8 or more days of bleeding was performed. They were then divided into three groups based on endometrial thickness (mm): less than 6, 6-11, and greater than 11. These three groups were treated with combined oral contraceptiv...