clinical reproductive centers produce large amounts of surplus poor-quality embryos annually, how to maximize the use of these embryos, and which of them have the potential to develop into blastocyst stage and influencing factors were lack of systematic research. objective: to investigate the fate of surplus poor-quality embryos which were cultured to obtain blastocyst, determine the factors wh...

background: the latest studies reported that local endometrial injury is a useful method to improve the success of ivf-icsi outcome. objective: to assess whether local endometrial injury occurred by pipelle in the spontaneous cycle could improve implantation rate, cleavage rate, and pregnancy outcome in the subsequent ivf-icsi cycle in patients who had recurrent ivf failure. materials and metho...

BACKGROUND Previous trials have shown the potential of 10 mg of mifepristone in emergency contraception. The aim of this trial was to investigate whether 10 mg of mifepristone has the same efficacy as 25 mg. METHODS This double-blind, randomized trial was carried out in 10 family planning institutes and hospitals in China. Women who met recruitment criteria and requested emergency contracepti...

OBJECTIVE Recent increases in adolescent pregnancies have sparked a renewed impetus to identify risk factors, such as childhood sexual abuse (CSA), associated with adolescent pregnancy. Given mixed evidence regarding the strength of the relationship between CSA and adolescent pregnancy (Blinn-Pike, Berger, Dixon, Kuschel, & Kaplan, 2002), our objective was to provide an estimate of the effect s...

Background: Uterine myoma is the most common benign pathology during reproductive age. It has been suggested that the presence of uterine myoma may cause infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of abdominal myomectomy as a therapy on pregnancy rate in infertile women. Materials and Methods: We considered eligible for this study only the 82...