OBJECTIVES The objective was to evaluate seminal fluid indices of male partners of infertile couples so as to identify the current status of the contributions of male factor to infertility in our environment. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a prospective study of the seminal fluid indices of consecutively consenting male partners of infertile couples seen at the Fertility and Endocrinology Rese...

BACKGROUND There are various treatment options for infertility, and new techniques are also being developed as it is an important healthcare problem affecting approximately 15-20% of married couples. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of infor- mation of fertile and infertile Turkish women on oocyte donation in order to understand their awareness of the legal, ethical, social a...

background: this study was designed to determine the frequency of microsatellite instability (msi) in young iranian pa­tients with endometrial carcinoma and to evaluate its association with histopathologic and clinical features of disease. methods : microsatellite status was analyzed in 23 patients with endometrioid type endometrial cancer who were less than 55 years. clinicopathologic characte...

BACKGROUND The risk of testicular cancer is thought to be higher among men seeking infertility treatment compared with the general population. Confirmation of this risk in a large US cohort of at-risk patients is lacking. This study explored the association between male infertility and subsequent development of testicular cancer in a US-based cohort. METHODS A total of 51 461 couples evaluate...

OBJECTIVE Obstetrics and gynecology (ob/gyn) is fraught with bioethical issues, the professional significance of which may vary based on clinical experience. Our objective was to utilize our novel ethics curriculum to identify ethics and professionalism issues highlighted by ob/gyn learners and to compare responses between learner levels to further inform curricular development. STUDY DESIGN ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects and safeness of combined hysterolaparoscopy on evaluation the causes of infertility. METHODS This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Gynecology (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China) from January 2011 to April 2014. Patients aged 21-43 years with infertility were included in this study. The ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, severity, and predictability of depression in infertile women compared with a control sample of healthy women. DESIGN Subjects were assessed while waiting to see their physician: infertility patients before a visit with an infertility specialist and control subjects before seeing either a gynecologist or internist for a routine gynecological examination....

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Female infertility was reported to account for about 55% of cases, male factor accounted 30% 40% cases and unexplained the remaining 5 percent 15 cases. In Africa, infections resulting in tubo-peritoneal oligo-azoospermia (low sperm count) are most common causes infertility. Infertility is widespread Sub-Saharan Africa ranging from 13–17 countries with pockets high prevalence at 32%. The genera...

1Department of Biochemistry, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. 2Department of Radiodiagnosis, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Sh...