Recently, infertility treatment-related psychological effects are receiving increased attention. However, whether sexual satisfaction is reduced amongst infertile couples remains to be elucidated. In this study, sexual satisfaction of Japanese infertile couples was assessed using a validated questionnaire designed to assess the male and female partner individually, and the couple as a whole for...

The introduction of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in 1992 has revolutionized the management of infertile couples.[1] The workup of female partner remains important in the era of ICSI since she has to go through the procedure and pregnancy. Attention has been drawn to assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs) in improving embryo quality and pregnancy outcome. In contrast, the evolution...

The purpose of this study was to establish a correlation between the presence of chromosomal abnormalities in one of the partners and infertility. This retrospective study was performed at the Department of Reproductive Medicine, Life Memorial Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, between August 2007 to December 2011. Two thousand, one hundred and ninety-five patients with reproductive problems were in...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Violence against women is a widespread problem and has serious implications on women's health. Infertility, in many ways, is a very stressful condition that affect social and marital life of a couple; moreover, compared to fertile women, infertile women are twice as vulnerable against violence. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of violence and define the effec...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify personal, familial or social predictors of depression in infertile women seeking treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 193 infertile women who had been referred to an infertility center, where they were either undergoing treatment or investigative procedures. During separate interviews, questionnaires were filled o...

BACKGROUND Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is recommended as a first-line investigation for tubal assessment of infertile women. This investigation is not routinely available to GPs. AIM To explore the perceptions and attitudes of patients and health professionals to open access HSG for the initial management of infertile couples in general practice. DESIGN OF STUDY A nested qualitative study u...

Ovulation has been induced by clomiphene citrate and human gonadotropins in infertile women. Clomiphene should be the first choice in anovulatory women with active ovaries as indicated by basic levels of estrogens in blood or urine, in women with post-pill amenorrhea even if their ovaries are quiescent and in women with functional abnormalities of the hypothalamus or pituitary. Human gonadotrop...

Accepted for publication 31 August 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T he terms included in the glossary have widely diverse origins, ranging from endocrinology and reproductive biology to sociology and demography to obstetrics and paediatrics. Perhaps because of these disparate origins, definitions are not always consistent. Frank differences in definitions of common variables...