BACKGROUND This was a retrospective study to determine if diagnostic testicular biopsy followed by cryopreservation should be the procedure of choice for all patients with testicular failure. METHODS The first part of the study analysed 97 ICSI cycles scheduled with frozen-thawed testicular sperm for 69 non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) patients. The second part focused on a subgroup of 32 pa...

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2008: 34(1) Introduction The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS) is extremely effective, with pregnancy rates comparable to tubal ligation (i.e. a 5-year cumulative rate varying from 0.5 to 1.1).1 Women using the device should be fully counselled about the risks of failure and the risks of ectopic pregnancy, although those using an IUS are act...

a quint uplets pregnancy fo l l owing clomiphene- i nduced o vulation is presente d a s a mat ter o f r e cord. the i mportance of keepi ng i n mi nd s uch a serious complication is emphasized i n or de r t o achieve early di agnosi s and approp r i a te management. in pregnancies f ollowing c lomiphene treatment, close s upervi s ion i s inperati v e a s soon as the pregnancy i s evident.

Pregnancy is associated with increased basal cortisol levels, and decreased hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis reactivity. The cortisol awakening response (CAR) is a measure of HPA-axis reactivity which has been reported to be increased in patients with ongoing depressive disorder and in individuals with remitted depression. In this study, we investigated HPA-axis reactivity in pregnant ...

A retrospective analysis of clinical and laboratory data was made of all in-vitro fertilization (IVF) patients with tubal pathology who had their first ever embryo transfer cycle between January 1st, 1992 and September 1st, 1996. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of the presence of a hydrosalpinx, whether or not visible by ultrasound, on pregnancy, multiple pregnancy and implanta...

BACKGROUND There exist contradictive views on whether the vitamin D has association with clinical outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and/or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The present meta-analysis aim to establish whether vitamin D was associated with clinical outcomes of IVF/ICSI. METHODS MEDLINE, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library from database inception to March 2017 we...

Using oral histories with women born between 1946 and 1980, this article explores experiences memories of infertility pregnancy loss in the post-women’s liberation era. Infertility had a lasting impact on participants’ relationships their bodies, expressed often terms ambivalence towards physical selves an embodied ‘broken-ness’. I historically contextualise these expressions broken-ness to sho...

OBJECTIVE To identify the factors that most significantly affected pregnancy rates in a gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) programme. METHODS A total of 863 GIFT cycles were analysed retrospectively. The variables found to be associated significantly with pregnancy were then used to obtain multivariate analysis using logistical regression. RESULTS Overall and ongoing pregnancy rates were...

background: in this study, we aimed to investigate the ability of transvaginal doppler ultrasonography in predicting in vitro fertilization (ivf) outcome in women undergoing this procedure. materials and methods: in this prospective observational study, 65 infertile women underwent ivf procedure in isfahan, during 2013-2014, were studied. the pulsatility index (pi), resistive index (ri) and pea...

0 d 1 eceived August 15, 2003; evised and accepted ecember 8, 2003. resented in a poster resentation at the 19th nnual Meeting of the uropean Society of uman Reproduction and mbryology, which was eld in Madrid in 2003. eprint requests: Pieternel teures, M.D., Academic edical Center, Center of eproductive Medicine, oom H4-213, Department f Obstetrics/Gynecology, eibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ msterdam, ...