BACKGROUND Polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most common causes of endocrine disorders and main reason of infertility due to anovulation and recurrent abortions. Progesterone has been shown to have an important role in fertilization of oocyte and fetal implantation. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the predictive value of progesterone level on IVF success in women wi...

PURPOSE To evaluate the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in women undergoing assisted reproduction in a public reference service in the midwestern region of Brazil. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 340 women aged from 20 to 47 years with a history of infertility, undergoing assisted reproduction techniques. Infections with Chlamydia trachomatis and...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical effectiveness of falloposcopic tuboplasty in tubal infertility. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). SETTING Infertility clinic. PATIENTS Three hundred forty-five infertile patients (≥2y) with a diagnosis of proximal tubal occlusion, either bilateral or unilateral, between January 2005 and January 2011. INTER...

BACKGROUND Previous research on the aetiology of infertility in sub-Saharan Africa was generally clinic based and it is not known whether findings from this work are representative of the general population. A better understanding of the medical causes of infertility is crucial for reducing the incidence of infertility and for improving the clinical management. OBJECTIVE To determine the type...

Background: The majority of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women are asymptomatic, but they may give rise to tubal infertility. Screening programmes aim at reducing morbidity in individual by early detect and treatment, and at decreasing the overall prevalence of infection in the population. Materials and Methods: A total of 135 women presenting with a history of infertility(n=113(83.7%) p...

Background: Tubal pathology ranks among the most frequent causes of subfertility, next to ovulatory disorders and sperm defects .There fore , assessment of tubal patency is a fundamental part of infertility workup. Investigation for tubal disease can be divided into radiological tests: hysterosalpingography (HSG) , selective salpingography and hystero-contrast-sonography (HyCoSy) , microbiologi...

Background: Infertility is defined as 1 year of unprotected intercourse without pregnancy. The main causes of infertility are as follows: male factor, Both mail and female, as well as unexplained etiologies. Tubal and peritoneal factors Aceount for 30%-40% of causes of female infertility. Tubal factors include damage and obstraction of the fallopian tube, usually associated with previous pelvic...

Specialist infertility practice was studied in a group of 708 couples within a population of residents of a single health district in England. They represented an annual incidence of 1.2 couples for every 1000 of the population. At least one in six couples needed specialist help at some time in their lives because of an average of infertility of 21/2 years, 71% of whom were trying for their fir...

BACKGROUND In theory, infections that arise after female genital mutilation (FGM) in childhood might ascend to the internal genitalia, causing inflammation and scarring and subsequent tubal-factor infertility. Our aim was to investigate this possible association between FGM and primary infertility. METHODS We did a hospital-based case-control study in Khartoum, Sudan, to which we enrolled wom...