conclusions lower bmi, longer duration of marriage, shorter menstrual cycles, dyspareunia, and dysmenorrhea are predictive factors for diagnosis of endometriosis in infertile population. these clinical factors should be considered prior to diagnostic laparoscopy for infertility. results of 441 infertile women, 82 (18.6%) had endometriosis. no statistically significant difference was identified ...

conclusion hsg is considered to have a high sensitivity and specificity. hsg and laparoscopy are not alternative, but are the complementary methods in the examination of no tubal patency. results the sensitivity and specificity of hsg on bilateral tubal patency or no bilateral tubal patency were 92.1% and 85.7% respectively. the positive and negative predictive values were 97.2% and 66.7%, and ...

objective : this study investigated the effect of body mass index (bmi) on the success rate of ivf for couples with different causes of infertility. materials and methods : in a cross sectional descriptive- analytic study conducted simultaneously in mehr ivf center and vali-e-asr reproductive health research center, the success rate of ivf was examined in 396 consecutive women undergoing ivf cy...

INTRODUCTION Infertility, as a global phenomenon and one of the most important issues of reproductive health, affects women more often than men, even when the infertility is due to a male factor. The purpose of this study was to explore the cognitive emotional experiences of women faced with male infertility. METHODS This qualitative study was conducted in 2014-2015 in Mashhad, Iran. The perc...

BACKGROUND Few studies have explored the effect of a gender-specific infertility diagnosis on the responses of couples in Taiwan. The purpose of this research was to compare the differences in distress, marital and sexual satisfaction in husbands and wives based on an infertility diagnosis. METHODS Three structured questionnaires were used. RESULTS Female members of couples in which both pa...