Transcervical placement of a Malecot catheter after hysteroscopic evaluation provides for easier entry into the endometrial cavity for women with histories of difficult intrauterine inseminations and/or embryo transfers: a prospective case series.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a new technique designed to improve access to the endometrial cavity through tortuous and/or stenotic endocervical canals in women with histories of difficult IUIs, ETs, or endometrial biopsies. DESIGN:Prospective case series. SETTING:Tertiary care center. PATIENT(S):Women with histories of difficult intrauterine procedures because of tortuous and/or stenotic endocervical canals who continued to undergo treatment. INTERVENTION(S):Hysteroscopic evaluation and/or correction of the endocervix, followed by transcervical placement of a Malecot catheter (CR Bard Inc., Covington, GA) for an average of 10 days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Improvement in the ease of access to the endometrial cavity during IUIs or ETs. RESULT(S):Thirty-two of 36 patients had significantly easier procedures after the placement and removal of a Malecot catheter. CONCLUSION(S):Hysteroscopic evaluation and placement of a Malecot catheter is a useful technique that allows easier entry through the cervical canal in patients in whom previous IUIs, ETs, and endometrial biopsies have been difficult. This procedure may lead to improved pregnancy rates, particularly with IVF-ET, as the ease of ET has been correlated with improved implantation rates.

journal_name

Fertil Steril

journal_title

Fertility and sterility

authors

Yanushpolsky EH,Ginsburg ES,Fox JH,Stewart EA

doi

10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00492-6

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-02-01 00:00:00

pages

402-5

issue

2

eissn

0015-0282

issn

1556-5653

pii

S0015-0282(99)00492-6

journal_volume

73

pub_type

临床试验,杂志文章
  • Changing ovarian stimulation parameters in a subsequent cycle does not increase the number of euploid embryos.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the euploidy outcome in patients that underwent 2 ovarian stimulation cycles with trophectoderm biopsy. DESIGN:Retrospective repeated-measures cohort study. SETTING:University-based fertility center. PATIENT(S):A total of 116 patients, from 2011 through 2013, that underwent 2 ovarian stimulation...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.12.126

    authors: Hodes-Wertz B,McCulloh DH,Berkeley AS,Grifo JA

    更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00

  • Factors affecting sperm motility. V. Washing and resuspension of human spermatozoa in various artificial media.

    abstract::Fresh semen specimens from fertile donors were subjected to one-step and two-step washings in six various commonly used artificial media. It was found that washing procedures per se, in most cases, had an immediate and extended harmful effect on sperm motility which was much more prominent after the second washing. Ho...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)45441-5

    authors: Makler A,Jakobi P

    更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00

  • Expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in endometrium and peritoneal endometriosis: an immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To clarify the role of ovarian steroids in the development and progression of endometriosis, estrogen receptors (ERs) and progesterone receptors (PRs) were localized by immunohistochemistry, and ER messenger RNA (mRNA) was detected by in situ hybridization in the uterine endometrium and in normal and altered ...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81397-0

    authors: Fujishita A,Nakane PK,Koji T,Masuzaki H,Chavez RO,Yamabe T,Ishimaru T

    更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00

  • A new real-time morphology classification for human spermatozoa: a link for fertilization and improved embryo quality.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To understand the correlation between normalcy of the sperm, fertilization, and early embryo development, and to establish a detailed classification scoring scale for the individual spermatozoon with the highest predictive fertilizing potential in real time during intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). DES...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.088

    authors: Cassuto NG,Bouret D,Plouchart JM,Jellad S,Vanderzwalmen P,Balet R,Larue L,Barak Y

    更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00

  • Comparison of Cryotip vs. Cryotop for mouse and human blastomere vitrification.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:Compare the efficiency of two vitrification methods for single-blastomere cryopreservation with mouse or human embryos. DESIGN:Experimental prospective controlled study. SETTING:Research center. PATIENT(S):Human Blastomeres were obtained after biopsy. INTERVENTION(S):Mouse blastomeres were obtained after ...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.10.008

    authors: Valbuena D,Póo ME,Aguilar-Gallardo C,Martinez S,Cobo AC,Pellicer A,Simón C

    更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00

  • Follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene polymorphisms are not associated with ovarian reserve markers.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between variants in the FSHR receptor (FSHR) gene and current markers of ovarian reserve (antimüllerian hormone, antral follicle count, FSH). DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Tertiary referral center for reproductive medicine. PATIENT(S):Women (n = 421) undergoing...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.12.040

    authors: Mohiyiddeen L,Newman WG,McBurney H,Mulugeta B,Roberts SA,Nardo LG

    更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00

  • Large-needle percutaneous aspiration biopsy of the testicle in men with nonobstructive azoospermia.

    abstract::Two hundred thirteen testicular specimens of men with nonobstructive azoospermia were obtained by large-needle percutaneous aspiration biopsy. The mean values of the number of seminiferous tubules per histologic section, dimension, weight, and the fraction of biopsies with spermatogenetic cells (53, 0.2 x 0.3 x 0.62 c...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.053

    authors: Carpi A,Fabris FG,Todeschini G,Nardini V

    更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00

  • A randomized trial of letrozole versus clomiphene citrate in women undergoing superovulation.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of the aromatase inhibitor letrozole (7.5 mg) and clomiphene citrate (CC; 100 mg) in women undergoing superovulation and IUI. DESIGN:Prospective randomized trial. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENT(S):We studied a total of 238 cycles of superovulation and IUI in women with...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.070

    authors: Al-Fozan H,Al-Khadouri M,Tan SL,Tulandi T

    更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00

  • Clinical outcomes among recipients of donated eggs: an analysis of the U.S. national experience, 1996-1998.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of recipient age on the outcome of donor egg cycles. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study of aggregated national cycles of donor egg therapy that are collected by Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. SETTING:Assisted reproductive ...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03371-x

    authors: Toner JP,Grainger DA,Frazier LM

    更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00

  • Risk of peripartum hysterectomy in births after assisted reproductive technology.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether women who conceive after assisted reproductive technology (ART) are at higher risk for emergency peripartum hysterectomy. DESIGN:A case-control study using a prospectively maintained institutional database. SETTING:A tertiary referral university teaching maternity hospital. PATIENT(S...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.05.005

    authors: Cromi A,Candeloro I,Marconi N,Casarin J,Serati M,Agosti M,Ghezzi F

    更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00

  • Biochemical, metabolic, and vascular mechanisms in menopausal hot flashes.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine if increases in core body temperature preceding most hot flashes are caused by increased metabolic rate, peripheral vasoconstriction, or central noradrenergic activation. DESIGN:Laboratory physiological study. SETTING:University medical center. PATIENT(S):Fourteen healthy, postmenopausal women...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00137-x

    authors: Freedman RR

    更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00

  • Immune infertility and new approaches to treatment.

    abstract::A number of patients who have involuntary infertility show sperm antibodies in the blood serum, as detected by two quite different methods of spermagglutination. These techniques are the Kibrick method (gelatin agglutination test) and the F-D method (tube-slide agglutination test). By the former technique, the sera of...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43158-4

    authors: Shulman S,Harlin B,Davis P,Reyniak JV

    更新日期:1978-03-01 00:00:00

  • Ovulation method of natural family planning.

    abstract::Past practices of Natural Family Planning (NFP) have included such techniques as: 1) calendar rhythm in which a constant mathematical relationship was calculated between the day of ovulation and the beginning of the succeeding menstrual period, 2) temperature rhythm in which sexual intercourse is permitted by observi...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 社论

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)45849-8

    authors: Connell-Tatum EB

    更新日期:1981-11-01 00:00:00

  • Endometriosis and infertility: a committee opinion.

    abstract::Women with endometriosis typically present with pelvic pain, infertility, or an adnexal mass, and may require surgery. Treatment of endometriosis in the setting of infertility raises a number of complex clinical questions that do not have simple answers. This document replaces the 2006 ASRM Practice Committee document...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.05.031

    authors: Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

    更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00

  • Follicular blood flow is a better predictor of the outcome of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer than follicular fluid vascular endothelial growth factor and nitric oxide concentrations.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between follicular blood flow and the follicular fluid vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and nitric oxide (NO) concentrations and to determine which factor might be a better predictor of the outcome of IVF-ET. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Academic research labora...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.120

    authors: Kim KH,Oh DS,Jeong JH,Shin BS,Joo BS,Lee KS

    更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00

  • Importance of the biopsy date in autologous endometrial cocultures for patients with multiple implantation failures.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effectiveness of autologous endometrial coculture by the cycle day of the endometrial biopsy. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:University-based IVF center. PATIENT(S):Two hundred eight patients with multiple IVF failures. INTERVENTION(S):Embryos were split and randomly allocated to growt...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03134-5

    authors: Spandorfer SD,Barmat LI,Navarro J,Liu HC,Veeck L,Rosenwaks Z

    更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00

  • In utero exposures and the incidence of endometriosis.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relation between the fetal environment and endometriosis. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Nurses' Health Study II with 10 years of follow-up. PARTICIPANT(S):Eighty-four thousand, four hundred forty-six women aged 25-42 who had never been diagnosed with endometriosis, infertility...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.065

    authors: Missmer SA,Hankinson SE,Spiegelman D,Barbieri RL,Michels KB,Hunter DJ

    更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00

  • Lipopolysaccharide-promoted proliferation of endometriotic stromal cells via induction of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-8 expression.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) protein in endometriotic stromal cells (ESC) and their effect on the proliferation of ESC. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tottor...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.038

    authors: Iba Y,Harada T,Horie S,Deura I,Iwabe T,Terakawa N

    更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00

  • Is chromosome testing of the second miscarriage cost saving? A decision analysis of selective versus universal recurrent pregnancy loss evaluation.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost of selective recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) evaluation, which is defined as RPL evaluation if the second miscarriage is euploid, versus universal RPL evaluation, which is defined as RPL evaluation after the second miscarriage. Traditionally, an RPL evaluation is instituted after the third ...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.03.038

    authors: Bernardi LA,Plunkett BA,Stephenson MD

    更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00

  • Type of chromosome abnormality affects embryo morphology dynamics.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To study the differences in the cleavage time between types of embryo chromosomal abnormalities and elaborate algorithm to exclude aneuploid embryos according to the likelihood to be euploid. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:University affiliated private center. PATIENT(S):Preimplantational genet...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.09.019

    authors: Del Carmen Nogales M,Bronet F,Basile N,Martínez EM,Liñán A,Rodrigo L,Meseguer M

    更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00

  • Misconduct in third-party assisted reproduction: a committee opinion.

    abstract::Physicians who are told or discover information that would be material to another party's participation in an assisted reproductive technology (ART) arrangement (such as lawyer's, donor's, gestational carrier's, or intended parent's) should encourage disclosure to that party. In some instances, it is ethically and leg...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.11.007

    authors: Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

    更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00

  • Assessing the quality of oocytes derived from in vitro maturation: are we looking under the lamppost?

    abstract::Oocytes are complex cells comprising many cellular systems, each of which is essential for proper oocyte function. Methods to assess the diverse and critical cellular systems in oocytes derived from in vitro maturation are badly needed. ...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.009

    authors: Trimarchi JR,Keefe DL

    更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00

  • Transfer of human sperm into the perivitelline space of human oocytes after zona-drilling or zona-puncture.

    abstract::To evaluate the transfer of sperm from severely oligozoospermic men into the perivitelline space of mature oocytes, zona-drilling with acid phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and direct zona-puncture in the presence of cytochalasin D were studied. Zona-drilling also was done for eggs from patients with previous failed in...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)60792-6

    authors: Ng SC,Bongso A,Chang SI,Sathananthan H,Ratnam S

    更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00

  • Impact of elagolix treatment on fatigue experienced by women with moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of elagolix, an oral GnRH antagonist, for the reduction of fatigue in women with moderate or severe endometriosis-associated pain. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled phase III trial. SETTING:Clinics. PATIENT(S):A total of 860 women treated with elagoli...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.02.031

    authors: Surrey ES,Soliman AM,Agarwal SK,Snabes MC,Diamond MP

    更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00

  • Psychosocial aspects of ejaculatory dysfunction and male reproduction.

    abstract::This article provides a summary of the biopsychosocial model and the assessment and treatment of male sexual dysfunction as manifested in cases of infertility. In couples trying to get pregnant, a unique set of psychosocial and behavioral changes may evolve that directly interferes with a couple's usual pattern of sex...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.07.1155

    authors: Wincze JP

    更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00

  • Efficacy of methotrexate treatment in extrauterine pregnancies defined by stable or increasing human chorionic gonadotropin concentrations.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of methotrexate treatment in selected cases of extrauterine pregnancy (EUP) defined by stable or increasing hCG concentration. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Gynecology department of the Lis Maternity Hospital. PATIENT(S):Fifty women with EUP diagnosed whenever an intraut...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03256-3

    authors: Gamzu R,Almog B,Levin Y,Avni A,Jaffa A,Lessing JB,Baram A

    更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00

  • Pharmacodynamics of the antiprogesterone RU486 in women after oral administration.

    abstract::The pharmacokinetic characteristics of RU486 and its acute effects on anterior pituitary hormone secretion after oral administration were examined in six normal women. Serum RU486 concentrations were determined by a radioimmunoassay. The absorption of RU486 was rapid with peak serum levels reached approximately 90 min...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)60067-5

    authors: Liu JH,Garzo VG,Yen SS

    更新日期:1988-08-01 00:00:00

  • Ectopic growth of endometrium depends on its structural integrity and proteolytic activity in the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) model of endometriosis.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To identify factors influencing the development of endometrial autografts in a monkey model of endometriosis. DESIGN:Prospective, comparative study. SETTING:Animal research unit. SUBJECTS:Thirty regularly cycling cynomolgus monkeys in three groups of 10 each. INTERVENTIONS:Endometrium was minced and spill...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58521-5

    authors: Sillem M,Hahn U,Coddington CC 3rd,Gordon K,Runnebaum B,Hodgen GD

    更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00

  • Noncompliance among a group of women using a novel method of contraception.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the incidence of noncompliance measured objectively by a home use fertility monitor with the traditional self-reported incidence of compliance in a study of a new method of contraception. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:A large family planning clinic in Edinburgh. PATIENT(S):Thirty-two ...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02899-0

    authors: Hapangama DK,Glasier AF,Baird DT

    更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00

  • Endometrial integrin expression in women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine if the endometrium of women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES) demonstrates altered integrin expression compared with normal fertile controls. DESIGN:Case control study. Expression of eight integrins in 15 luteal phase endometrial biopsies from DES-exposed women were compared with 17 b...

    journal_title:Fertility and sterility

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Castelbaum AJ,Sawin SW,Bellardo LJ,Lessey BA

    更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00