Cotyledonoid dissecting leiomyoma of the uterus.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the factors influencing the development of adhesions after laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) and the efficacy of adhesion-preventing agents. DESIGN:Prospective nonrandomized study. SETTING:University-affiliated hospital. PATIENT(S):Three hundred seventy-two patients who underwent LM alone by the same...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Takeuchi H,Kitade M,Kikuchi I,Shimanuki H,Kumakiri J,Takeda S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficiency of using a continuous (one-step) protocol with a single medium for the culture of human embryos in a time-lapse incubator (TLI). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study on sibling donor oocytes. SETTING:University-affiliated in vitro fertilization (IVF) center. PATIENT(S):Embryos from 59...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Costa-Borges N,Bellés M,Meseguer M,Galliano D,Ballesteros A,Calderón G

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of carbohydrate metabolism was carried out on seven women by using an oral glucose tolerance stimulation test and measuring blood glucose and plasma insulin values over a 3-hour time period. The test was performed before and after 6 months of treatment with a "low-estrogen" oral contraceptive conta...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Spellacy WN,Newton RE,Buhi WC,Birk SA

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between MMPI-2 scores and oocyte donation outcome. DESIGN:Descriptive chart review. SETTING:Two oocyte donation programs. SUBJECT(S):Five hundred anonymous oocyte donor applicants. INTERVENTION(S):None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Demographics, MMPI-2 scores and donation outcome. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Klock SC,Covington SN

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find alternative cryopreservation methods to improve the post-thaw fertilizing capacity of poor quality human sperm. DESIGN:Controlled clinical study. SETTING:Fertility clinic of a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Men with poor quality semen samples, i.e., asthenozoospermia (< 40% motile sperm) and/or oligoz...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Sawetawan C,Bruns ES,Prins GS

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if fertility treatment is associated with increased risk of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) compared with spontaneous pregnancies. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENT(S):In 2012, 6,543 women delivered live births >20 weeks gestation at our center. Women ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Wang ET,Ozimek JA,Greene N,Ramos L,Vyas N,Kilpatrick SJ,Pisarska MD

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first subsequent pregnancy rate in a group of women who accepted a variety of contraceptive methods after delivery and after therapeutic abortion is reviewed. Regardless of method chosen, 20 to 30% of postdelivery and 18 to 20% of postabortion patients were pregnant again after 1 year. In those patients who chose ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Shulman JJ,Merritt CG

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare the levels of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) in the tubal ampullary region in normal and ectopic pregnancies and assess possible causative role of LIF in ectopic pregnancy. Although there was a tendency of increase in LIF concentrations in the ectopic pregnancy group, we w...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kiran G,Kiran H,Ertopcu K,Kilinc M,Ekerbicer HC,Vardar MA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a new strategy for comprehensive chromosome screening at the blastocyst stage. DESIGN:Clinical research study. SETTING:An IVF clinic and a specialist preimplantation genetic diagnosis laboratory. PATIENT(S):Forty-five infertile couples participated in the study. The mean maternal age was 37.7 y...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Schoolcraft WB,Fragouli E,Stevens J,Munne S,Katz-Jaffe MG,Wells D

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmenopausal women treated with an isopropanolic extract of Cimicifuga racemosa underwent a decrease in the urinary concentration of N-telopeptides, a marker of bone resorption, and an increase in alkaline phosphatase, a marker of bone formation, at the third month of therapy. Serum from treated women did not modify...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： García-Pérez MA,Pineda B,Hermenegildo C,Tarín JJ,Cano A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the results of a 3-year trial using blastocyst cryopreservation to limit multiple pregnancy and optimize overall pregnancy per cycle. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical evaluation of pregnancy rates after freezing and thawing human blastocysts. SETTING:Tertiary-care academic center. PATIENT(S):Seven ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Veeck LL,Bodine R,Clarke RN,Berrios R,Libraro J,Moschini RM,Zaninovic N,Rosenwaks Z

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:hCG levels in cul-de-sac and peripheral blood in patients with ectopic pregnancies were studied. hCG levels were significantly higher in the cul-de-sac blood than in peripheral blood (P less than 0.01). The high hCG level in the cul-de-sac blood was not due to interference by proteolytic enzymes in cul-de-sac blood si...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Thorneycroft IH,Watson D,Katz E,Wun WS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the influence of estrogens on male fertility. DESIGN:A 36-year-old eugonadal male was subjected to two different regimens of treatment with ethinyl estradiol (EE2). Sperm quality, immunoreactive luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating Hormone (FSH), testosterone (T), estrone (E1), estr...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Lübbert H,Leo-Rossberg I,Hammerstein J

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) followed by intratubal insemination in the treatment of infertility. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of 179 intratubal insemination trials in 78 women over a 48-month period. SETTING:Reproductive endocrinology practice. PATIENTS:Seventy-ei...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Toaff ME,Gross ST,Lev-Toaff AS

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of male age on the outcome of microdissection testicular sperm extraction (micro-TESE) and assisted reproductive technology. DESIGN:Clinical retrospective study. SETTING:Center for reproductive medicine at a tertiary university hospital. PATIENT(S):One thousand sixty-seven men with n...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Ramasamy R,Trivedi NN,Reifsnyder JE,Palermo GD,Rosenwaks Z,Schlegel PN

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether the efficacy of naltrexone administration in patients with hypothalamic amenorrhea correlates to the response to an acute naloxone test. DESIGN:Thirty patients with hypothalamic amenorrhea associated with weight loss were studied. After naloxone test (4 mg in bolus IV) patients were divid...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Genazzani AD,Petraglia F,Gastaldi M,Volpogni C,Gamba O,Genazzani AR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a rapid, sensitive, and reproducible hypoosmotic swelling test kit for the assessment of plasma membrane integrity of human sperm in vitro. DESIGN:Prospective comparison of results with the World Health Organization (WHO) method, performed simultaneously. SETTING:Infertility center in a major cit...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Misro MM,Chaki SP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article highlights a comprehensive range of research investigations which are required to clarify the relationships between the symptom of excessively heavy menstrual bleeding and different disorders of systemic hemostasis and their management. The need for these investigations was stimulated by an international ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Fraser IS,Bonnar J,Peyvandi F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, randomized, double-blind study with crossover, using tamoxifen (TAM) (Nolvadex, ici Pharma, Missisauga, Canada) 20 mg/day and placebo (p) for 6 months each, was conducted in 16 infertile men with idiopathic oligozoospermia. Baseline sperm count was 17.092 +/- 3.09 (10(6)/ml). Hormonal profile was perfor...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： AinMelk Y,Belisle S,Carmel M,Jean-Pierre T

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine inhibin-B concentrations during ovarian reserve screening in women with normal and diminished ovarian reserve as determined by the clomiphene citrate challenge test. DESIGN:Retrospective. SETTING:Tertiary fertility center. PATIENT(S):Women undergoing ovarian reserve screening for a routine fer...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Hofmann GE,Danforth DR,Seifer DB

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) flow cytometry of testicular tissue has been demonstrated to be a quantitative means of assessing spermatogenesis. This study evaluates testes aspirates and DNA flow cytometry in the evaluation of the infertile male. Testicular tissue obtained from 12 men who underwent bilateral orchiectomy...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kaufman DG,Nagler HM

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To summarize the procedures and outcomes of assisted reproductive technology (ART) initiated in the United States in 1997. DESIGN:Data were collected electronically by using Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinical Outcome Reporting System software and were submitted to the American Society for ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors：

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide an up-to-date review of studies that have examined the relative role of endometrial development in in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET) treatment in relation to the treatment outcome. DATA IDENTIFICATION:The most important published studies and personal communications related to t...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Ben-Nun I,Jaffe R,Fejgin MD,Beyth Y

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present case documents normalization of ovarian perfusion after conservative laparoscopic treatment of adnexal torsion. At our institution, Doppler flow assessment in cases of suspected torsion represents an important element of diagnosis and, in this case, allowed for early diagnosis with conservative laparoscopi...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Gordon JD,Hopkins KL,Jeffrey RB,Giudice LC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the rate, setting, and demographic characteristics of tubal sterilization and its current trend within contraceptive practice in the United States. DESIGN:Review of U.S. health care statistics, NCHS publications, English-language literature searched using MEDLINE and PubMed, and bibliographies of k...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Chan LM,Westhoff CL

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubal reconstructive surgery has fewer indications in the era of assisted reproductive technologies than in the past, but is still appropriate and effective treatment for properly selected individuals. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Practice Committee of American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined coping with infertility and how coping is related to depression for men and women. Results showed that both men and women who engage in a disproportionate degree of escape/avoidance behavior and acceptance of responsibility for infertility were more vulnerable to symptoms of depression. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Peterson BD,Newton CR,Rosen KH,Skaggs GE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) during different phases of the menstrual cycle and to correlate the measurements with ovarian response and clinical-pregnancy rates in intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:University IVF unit. PATIENT(S):Thirty-three...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Elgindy EA,El-Haieg DO,El-Sebaey A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrepancies about a possible relationship between prothrombotic mutations and a decreased uteroplacental blood flow are present in literature. We prospectively evaluated a cohort of pregnant women (n = 41) with bilateral uterine artery notches and found that women with inherited thrombophilia showed a sixfold higher...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Grandone E,Colaizzo D,Martinelli P,Paladini D,di Minno G,Margaglione M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients underwent ultrasonographic and clinical monitoring of a spontaneous cycle so that human chorionic gonadotropin administration could be timed in an attempt to schedule the screening laparoscopy at the optimal time for oocyte aspiration. Inadequate ovarian access was encountered in only 2 of 26 lap...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Wentz AC,Torbit CA,Daniell JF,Fleischer AC,Garner CH,Pittaway DE,Christianson CD,Repp JE,Maxson WS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00