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OBJECTIVE:To assess racial differences in attitudes and knowledge about sterilization. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. SETTING:Questionnaires were mailed to participants' home addresses. PATIENT(S):One hundred ninety-three women, aged 18-45, who had undergone tubal sterilization. INTERVENTION(S):None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Attitudes and knowledge about tubal sterilization and awareness of contraceptive alternatives. RESULT(S):We received 193 completed surveys (64% response rate). African American (AA) woman were more likely to have a family member who had undergone tubal sterilization, to report that their mothers influenced their sterilization decisions, and to report that prior unintended pregnancy and desire to avoid insertion of a foreign object were very important factors in their decision to choose sterilization over other methods. Compared with white women, AA women more often thought that sterilization reversal could easily restore fertility (62% vs. 36%); that a woman's sterilization would reverse itself after 5 years (60% vs. 23%); and that a man cannot ejaculate after vasectomy (38% vs. 13%). Fewer AA women had ever heard of intrauterine contraception (90% vs. 98%). Racial differences in knowledge remained statistically significant after adjusting for socioeconomic confounders. CONCLUSION(S):Misinformation about sterilization and limited awareness of contraceptive alternatives among AA women may contribute to racial disparities in tubal sterilization rates.
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Fertil Steriljournal_title
Fertility and sterilityauthors
Borrero S,Abebe K,Dehlendorf C,Schwarz EB,Creinin MD,Nikolajski C,Ibrahim Sdoi
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.05.031subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-01-01 00:00:00pages
17-22issue
1eissn
0015-0282issn
1556-5653pii
S0015-0282(10)00821-6journal_volume
95pub_type
杂志文章abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the direct effects of progesterone (P) and its antagonist RU486 (mifepristone) on sperm hyperactivation (HA) and acrosome reaction. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation of semen samples incubated in capacitation media with P and/or RU486. SETTING:University-affiliated tertiary care center. PATIENTS:Norma...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Forty-four cycles with a spontaneous luteinizing hormone (LH) surge among 377 in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients were studied for outcome with different timing of oocyte retrieval. Mean number of preovulatory oocytes per retrieval and per transfer was significantly less in these cycles than in controls. Mean number...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(16)60131-0
更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the contribution of an altered structure of sperm mitochondria to human asthenozoospermia. DESIGN:A retrospective study. SETTING:Andrology Clinic, University of L'Aquila. PATIENT(S):Fifteen ejaculates with forward motility (FM) ≥ 50%, and 57 asthenozoospermic ejaculates (FM <50%, sperm vitality ...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1086
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a pilot study to investigate the possible presence of bacteria throughout the female reproductive tract and to make a preliminary assessment of whether there are differences in the composition of the microbial communities between these body sites and/or between patients. DESIGN:Prospective pilot s...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.11.028
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify early ultrasound markers in pregnant patients that predict a favorable pregnancy outcome. DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. SETTING:Infertility patients in fertility clinic. PATIENT(S):1051 women with early pregnancies conceived after fertility treatment. INTERVENTION(S):None. MAIN OUT...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.08.009
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Survey results demonstrate that the majority of fertility clinics in California are willing to care for couples affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if legal restrictions are removed. In response to scientific advances and evolving clinical standards, California reversed the limitations placed on the provisi...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.013
更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the independent effects of the degree of blastocoele expansion and re-expansion and the inner cell mass (ICM) and trophectoderm (TE) grades on predicting live birth after fresh and vitrified/warmed single blastocyst transfer. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Reproductive medical center. PATI...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.12.014
更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the mechanism(s) underlying an association between asthenozoospermia and elevated blood, seminal plasma, and testicular cadmium levels in infertile human males using a rat model of environmentally relevant cadmium exposures. SETTING:University medical center andrology research laboratory. ANIMAL(S...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.035
更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between men's age and DNA damage repair proteins related to apoptosis in human testicular germ cells. DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. SETTING:Academic institutions. PATIENT(S):Testicular specimens were obtained from 22 fertile volunteers aged 20-82 years. INTERVENTION(...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.027
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the cumulative incidence of live delivery in women who underwent reversal of tubal sterilization. DESIGN:Population-based retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Hospitals in Western Australia. PATIENT(S):All women aged 20-44 years, with a history of hospital admission for tubal sterilization, who...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.06.042
更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Three groups of women with different types of ovulatory dysfunction who had failed to conceive on conventional therapy were treated with pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Group A consisted of nine patients with luteal phase defect; group B included four patients with apparently normal menstrual cycles b...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(16)48971-5
更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Twenty-seven sexually mature Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata fuscata) weighing 6 to 8 kg were used to evaluate and characterize the local and systemic effects of a T-shaped progesterone-releasing system (UTS) following transabdominal insertion into the uterus. None of five experimental animals conceived, while four o...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(16)41842-x
更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore endometriosis-related molecules in patients with use of differential display analysis. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan. PATIENT(S):Women with endometriosis (n = 27) and without endometriosis (n = 21). INTERVENTION(S):Surgery was scheduled i...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00381-7
更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of a coculture with human endometrial cells on the function of spermatozoa from samples obtained from infertile couples. DESIGN:In a prospective study, human spermatozoa selected by swim-up from fresh samples were cultured on human endometrial feeder layers. Thereafter, their viabilit...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(16)56469-3
更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify baseline characteristics of couples that are likely to predict conception, clinical pregnancy, and live birth after up to four cycles of ovarian stimulation with IUI in couples with unexplained infertility. DESIGN:Secondary analyses of data from a prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical tri...
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.2016.02.020
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the modifications on basal and post-methionine homocysteine (Hcy) levels induced by transdermal vs. oral continuous combined hormone therapy (HT). DESIGN:Prospective randomized study. SETTING:Outpatient service at university hospital. PATIENT(S):Twenty-four healthy postmenopausal women. INTERVE...
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.2003.05.026
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:U. urealyticum with 15.8% and C. trachomatis antibodies with 15.4% were the most prevalent microbiological findings in 209 male infertility patients. The inflammatory marker granulocyte-elastase was significantly increased in men with C. trachomatis; these men also showed significantly decreased citric acid levels ind...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54318-0
更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if men with malignancy have increased sperm DNA fragmentation compared with men presenting for sperm donation. DESIGN:Retrospective observational study. SETTING:Tertiary-level fertility center. PATIENT(S):Eighty-nine men with cancer presenting for prophylactic semen cryopreservation and 35 men...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.02.015
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate expression of interleukin-1 receptor type I in the endometrium of fertile women throughout the menstrual cycle and to investigate whether unexplained infertility may be associated with abnormal expression of IL-1 receptor type I. DESIGN:Retrospective study using immunohistochemical technique, Wes...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(00)01634-4
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:During an 18-month period 219 couples and 3 single women were counseled concerning private, non-agency adoption. Ninety-seven clients adopted privately a total of 105 babies. Thirty-one other couples are still actively pursuing adoption, 39 are no longer pursuing adoption, 13 became pregnant, 9 adopted through an agen...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(16)46164-9
更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether temporarily withholding FSH and adding androgen could improve follicular response during a microdose flare protocol in women with slow follicular growth or asynchronous follicular development. DESIGN:Observational pilot study. SETTING:University-affiliated private fertility center. P...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.09.038
更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare histologically and stereologically the endometriotic nodule of the rectovaginal septum to peritoneal endometriosis. DESIGN:Morphometric investigation, cytokeratin and vimentin content, and steroid receptor evaluation were performed on endometriotic tissue from the peritoneum (n = 52) and rectovagi...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficiency of hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography performed with air and saline (Hydro-HyCoSy) with HyCoSy performed with contrast media (SonoVue) and contrast-tuned imaging technology (CnTI-SonoVue-HyCoSy) considering hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopy (LPS) as reference tests and to ...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1746
更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the expression of angiopoietin 1 (ANGPT1) in pigmented and nonpigmented endometriosis implants and specify its role in the interaction of angiogenic factors. DESIGN:Experimental retrospective study. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENT(S):Eighty-two sections from 201 laparoscopic tissue samples ...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.032
更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of a dry versus humidified incubator on human embryo development ex vivo. DESIGN:Prospective, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Private fertility centers. PATIENT(S):A total of 297 women undergoing in vitro fertilization randomized into two groups. INTERVENTION(S...
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.2017.05.036
更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Among 2,245 women, those who experienced a chemical pregnancy that failed to progress to a clinically recognized pregnancy or a spontaneous abortion on their first IVF cycle were more likely to discontinue IVF treatment than those whose first cycle ended before embryo transfer or who did not have a positive pregnancy ...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1732
更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The concentrations of calcium, magnesium, and zinc were measured by atomic absorption spectrometry. The concentrations of all three cations were found to be strongly correlated with one another and with acidity (pH). Analysis of the relative concentrations in prostatic fluid, split ejaculates, and whole seminal plasma...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43281-4
更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the possible effect of freezing on sperm escape force as measured by laser trap. DESIGN:Controlled clinical study. SETTING:Normal volunteers, academic setting. PATIENTS:Normal, healthy volunteers. INTERVENTION:Sperm selection, freezing and thawing. Measurement of relative (sperm) escape force...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effects of freezing and thawing (F/T) on functional activity of immature rat oocyte-cumulus complexes (OCC) were studied. The OCC were divided into three groups according to the number of cumulus-cell layers surrounding them. The OCC were then frozen and thawed (F/T), with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as cryoprotecta...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Seminal fluid is often viewed as simply a vehicle to carry sperm to fertilize the oocyte, but a more complex function in influencing female reproductive physiology is now evident. Remarkably, seminal fluid contains soluble and exosome-born signaling agents that interact with the female reproductive tract to prime the ...
journal_title：Fertility and sterility
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.07.1101
更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00
