Palliation of recurrent endometriosis with radiotherapeutic ablation of ovarian remnants.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the feasibility of ovarian cyst enucleation by using a laparoendoscopic single-site trocar through a transumbilical access. DESIGN:Case reports. SETTING:Teaching and research hospital. PATIENT(S):Three patients affected by large ovarian cysts. INTERVENTION(S):Enucleation of three large ovarian c...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Fagotti A,Fanfani F,Marocco F,Rossitto C,Gallotta V,Scambia G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess a single (donor) sample by the use of five computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA) systems. SETTING:British Andrology Society advanced course on computer-assisted semen analysis techniques, September 1992. PARTICIPANTS:Clinical, technical and scientific personnel with mixed experience of CA...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Holt W,Watson P,Curry M,Holt C

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of Interceed(TC7) (Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ) in the prevention of postoperative adhesions in a rabbit uterine horn model. Interceed(TC7) was tested in the presence and absence of absorbable suture. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS:Forty-one New Zealand white rabbits h...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Best CL,Rittenhouse D,Vasquez C,Norng T,Subias E,Sueldo CE

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate how endometriosis affects expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in granulosa cells. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:IVF-ET program at Osaka Medical College. PATIENT(S):Seventeen patients with revised American Fertility Society stage IV endometriosis ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Yamashita Y,Ueda M,Takehara M,Yamashita H,Suzuki Y,Hung YC,Terai Y,Ueki M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To show that in the dysgenetic gonads of 104 Turner syndrome patients no significant difference was found regarding the expression of the genes DAX1, FOG2, GATA4, OCT4, SF1, SRY, TSPY, WT1, and STRA8 compared with controls, except for genes OCT4, SRY, and TSPY in both gonads of a patient whose chromosomal constitution...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bianco B,Oliveira KC,Guedes AD,Barbosa CP,Lipay MV,Verreschi IT

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the association between autoimmunity and reproductive failure. DESIGN:A MEDLINE search done from 1965 to 1996. More than 300 original and review articles were evaluated, from which the most relevant were selected. RESULT(S):Autoimmune processes now are accepted widely as one of the possible mechan...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Geva E,Amit A,Lerner-Geva L,Lessing JB

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity and clinical significance of fluorescein isothiocyanate wheat germ agglutinin (FITC-WGA) staining of human spermatozoa. DESIGN:Percentage FITC-WGA staining was assessed in the different morphological zones of human spermatozoa and compared with fertilization rates of metaphase II...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Gabriel LK,Franken DR,Van der Horst G,Kruger TF

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midtrimester abortion was successfully induced in 55 of 60 patients with continuous extraovular infusion of prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) following the insertion of intracervical laminaria tents. Intravenous oxytocin was also used in 38 (63%) of the 60 patients. The mean induction-abortion time (IAT) was 11.72 hou...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Hodgson JE,Van Gorp PE

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9) and bone morphogenetic protein-15 (BMP-15) on the development of follicles among patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:University Hospital. PATIENT(S):Twenty-two oocytes were obtained from 15 pati...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Zhao SY,Qiao J,Chen YJ,Liu P,Li J,Yan J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of the Creatsas modification of Williams vaginoplasty for the creation of neovagina in patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH syndrome). DESIGN:Record of perioperative and postoperative results and complications. Follow-up evaluations of patients yearly after the operation. S...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Creatsas G,Deligeoroglou E,Makrakis E,Kontoravdis A,Papadimitriou L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that over a 4-week treatment period, Nal-Glu GnRH antagonist ([AcD2Nal1, D4ClPhe2, D3Pal3, Arg5, DGlu6 [AA], DAla10] GnRH) at a dose of 200 micrograms/kg per day SC would suppress levels of immunologically active and biologically active LH and FSH more completely than a dose of 100 micr...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bagatell CJ,Rivier JE,Bremner WJ

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that a behavioral treatment approach might be efficacious in the treatment of the emotional aspects of infertility and may lead to increased conception rates. The first 54 women to complete a behavioral treatment program based on the elicitation of the relaxation response showed statistica...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Domar AD,Seibel MM,Benson H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the small antral follicle (SAF) cohort in ovaries of adult rhesus monkeys after consumption of a Western-style diet (WSD), with or without chronically elevated androgen levels since before puberty. DESIGN:Cholesterol or T (n = 6 per group) implants were placed SC in female rhesus macaques beginnin...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bishop CV,Xu F,Xu J,Ting AY,Galbreath E,McGee WK,Zelinski MB,Hennebold JD,Cameron JL,Stouffer RL

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that there was no significant difference in endometrial responses to vaginal or IM P. But the response was suboptimal in cycles treated with dydrogesterone, suggesting that dydrogesterone treatment is not the preferred progestin for use in artificial cycles. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Li TC,Aplin JD,Warren A,Graham RA,Dockery P,Cooke ID

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our rapid staining method, accomplished by adding the vital fluorochrome bisbenzimide (Hoechst 33342) directly into the sperm droplet before fertilization, eases visual interpretation of sperm penetration and decondensation. For both within- and between-experiment comparisons, inclusion of bisbenzimide did not influen...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bean B,Fogle TA,Gates RD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a rare case of true hermaphroditism presenting in adolescence as bilateral gynecomastia in a phenotypic male. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENT(S):A 19-year-old phenotypic male who presented with pronounced bilateral gynecomastia and was ultimately diagnosed with true h...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Ouhilal S,Turco J,Nangia A,Stotland M,Manganiello PD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To emphasize the importance of complete ultrasonographic evaluation during the first trimester of pregnancy. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Obstetric unit in a training and research hospital. PATIENT(S):A 27-year-old primigravida woman who reached 37 weeks' gestation with a noncommunicating rudimentary horn p...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Arslan T,Bilgiç E,Sentürk MB,Yücel N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the use of GnRH antagonist in cycles converted from ovulation induction-IUI to IVF affects cycle outcome and pregnancy rates. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Academic research institution. PATIENT(S):One hundred eighty-two consecutive patients with ovulation induction-IUI to...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Quaas AM,Missmer SA,Ginsburg ES

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the technique of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) was developed for couples with untreatable tubal factor infertility, IVF-ET is now being applied to women with other causes of infertility and normal pelvic anatomy. In an effort to determine the treatment-independent pregnancy rate, we retr...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Haney AF,Hughes CL Jr,Whitesides DB,Dodson WC

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a patient with primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the ovary with two successful spontaneous pregnancies. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Tertiary center for gynecologic oncology. PATIENT(S):A 25-year-old woman with two spontaneous pregnancies 5 months after and 2 years after conservative tr...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Demirtas E,Guven S,Guven ES,Baykal C,Ayhan A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare sperm characteristics among: patients undergoing infertility evaluation, patients with male factor infertility (MFI), healthy sperm donors, and men with proven fertility; to examine the overlap of sperm characteristics in all four of these groups; and to identify good discriminators of fertility ve...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Nallella KP,Sharma RK,Aziz N,Agarwal A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the extent to which test accuracy studies published in two leading reproductive medicine journals in the years 1999 and 2004 adhered to the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) initiative parameters, and to explore whether the introduction of the STARD statement has led to an imp...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Coppus SF,van der Veen F,Bossuyt PM,Mol BW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repetitively short luteal phases were found in eight infertile women. The short luteal phase was defined as 10 days or less from the presumed time of ovulation (as assessed by basal body temperature recording) to the onset of menses. Clomiphene citrate (Clomid) therapy resulted in pregnancy in two patients and lengthe...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Quagliarello J,Weiss G

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the HOXA10 genes in CAUV patients for mutations. Congenital absence of the uterus and vagina (CAUV) is the most extreme female reproductive tract developmental defect known. The HOXA10 gene is expressed in the developing and adult uterus. Female mice with loss-of-function Hoxa10 gene mutations have...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Lalwani S,Wu HH,Reindollar RH,Gray MR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

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

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

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective longitudinal and standardized study is presented, dealing with ultrasonographic and hormonal characteristics of the luteinized unruptured follicle (LUF) syndrome. Among 600 cycles monitored in 270 infertility patients, 40 cycles in 27 patients showed no evidence of follicle rupture, in spite of signs of ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Hamilton CJ,Wetzels LC,Evers JL,Hoogland HJ,Muijtjens A,de Haan J

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficiency of transvaginal ultrasonography in the screening of endometriomas and in differentiating endometriomas from other ovarian masses. DESIGN:Prospective study with surgical and pathological confirmation of the sonographic diagnosis. SETTING:Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Mais V,Guerriero S,Ajossa S,Angiolucci M,Paoletti AM,Melis GB

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze information on assisted reproductive technology (ART) performed worldwide and trends in outcomes over successive years. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey on access, effectiveness, and safety of ART procedures performed in 53 countries during 2005. SETTING:A total of 2,973 clinics from national and re...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Zegers-Hochschild F,Mansour R,Ishihara O,Adamson GD,de Mouzon J,Nygren KG,Sullivan EA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a primate model, we have tested a novel regimen of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist plus pulsatile GnRH for the achievement of controlled restoration of gonadotropin secretion and ovulation induction. As a prelude, ovariectomized cynomolgus monkeys (n = 3) were treated with Antide ([N-Ac-D-Nal(2)...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Gordon K,Williams RF,Danforth DR,Hodgen GD

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the pattern(s) of spermatogonial proliferation in different spermatogenic disorders. DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. Teaching hospital. PATIENT(S):Azoospermic men who underwent testicular biopsy for sperm recovery and preparation for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. INTERVENTION(S)...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bar-Shira Maymon B,Yogev L,Yavetz H,Lifschitz-Mercer B,Schreiber L,Kleiman SE,Botchan A,Hauser R,Paz G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00