P R Koninckx

In 179 consecutive laparoscopies for infertility (n = 105), pain (n = 60), or both problems (n = 14), endometriosis was diagnosed in 77%, 82%, and 86%, respectively. Eighty implants with positive histology and with careful assessment of dep…

The luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome (LUF) exists and is cause of infertility. Although the data of the laparoscopic inspection of the ovaries and the corpora lutea and of steroid hormone concentrations in peritoneal fluid constitute…

Peritoneal fluid does not clot spontaneously on collection, due to a lack of prothrombin activation, consequent upon a virtual absence of factors V and VIII. Factor VIII related antigen is present in peritoneal fluid in only very small amou…

Peritoneal fluid was collected at laparoscopy in women during the menstrual cycle and was assayed for protein and steroid hormone content. The total protein concentration in peritoneal fluid and the concentrations of the steroid hormone-bin…

After ovulation, peritoneal fluid contains concentrations of progesterone and of 17 beta-estradiol that are 5 to 20 times higher than plasma concentrations in women with ovulatory cycles but not in women with unruptured luteinized follicles…

The volume of peritoneal fluid was measured after laparoscopic aspiration in 303 women. Contamination with blood was estimated at 4.2 per cent by haemoglobin assay. In 120 women with regular menstrual cycles, the volume of peritoneal fluid …

The authors have analyzed samples of peritoneal liquid to determine how and in which measure the level of steroid hormones allows to distinguish between follicular rupture and ovulation, and follicular luteinization without rupture and lack…

Thirty-four infertile patients with regular cycles and endometriosis were studied and compared to a control group of 28 women. The endometriosis was classified as mild (n = 16), moderate (n = 9) and severe (n = 9) according to Acosta et al …