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review 2026
Frontiers in reproductive health ·doi:10.3389/frph.2026.1760832

Adenomyosis is an estrogen-dependent uterine disorder increasingly recognized as a major cause of infertility and adverse obstetric outcomes, yet optimal medical preparation before embryo transfer (ET) remains uncertain. Adenomyotic lesions…

meta-analysis 2026
Reproductive BioMedicine Online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105178

This systematic review and meta-analysis (CRD42024588171) compared the effectiveness of surgery followed by IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) with direct IVF/ICSI (i.e. without previous surgery) on the reproductive outcomes of…

meta-analysis 2026
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.70883

BACKGROUND: Poor ovarian response (POR) complicates a substantial proportion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles, frequently causing cycle cancellation and suboptimal reproductive outcomes. Conventional follicular-phase ovarian stimulati…

meta-analysis 2026
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2025.11.008

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review and quantify the impact of adenomyosis on maternal, neonatal, and obstetric outcomes. DATA SOURCES: A comprehensive, unrestricted search was conducted in MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, Literatura Latino-Americ…

meta-analysis 2025
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-025-03633-z

PURPOSE: Despite various stimulation protocols and adjuvant treatments, optimizing the reproductive success of women with poor ovarian response (POR) undergoing assisted reproduction techniques (ART) remains a challenge. The aim was to eval…

meta-analysis 2025
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2025.1571727

BACKGROUND: To date, there are no clear guidelines available on the treatment of adenomyosis-associated pelvic pain (AAPP); however, numerous hormonal treatments (HTs) are currently being used off-label. We conducted a systematic review and…

meta-analysis 2025
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.70134

BACKGROUND: Hormone pre-treatment is still used before assisted reproductive technique (ART) in endometriotic women, but evidence supporting this recommendation is conflicting. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether hormone pre-treatment with gon…

observational 2025
Frontiers in medicine ·doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1626445

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease that affects mainly women of reproductive age. It is unclear whether each form of pelvic endometriosis is an independent entity and whether a spatial relationship between all three endome…

observational 2024
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000534860

OBJECTIVES: Luteinizing hormone (LH) plays a key role in normal follicular development and oocyte maturation in controlled ovarian stimulation. LH stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of theca cells for the secretion of androgen…

review 2024
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2024.102500

Endometriosis-related infertility is one of the most debated topics in reproductive medicine. In recent years, prolonged pre-cycle hormonal regimens gained attention as a mean of improving the assisted reproduction technologies (ART) succes…

observational 2024
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.07.031

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis has been associated with sleep disorders, and hyperarousal appears to be involved in their pathogenesis; however, the presence of hyperarousal in the endometriosis population was never investigated. METHODS: We co…

meta-analysis 2024
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-024-01707-4

Women with endometriosis were deemed more prone to COVID-19 infection in some reports. Considering that endometriosis-related aberrant immune response, understanding how COVID-19 vaccination influences its clinical status is crucial. The ai…

observational 2024
Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) ·doi:10.1515/med-2024-1062

OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic had adverse health outcomes on individuals and communities. In this cross-sectional study we evaluated the admission rates in a tertiary-level hospital during the first wave of the pandemic (March 22, 2020 …