PURPOSE: Fatty acids have been shown to play an important role in oocyte competence and early implantation of the embryo. Our hypothesis-generating study sought to determine if individual fatty acids expressed as a percentage of total eryth…
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether blood type was associated with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) (day-3 follicle-stimulating hormone level >10 IU/L), controlling for history of tobacco smoking, body mass index (BMI), history of endometriosis, o…
PURPOSE: To determine if endometrial gene expression is different in women with endometriosis-related infertility and fertile women. METHODS: Prospective study of mid-follicular phase endometrium in 47 subjects in two phases: microarray st…
Information is still being collected on the long-term clinical responses and appropriate patient selection for UAE. Prospective RCTs have not been performed to compare the clinical results from UAE with more conventional therapies for sympt…
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to determine if low-dose aspirin improved ovarian stimulation, endometrial response, or IVF pregnancy rates in our program. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 316 consecutive IVF cycles from 1995 th…
OBJECTIVE: To determine if extended treatment with doxycycline before and after an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure can minimize the detrimental effect of a hydrosalpinx. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: University IVF progr…
OBJECTIVES: To determine if low-dose estrogen replacement can be added to GnRH agonist therapy after three months to reduce hypoestrogenic symptoms while allowing continued relief of pain in patients with endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHO…
PURPOSE: The role of assisted hatching in good-prognosis IVF patients was evaluated in a prospective, randomized, controlled pilot study, which was followed by a retrospective observational series. METHODS: After assisted hatching was prov…
PURPOSE: Our purpose was to determine the effect of Synthetic Serum Substitute (SSS) versus serum supplementation on fertilization rates and subsequent development of embryos from patients undergoing IVF. PROCEDURE: Experiment I compared t…
Patients undergoing human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) superovulation were reviewed retrospectively to determine whether fecundity was greater for intrauterine insemination (IUI) than timed intercourse. Forty patients with unexplained infe…
Endometriosis remains a poorly understood disease. Multiple factors are likely to be responsible for the relative infertility in patients with endometriosis. All therapeutic options should be presented to the patient. Treatment of a patient…