OBJECTIVE: To assess success rates of IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in women with various stages of endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Reproductive medicine unit in a university hospital. PATIENT(S): I…
PURPOSE: To investigate possible differences between unexplained and stage I endometriosis-associated infertility in ICSI cycles conducted after low fertilization (<20%) in preceding IVF cycles with normal semen parameters. METHODS: Retros…
BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken in order to compare pregnancy outcome after IVF and ICSI in unexplained and endometriosis-associated infertility using tubal factor infertility as controls. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort stu…
PURPOSE: Patient and cycle characteristics of day 3 transfers with developmentally lagging 4-cell embryos only were analyzed and related to the outcome of a live birth. METHODS: Day 3 transfers with either 4-cell embryos only (study group;…
PURPOSE: The objective was to evaluate whether extending the embryo culture period from 2 to 3 days would yield a more optimal selection of viable embryos, thereby increasing the implantation and live birth rates. METHODS: Patients undergo…