STUDY QUESTION: Is pregnancy success rate after a concise infertility work-up the same as pregnancy success rate after the traditional extensive infertility work-up? SUMMARY ANSWER: The ongoing pregnancy rate within a follow-up of 1 year af…
ObjectivesChlamydia antibody test (CAT) has been proposed to predict tubal disease. A correlation between CA-125 and the extent of endometriosis has been found by others. In this study we explored whether a combination of the two tests adds…
BACKGROUND: Although in vitro fertilization (IVF) was introduced more than 30 years ago, its exact role in the spectrum of fertility treatments has never been studied in an unselected population. The aim of this study was to visualize the c…
BACKGROUND: Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation with intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a widely accepted treatment for unexplained and male subfertility. No consensus exists about the drug of first choice to be used as hyperstimulation. Th…
ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of luteal support with vaginal P suppositories in hMG- and hCG-induced cycles.DesignBetween March 1988 and February 1989 patients did not receive luteal support, while between March 1989 and January 1990 P wa…
Failure of reconstructive tubal surgery is usually attributed to pre-existing endosalpingeal damage, recurrent adhesion formation or progressive inflammatory disease. We studied ovarian follicle development and ovulation by ultrasound in 25…