PURPOSE: To evaluate whether the outcomes and characteristics of a first IVF/ICSI cycle are associated with embryological and clinical outcomes in a subsequent cycle performed within 2 years. METHODS: This retrospective single-center obser…
PURPOSE: To evaluate whether artificial endometrial preparation using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) influences clinical and neonatal outcomes compared with modified natural cycles (mNC) in single euploid vitrified-warmed blastocyst tran…
PURPOSE: To identify treatment-related factors influencing low oocyte maturation rates in standard ovarian stimulation (OS) cycles and patients' candidates for clinical studies on rescue-IVM. METHODS: Retrospective study including retrieva…
AIMS: To evaluate DuoStim strategy across a decade from its clinical implementation in IVF by comparing embryological and clinical outcomes between the first and second ovarian stimulations (1st-OS and 2nd-OS) conducted within 30 days, focu…
PURPOSE: To evaluate the performance of different embryo transfer (ET) operators in a strictly controlled scenario minimizing potential confounders. METHODS: This single-center retrospective cohort study analyzed vitrified-warmed single eu…
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between semen parameters, assessed according to World Health Organization (WHO)-2021 criteria, and paternal body mass index (BMI) and age, with embryological and clinical outcomes in ICSI cycles involvi…
PURPOSE: Obesity is increasingly at the center of modern international healthcare systems. This is a position statement of the Italian Society of Fertility and Sterility and Reproductive Medicine (SIFES-MR) aimed at evaluating the impact of…
Despite the considerate progress to which assisted reproduction technology (ART) has been subject since 1978, some issues remain unresolved. Notably, the clinical management of patients with a poor ovarian response is still a challenge in e…