PURPOSE: This systematic review aimed to identify baseline patient demographic and controlled ovarian stimulation characteristics associated with a suboptimal response to GnRHa triggering, and available options for prevention and management…
BACKGROUD: In order to maximize In vitro fertilization (IVF) success rates in advanced- age patients, it has been suggested to favor the use of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) over conventional insemination (CI), with the notion tha…
BACKGROUND: Infertility is one of the most prevalent health disorders in young adults. OBJECTIVES: To study the distribution of causes of infertility in couples referred to primary infertility clinics in Israel. METHODS: Data for a 9 year…
This study assessed the association of an abnormal hysterosalpingography (HSG) with clinical characteristics and infertility investigation results in 1359 women who underwent HSG as part of their infertility work-up. A normal HSG result was…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of oral contraceptive pills (OCP) pretreatment on IVF cycle outcome in GnRH-antagonist protocol. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Major tertiary university-affiliated center. PATIENTS: All pa…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) and IUI in women with unilateral tubal occlusion diagnosed by hysterosalpingography. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is the most common screening test for tubal patholo…
With the gradual decline in the use of zygote intra-Fallopian transfer (ZIFT), current practice is to offer ZIFT almost exclusively to patients with repeated implantation failure (RIF). For practical reasons, the procedure is sometimes defe…