P. Devroey

STUDY QUESTION: Does a 3-month adjuvant hormonal treatment of mild peritoneal endometriosis after laparoscopic surgery influence the outcome of IVF stimulation in terms of number of mature oocytes obtained per cycle? SUMMARY ANSWER: Complem…

BACKGROUND: The Fifth Evian Annual Reproduction (EVAR) Workshop Meeting discussed knowledge regarding contemporary genetics in female reproduction. METHODS: Specialist reproductive medicine clinicians and geneticists delivered presentation…

In infertile women, the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) is significantly higher compared to that in parous age-matched women. This is especially the case in women with endometriosis and the polycystic ovarian syndrome. TAI does not…

Controversies concerning the optimal treatment of endometriosis and its related infertility still exist, and few comparative studies are available. The number of oocytes retrieved and pregnancy rates seem to be higher after in vitro fertili…

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists have been widely used to prevent luteinizing hormone surges during controlled ovarian stimulation in assisted reproductive technologies. Treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists of uteri…

The relation between endometriosis and sterility is still unclear, especially in minimal and mild forms. When the decision to treat endometriosis is made, the question about how to treat raises. An hormonal treatment of minimal or mild endo…

Fifty-seven patients who underwent hysteroscopic septum resection between January 1991 and December 1996 were studied; nine patients presented with recurrent abortions, 46 with infertility (26 primary and 20 secondary), one with dysmenorrho…

To assess the efficiency of transvaginal ultrasonography (TVUS) in the screening of pelvic pathologies in the initial workup of infertile women, we carried out a prospective comparison of sonographic diagnosis with laparoscopic and patholog…

The objective of our study was to establish the most adequate ovarian stimulation regimen for assisted procreation in endometriotic patients. It consisted of a retrospective analysis comparing the use of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone …

The effect of a reduced number of spermatozoa on pregnancies and miscarriages was studied retrospectively in 307 consecutive gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) cycles. The number of spermatozoa introduced per GIFT in each group was as fo…

The results of 100 gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (GIFT) procedures to treat persistent infertility are reported. Twenty-four pregnancies were achieved, of these six aborted, two were extra-uterine, two stillbirths occurred and nine patien…