A Templeton

It is defined by the presence of endometriosis in macroscopically normal-looking tissue. Even though there have been further studies, the meaning of OME is still unclear. Firstly, it could have an important status in the pathogenesis of end…

BACKGROUND: There is a perception that the prevalence of infertility is on the rise. This study aimed to determine the current prevalence of infertility in a defined geographical population, ascertain changes in self-reported infertility ov…

OBJECTIVES: To review the available evidence regarding the immunological, epidemiological and other factors involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHODS: Literature review. RESULTS: Endometriosis remains a poorly-understood diseas…

The last 20 years has been characterised by an increasing awareness and acceptance of the problems faced by those trying to have children. Infertility affects up to 1 in 7 couples in industrialised countries, and even more couples are affec…

The objectives of the study were (a) to determine consultant gynaecologists' awareness of and views on a national audit project (the gynaecology audit project in Scotland) and (b) to measure changes in their reported practice in relation to…

Current epidemiological evidence suggests that 15% of couples will experience infertility and in half this number the problem will remain unresolved. Background prevalence rates now appear to be reasonably stable, but there is evidence of a…

SummaryIntraperitoneal insemination was carried out in patients with unexplained infertility, in both spontaneous and clomiphene stimulated cycles. There was one pregnancy among 29 treated spontaneous cycles and 3 among 18 (17 per cent) cyc…

OBJECTIVE: To study follicle development in women with minimal-mild endometriosis. DESIGN: In women with endometriosis a spontaneous ovulatory cycle was compared with two subsequent cycles in which either clomiphene or clomiphene and FSH we…

Twenty-one infertile women with laparoscopically documented minimal-mild endometriosis (AFS score 2-10) were studied during 27 cycles (six women had two cycles each) to investigate follicular development and ovulation. Of the 27 cycles stud…

Twenty infertile women with laparoscopically confirmed mild endometriosis and ten women with tubal infertility underwent diagnostic laparoscopy 32 h after the onset of the endogenous luteinizing hormone (LH) surge during a spontaneous menst…

A group of 1542 pre-menopausal Caucasian women were assessed prospectively to investigate the prevalence of endometriosis. The women were either having laparoscopy because of infertility (n = 654), undergoing laparoscopic sterilization (n =…

Endometriosis is a puzzling condition and the literature is characterized by a large number of uncontrolled reports on its aetiology and pathophysiology. In particular the relationship between mild endometriosis and subfecundity is uncertai…

A group of 50 infertile female patients was assessed laparoscopically to study the natural history of endometriosis. They were treated either with danazol (n = 21), or diathermy ablation (n = 13) or had conservative surgery with postoperati…

Laparoscopy was carried out on 490 infertile women whose partners had semen analyses showing a minimum of 5 X 10(6) motile spermatozoa/ml. Patients were divided into two groups using WHO criteria: those in whom the semen parameters were nor…