OBJECTIVE: To determine if extended treatment with doxycycline before and after an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure can minimize the detrimental effect of a hydrosalpinx. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: University IVF progr…
OBJECTIVES: To determine if low-dose estrogen replacement can be added to GnRH agonist therapy after three months to reduce hypoestrogenic symptoms while allowing continued relief of pain in patients with endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHO…
PURPOSE: The role of assisted hatching in good-prognosis IVF patients was evaluated in a prospective, randomized, controlled pilot study, which was followed by a retrospective observational series. METHODS: After assisted hatching was prov…
PURPOSE: Our purpose was to determine the effect of Synthetic Serum Substitute (SSS) versus serum supplementation on fertilization rates and subsequent development of embryos from patients undergoing IVF. PROCEDURE: Experiment I compared t…