Background/Objectives: Deep infiltrating endometriosis has been linked to worsened maternal and neonatal outcomes. However, reports regarding bowel endometriosis are still scanty. We aimed to evaluate pregnancy, delivery, and newborn advers…
UNLABELLED: While triggering oocyte maturation with GnRH agonist (GnRHa) seems to be safe and effective in terms of the risk of developing OHSS and the number of metaphase II oocytes, it nevertheless results in luteal phase deficiency. To d…
Obesity and being overweight are growing worldwide health problems that also affect women of reproductive age. They impair women's fertility and are associated with lower IVF success rates. The mechanism by which increased body weight disru…
PURPOSE: Higher risk for birth of singletons being large for gestational age (LGA) has been revealed after in vitro fertilization (IVF) frozen-thawed embryo-transfer (FET). This phenomenon is now being investigated, since there is a specula…
In human IVF procedures objective and reliable biomarkers of oocyte and embryo quality are needed in order to increase the use of single embryo transfer (SET) and thus prevent multiple pregnancies. During folliculogenesis there is an intens…
Since 1983, Slovenia has been offering well-established, successful, and fully reimbursed IVF programme to infertile couples. On the grounds of data gathered at the Slovenian IVF units we aimed to determine whether the fully accessible IVF …
PURPOSE: The aim was to establish the impact of human granulosa cell apoptosis and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production on fertilization competence of the oocyte, embryo developmental stage and implantation rate. METHODS: Thirty women …