OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness analysis of hysterosalpingography (HSG), laparoscopy, and Chlamydia antibody testing (CAT) in subfertile couples. DESIGN: Cost-effectiveness analysis. SETTING: Decision analytic framework. PA…
In this study, we compare the prognostic significance of hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopy for fertility outcome. In a prospective cohort study in 11 clinics participating in the Canadian Infertility Treatment Evaluation Study (CI…
This randomized controlled trial assessed which of three low-intensity ovulation induction protocols was associated with the highest rate of cycle completion among infertile women undergoing intrauterine insemination (IUI) with their husban…
Dr Daley : Mrs B is a 32-year-old paralegal. Married for 5 years to Mr B, a 32-year-old manager, they have been trying to conceive since 1992. They are both members of a health maintenance organization and live in Massachusetts, where healt…
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the likelihood of live birth and the impact of prognostic factors among untreated infertile couples. DESIGN: Cohort follow-up study. SETTING: Eleven infertility clinics in academic medical centers. PATIENTS: Two th…
Each year more than a million American women use infertility services, but fewer than 50 percent of them go on to deliver a live baby1. Standard treatments for infertility include induction of ovulation, artificial insemination, and surgery…
OBJECTIVE: To undertake quantitative overviews of the following commonly used treatments for endometriosis-associated infertility: ovulation suppression, laparoscopic ablation, and conservative laparotomy. DESIGN: A protocol was prospectiv…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of socioeconomic factors on the outcomes of infertility, including pregnancy, adoption, resolution, and loss to follow-up. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: Infertility clinics in 11 te…
This study compares ovulation stimulation or suppression with the pregnancy rate among infertile couples with endometriosis. The design is a nonrandomized, prospective, multicentered cohort analytic study. Two hundred and ninety-seven coupl…
Among the male partners of 1074 infertile couples the mean results of semen analysis were sperm count 78 X 10(6)/ml, seminal volume 4.0 ml, proportion of progressively motile sperm 54%, proportion of sperm with normal morphologic features 8…
This study draws on decision analysis to estimate the utility of seminal variables in predicting pregnancy. The infertile couples selected (n = 709) excluded those who had donor insemination or known female factors (history of pelvic infect…
In a follow-up study of 1297 couples registered at a Nova Scotia infertility clinic with a complaint of infertility of at least 12 months' duration, the cumulative pregnancy rate at 36 months, with 95% confidence limits, was found to be 49 …
We analyzed a two- to seven-year follow-up of 1145 infertile couples to determine the frequency of pregnancy occurring independently of treatment. Pregnancy occurred in 246 of 597 treated couples (41 per cent) and in 191 of 548 untreated co…