PURPOSE: To assess whether specific markers of oxidative stress and DNA damage are expressed at higher levels in primordial follicles of patients with endometriomas compared to age-matched controls. METHODS: A retrospective pilot cohort st…
OBJECTIVE: To compare women with proximal tubal obstruction (PTO) undergoing hysteroscopic tubal cannulation with fluoroscopic guidance vs. laparoscopic guidance. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: All fluoroscopically-guided hy…
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the cannulation success rate, cumulative pregnancy, and time to intrauterine pregnancy rate following fluoroscopically-guided hysteroscopic tubal cannulation (FHTC) for infertile subjects with proximal tubal obstruct…
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRH-a) are commonly utilized in moderate to severe endometriosis to induce atrophy of endometriotic lesions. Unfortunately, cessation of therapy can lead to recurrence of symptoms. Therefore, long …
BACKGROUND: Although irregularities in human zona pellucida (ZP) morphology are well described, there is scant literature on the clinical significance of ZP dysmorphology. We, therefore, designed a retrospective cohort trial of ZP dysmorpho…