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Study objectiveTo determine the prevalence of reproductive pathology in a group of infertile women thought to be at low risk for altered pelvic anatomy.DesignRetrospective chart review and follow-up (Canadian Task Force classification II-2)…

Leuprolide acetate was used to produce a constant hypoestrogenic environment in a young patient with histologically confirmed adenomyosis. Conservative medical therapy was initiated because of the patient's complaint of severe dysmenorrhea …

Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) was performed on 77 women with endometriosis in 92 cycles with or without concomitant laser therapy or electrofulguration of endometriosis. The pregnancy rates were 45% for laser cases, 25% for electrof…

The YAG laser with the contact sapphire probe has definite advantages over other laser systems. Compared with CO2 lasers, its flexible fiber delivery system can be more easily used. Moreover, the laser can be used within a liquid environmen…

Fecundity rates were measured for 302 patient-couples in 991 cycles of intrauterine insemination (IUI) between January 1984 and December 1986 in terms of the diagnoses and whether human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) was also employed. Those…

Laparoscopic surgery with the Nd:YAG laser generator and a sapphire probe was performed in 43 women for relief of pain and/or infertility associated with endometriosis and in two other women for treatment of an asymptomatic adnexal enlargem…

The neodymium:yttrium-aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser was used via laparoscopy in 84 patients complaining of infertility and/or pelvic pain. All patients in the study had biopsy-proven or visually confirmed pelvic endometriosis. The Nd:YAG l…

Treatment with nafarelin, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, reversibly inhibits ovarian function and induces hypoestrogenemia. To determine the efficacy of such hormonal manipulation in the treatment of endometriosis, we randomly as…

Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) was performed in 19 cycles on 15 couples whose infertility had proven resistant to other treatments. Indications included infertility associated with immunologic factors, seminal deficiencies, endometri…

Thirty-three dysmenorrheic patients were given ibuprofen, aspirin and a placebo in a double-blind crossover study, with each drug taken during one of three successive menstrual cycles in random sequence. Paired drug comparisons demonstrated…