Pieterse QD

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2017-2023

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  • infertility 1
2023
The effectiveness of immediate versus delayed tubal flushing with oil-based contrast in women with unexplained infertility (H2Oil-timing study): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-023-02385-1

BackgroundIn women with unexplained infertility, tubal flushing with oil-based contrast during hysterosalpingography leads to significantly more live births as compared to tubal flushing with water-based contrast during hysterosalpingograph…

2022
Economic evaluation of endometrial scratching before the second IVF/ICSI treatment: a cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomized controlled trial (SCRaTCH trial).
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deab261

Study questionIs a single endometrial scratch prior to the second fresh IVF/ICSI treatment cost-effective compared to no scratch, when evaluated over a 12-month follow-up period?Summary answerThe incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) …

2021
Endometrial scratching in women with one failed IVF/ICSI cycle-outcomes of a randomised controlled trial (SCRaTCH).
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deaa268

Study questionDoes endometrial scratching in women with one failed IVF/ICSI treatment affect the chance of a live birth of the subsequent fresh IVF/ICSI cycle?Summary answerIn this study, 4.6% more live births were observed in the scratch g…

2017
Endometrial scratching in women with implantation failure after a first IVF/ICSI cycle; does it lead to a higher live birth rate? The SCRaTCH study: a randomized controlled trial (NTR 5342).
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-017-0378-y

BackgroundSuccess rates of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) are approximately 30%, with the most important limiting factor being embryo implantation. Mechanical endometrial injury, also called 'scratching', has been proposed to positi…