Alan H. DeCherney

Despite the multiple advantages of assisted reproductive technology compared with surgery, there remain several diagnoses for which surgery is still widely performed: distal tubal occlusion, regret of permanent sterilization, and endometrio…

Of the 60.2 million women in the United States who were of reproductive age in 1995, about 1.2 million, or 2 percent, had had an infertility-related medical appointment within the previous year, and about 15 percent had received infertility…

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of glandular and stromal endometrial tissue outside the uterus. It occurs most frequently in the reproductive organs, other pelvic viscera, and the peritoneum and is estimated to be present in 3 to 1…

Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a major health care problem that affects 20 million women in the United States and accounts for > 1 million fractures per year. Hormone replacement therapy is effective for reducing bone loss in the postmenopa…

ObjectiveTo compare stimulation and outcome variables for IVF in stimulated cycles when ova are retrieved during diagnostic infertility laparoscopy versus transvaginal ultrasound (US) directed retrieval and to investigate the presence of un…

Assisting with the management of endoscopic complications Postoperative nausea and vomiting Anesthesia for laparoscopy Insufflation needle insertion techniques: management of perforation of bowel and bladder Acute urinary retention after la…

Hysteroscopy provides a means of accurately diagnosing and treating most forms of abnormal uterine bleeding. Submucous myomas and endometrial polyps may be easily removed with the resectoscope. If the myomas are large, pre-treatment with Gn…

Cortical and trabecular bone masses were measured by quantitative computed tomography of the distal radius in 41 women (30 +/- 1 yr) with endometriosis documented by laparoscopy and compared to those in 35 normal women (32 +/- 1 yr). Hormon…

Outline of Contents: Introduction Ovarian factors Cervical factors Uterine factors Habitual abortion Tubal factors Endometriosis Endoscopy and lasers in reproductive surgery Andrology - a gynecologist's view Andrology - a urologist's view I…

Gynecologic use of lasers in the performance of operative procedures continues to expand. The potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP/532) laser has a wavelength in the visible spectrum and is transmitted along a fiber. This laser was used in the …