Obesity-related pathophysiological mechanisms adversely affect human fertility and infertility treatment. Conventional anthropometric indices for assessing obesity poorly differentiate visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose …
The objective of this study was to measure the different redox biomarker levels within the follicular fluid (FF) and evaluate correlations with embryo quality using the one follicle-one oocyte/embryo approach. The prospective study included…
IntroductionFollicular and serum vitamin D are considered potential markers of the oocyte and embryos' quality and predictors of in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes.MethodsThis retrospective cross-sectional study correlated vitamin D in s…
Introduction. Hepatic pregnancy is an extremely rare form of ectopic pregnancy, and represents a difficult challenge for both diagnostics and treatment. Case outline. A 40-year-old gravida 0 para 0 patient in 6 + 0 gestational weeks was adm…
BACKGROUND: Our recent clinical observations put into question the routine hormonal therapy for pneumothorax recurrence prevention, in patients operated for catamenial pneumothorax (CP). METHODS: Retrospective review of the treatment of fou…