Petra De Sutter

Research questionIs implantation impaired in patients with endometriosis undergoing IVF and intracytoplasmatic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles?DesignA retrospective matched cohort study was carried out on IVF/ICSI cycles with fresh single emb…

BACKGROUND: Clinical guidelines are intended to improve healthcare. However, even if guidelines are excellent, their implementation is not assured. In subfertility care, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) guid…

BACKGROUND: We postulated that impaired endometrial differentiation in women with pelvic endometriosis predisposes for pre-eclampsia. METHODS: A retrospective case-control study set at the University of Ghent IVF centre. The incidence of pr…

Subfertility is a statistical concept. When a pregnancy has not been achieved within a year of unprotected intercourse, the odds are that an underlying pathological mechanism is at play. Advanced female age, longer duration and primary infe…