BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis is associated with lower implantation and higher miscarriage rates. Studies on recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and recurrent implantation failure (RIF) have shown that endometrial immune cell populations play a crucia…
ObjectiveTo study the crosstalk between maternal immune cells and the developing embryo by investigating the immunogenic properties of human blastocyst spent media (SM) on dendritic cells.MethodsIn this prospective multicenter experimental …
Endometriosis has been shown to be associated with unfavorable development and maturation of oocytes, as well as aberrancies in embryonal development, including arrest after fertilization, following in vitro fertilization (IVF). Time-lapse …
Abstract Study question How does treatment with GnRH-agonist (GnRH-a) prior to frozen embryo transfer (FET) in women with adenomyosis affect immune cell populations in endometrium and peripheral blood? Summary answer GnRH-a induces a decrea…
Aim This official guideline was published and coordinated by the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG with the involvement of other medical societies. The aim was to provide a consensus-based overview of non-hormonal forms of contraception based on an eval…
Study questionHow should recurrent implantation failure (RIF) in patients undergoing ART be defined and managed?Summary answerThis is the first ESHRE good practice recommendations paper providing a definition for RIF together with recommend…
BackgroundAn increasing number of persons around the world are receiving the diagnosis of gender incongruence, and most of them are in their reproductive years. Safe contraception and fertility preservation are important issues for counseli…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is often associated with severe dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain and dyspareunia and has a high impact on daily life as well as sexuality. Quality of partnership positively influences the course of various diseases and ab…
PURPOSE: To develop a predictive score for the success of intrauterine insemination (IUI) based on clinical parameters. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study evaluating the homologous IUI cycles performed at a single universit…
STUDY QUESTION: What is the global variability in recurrent implantation failure (RIF) definition, investigation and therapy, currently offered to patients undergoing IVF? SUMAMRY ANSWER: Definitions, diagnostic investigations and treatmen…
PurposeThe diagnosis of probable multiple system atrophy relies on the presence of severe cardiovascular or urogenital autonomic failure. Erectile dysfunction is required to fulfil the latter criterion in men, whereas no corresponding item …
PURPOSE: Infertility is a debilitating situation that millions of women around the world suffer from, but the causal relationship between infertility and endometriosis is still unclear. We hypothesize that the immune cell populations of ute…
Introduction Supporting and counselling couples with fertility issues prior to starting ART is a multidisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The first German/Austrian/Swiss interdisciplinary S2k guideline on "Diagnosis and Thera…
Der Verlust der Ovarialfunktion vor dem 40. Lebensjahr wird als prämature Ovarialinsuffizienz (POI) bezeichnet und tritt mit einer Prävalenz von 1 bis 2 % auf. Eine POI liegt vor, wenn eine Amenorrhö bzw. Oligomenorrhö seit 4 Monaten besteh…
Recent developments in reproductive medicine address oocyte morphology, sperm analysis and embryo selection. However, in a subgroup of infertile couples, it is the embryo implantation process that is disrupted. Diagnostic tools to identify …
Fragestellung: Galektine als kohlenhydratbindende Proteine an der Oberfläche von Zellen spielen bei Zelladhäsionsvorgängen eine wichtige Rolle. Die modulatorische Wirkung der Galektine auf T-Lymphozyten spricht für die Beeinflussung immunol…
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) belong to the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors. Recent investigations emphasize a possible involvement of PPAR in obstetric and gynaecologic disorders like polycystic ovarian syndro…