Thomas Åbyholm

STUDY QUESTION: Do endometriomas induce an inflammatory reaction with increased cytokine concentrations in nearby follicles and thereby affect follicular development during controlled ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization (IVF)? SU…

ObjectiveTo assess success rates of IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in women with various stages of endometriosis.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingReproductive medicine unit in a university hospital.Patient(s)Infertile women…

BACKGROUND: Down-regulation with GnRH agonist has been suggested to result in a profound suppression of LH bioactivity, reduced estradiol synthesis, and thus impaired IVF and pregnancy outcome. The aims of this study were: (i) to assess the…

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken in order to compare pregnancy outcome after IVF and ICSI in unexplained and endometriosis-associated infertility using tubal factor infertility as controls. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort stud…

There have been numerous inconclusive studies examining the differences between unexplained and peritoneal endometriosis-associated infertility. Hence, the choice of artificial reproductive technique may be difficult. This prospective study…

BACKGROUND: To compare the outcome of in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer (IVF-ET) in unexplained infertility and infertility associated with minimal peritoneal endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective analysis comparing results of stimul…

The purpose of this study was to report the success rate of the first IVF treatment in 161 patients who attended our department in 1988. The indications for IVF were tubal damage in 84 couples (52.1%), unexplained infertility and endometrio…

The Authors present a series of 200 infertile women, who underwent a diagnostic curettage as part of the evaluation of infertility. 18.6 per cent of the patients became pregnant after this procedure after correction for other causes of infe…