PurposeThe use of antioxidants is common practice in the management of infertile patients. However, there are no established guidelines by professional societies on antioxidant use for male infertility.Materials and methodsUsing an online s…
We report 2 patients with pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis and elevated serum and peritoneal fluid levels of Ca-125. The first was a young and infertile women who had cul-de-sac nodularity and dysmenorrhea. The other was postmenopausal and pr…
The study was conducted to investigate the effect of conservative surgery of ovarian endometriomas before an ICSI cycle. Ninety-nine patients with endometriomas who were referred to an intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycle were enro…
ObjectiveTo assess the impact of endometriosis on the outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome.Study designRetrospective case-control study which enrolled 1280 consecutive cycles of 834 couples of ICSI with ejaculated sper…
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether insulinlike growth factor I (IGF I), IGF II and IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP 3) in serum and peritoneal fluid (PF) correlate with the presence and severity of endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Case-control study inc…
Study objectiveTo evaluate the extent of adhesion formation after laparoscopic removal of endometriomas.DesignProspective case series.SettingA university hospital.PatientsNineteen infertile women with ovarian endometriomas.InterventionsAll …
Unilateral or bilateral cystectomy for endometriomas was performed in 90 infertile women. Using a multipuncture technique, a cortical incision was made on the medial aspect of the ovary with sharp-tipped unipolar coagulation. Cystectomy was…
ObjectiveTo determine the results of IVF-ET in couples with long-standing unexplained infertility who had failed to conceive with four to six cycles of superovulation and IUI.DesignRetrospective case control series.SettingUniversity IVF-ET …
Despite widespread use of operative laparoscopy for removal of endometriomata, there are inadequate data regarding subsequent adhesion formation. We performed second look laparoscopy (SLL) within 6 months of laparoscopic endometriosis cyste…