To evaluate the effect of peritoneal fluid (PF) on preimplantation mouse embryo development and apoptosis, PF was obtained from women presenting with (n = 7) and without endometriosis (n = 7). Mouse embryos were cultured to the blastocyst s…
BACKGROUND: Leptin influences the proinflammatory immune responses and has angiogenic activity in vitro and in vivo. The objective of this study was to evaluate the peritoneal fluid levels of leptin in patients with endometriosis and idiopa…
OBJECTIVE: The exact chemical composition of hydrosalpingeal fluid is unknown. The objective of this study was to characterize cytokines in hydrosalpingeal fluid (HSF) and examine their possible role in the embryo development. STUDY DESIGN…
The surgical robot has the potential to enable a laparoscopic approach to procedures that are presently performed by laparotomy due to the technical difficulties intrinsic to laparoscopy. The use of the current robot prototypes are not cost…
In Brief Objective To examine the indications and surgical morbidity for women veterans who underwent hysterectomies in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAs). Methods Data on hysterectomies performed in VAs from 1991 to 1997 …
PURPOSE: Our purpose was to examine the effect of treated mild pelvic disease on the outcome of superovulation with intrauterine insemination (SO/IUI). METHODS: Three hundred cycles of SO/IUI were retrospectively reviewed for 118 women wit…
OBJECTIVE: To examine the presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the follicular fluid of women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) and identify its role in pregnancy outcome. STUDY DESIGN: In this prospective study, ROS and total…
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis contributes to infertility by impairing sperm motion and functional characteristics. METHODS: Women with endometriosis (n = 20) underwent laparoscopy for infert…
A case of laparoscopic excision of a rudimentary horn is presented. The anatomical features of this case are contrasted with others in the published literature. A 23 year old nulligravida presented with severe dysmenorrhoea and a pelvic mas…
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether reactive oxygen species in peritoneal fluid might be a factor in infertility. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Andrology laboratory and gynecology clinic at a tertiary care facility. PATIENT(S): Women w…
Pregnancy rates with endometriosis-associated infertility may be improved by laparoscopic surgery or laparotomy for moderate to severe disease. Surgery for minimal to mild disease does not increase pregnancy rates. Medical treatment has not…
OBJECTIVE: The null hypothesis of our study is that the success of in vitro and in vivo murine fertilization and embryo development is not decreased by gamete exposure to peritoneal fluid from superovulated patients with endometriosis. STU…
Intrauterine insemination is widely used for the treatment of infertility as a result of cervical or male factors or empirically before in vitro fertilization or gamete intrafallopian transfer. This study was designed to confirm or refute t…