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PurposeTo identify characteristics of female patients and of semen that were associated with live birth following intrauterine insemination (IUI).MethodsRetrospective review of medical and laboratory results from 533 women who underwent IUI…

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 inferti…

BackgroundIn the past, intestinal endometriosis diagnosed at laparoscopy has generally required conversion to conventional surgery. The purpose of this study was to describe the laparoscopic management of colorectal endometriosis at a terti…

PurposeThis study sought (i) to investigate the relationship between postwash total motile sperm count and postwash percentage motile sperm in predicting successful intrauterine insemination and (ii) to determine the minimal postwash total …

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 with…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of reoperation for stage III or IV endometriosis-related infertility versus IVF-ET. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: In vitro fertilization-embryo transfer unit and tertiary infertility clinic. …

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…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the leukocyte subpopulations present in follicular fluid (FF) of infertile patients undergoing IVF-ET for tubal factor, idiopathic infertility, and endometriosis. PATIENTS: Sixty patients undergoing IVF-ET with a tu…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase may play a role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. METHODS: Peritoneal fluids were obtained at laparoscopy from eight fertile women without endometriosis and…

Serum and peritoneal fluid inhibin levels were measured by radioimmunoassay throughout the menstrual cycle in 14 women with endometriosis and in 16 controls. In controls, serum values (+/- standard error of the mean) increased from the earl…