International journal of fertility and women's medicine

PURPOSE: The purpose of the present study is to compare intrauterine insemination (IUI) pregnancy rates (PR) as a function of diagnosis and ovulation protocol utilizing an extended semen transport time. This allowed clients to conveniently …

The coexistence of endometriosis and Turner's syndrome is extremely rare, and therefore poses certain questions on the mechanisms of endometriosis. We present a case of a 27-year-old woman with Turner's syndrome [(46, X(x) (q10); 45X], prim…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of danazol and leuprorelin acetate on CA-125 levels during treatment for endometriosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty women with laparoscopically diagnosed and treated endometriosis, and 50 women without …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the breakthrough bleeding in endometriosis patients treated with Lupron-Depot alone, norethindrone acetate following Lupron-Depot, and norethindrone acetate alone. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 71 women with symptomatic surgic…

Endometriosis is a disease that is wide-ranging in location and highly varied in clinical presentation, and of probably complex etiology. Since convincing studies on this condition are few, many physicians maintain a traditional perspective…

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 …

A 55-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for evaluation of a lower abdominal mass. Menopause had occurred at age 52 years. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a partially solid right ovarian tumor, an appearance su…

Chronic pelvic pain has a prevalence of 15% to 30% of reproductive-age women. It causes a sizable minority of all gynecological visits, and is responsible for much physical and psychological suffering. Although laparoscopic inspection, plus…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of ovulation induction after laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis in an infertile population. DESIGN: An observational prospective study in which infertility cases were treated with laparoscopic …

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…

OBJECTIVE: To see whether medical suppressive treatment might be considered in the treatment of a subgroup of patients. with proximal tubal obstruction (PTO), one of the major causes for infertility, often due to endometriosis of the tubout…

This is a report of a live birth after conservative surgery for severe adenomyosis following diagnosis by MRI and therapy with GnRH-a. A 33-year-old gravida 1 para 1 woman with a 5-year history of secondary infertility received a gonadotrop…

Hysterectomy is the second most commonly performed major operation in the United States. Approximately one in three women will have this operation, resulting in 590,000 procedures per year. The most common indications for hysterectomy are l…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of norethindrone acetate (NA) treatment in 52 women with dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, noncyclic pelvic pain who had a diagnosis of endometriosis by laparoscopy. RESULTS: Dysmeno…

Extrapelvic endometriosis (EPE) is rare, and often associated with uterine procedures. Four cases of EPE are presented. The relationship between pelvic endometriosis and infertility is discussed. Pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment are …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether or not continuous combined HRT used with GnRH-a for the treatment of endometriosis can prevent hypoestrogenic side effects associated with GnRH-a. METHODS: Forty premenopausal women …

OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate the usefulness of combined treatment of a Gn-RH agonist and assisted reproduction in the management of infertile women with endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective evaluation of goserelin's action (Gn-RH(a)) in the exten…

Injectable contraceptions appeal to women who value the efficacy, convenience, and safety provided by this reversible birth control option. Since FDA approval for contraceptive use in 1992, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)--already …

DESIGN: The levels of TNF-a, sCD8, and sCD4 were measured in serum samples taken from 20 women. Blood samples for TNF-a, sCD8 and sCD4 levels were taken from 10 endometriotic women before treatment, during the last 15 days of a 6-month admi…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the therapeutic effectiveness in infertile couples with anovulatory, mild endometriosis-related and unexplained infertility of a personalized approach to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) (group A) on the b…