Fertility and sterility

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the pathophysiology of catamenial pneumothorax (CP) due to thoracic endometriosis and support the theory of the transdiaphragmatic passage of air from the genital tract through diaphragmatic perforations caused by en…

OBJECTIVE: To report preterm birth and small for gestational age (SGA) rates from assisted reproduction technologies (ART) patients with ovarian endometriomata compared with control groups. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Ter…

The 2007 Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility convened scientists, health care professionals, community groups, political representatives, and the media to hear presentations on the impact of environmental…

In this study, we sought to examine the association between P receptor +331G/A polymorphism and endometriosis. We excluded any relationship between endometriosis in general and the P receptor +331G/A polymorphism but found a significant ass…

OBJECTIVE: To determine racial differences in self-reported infertility and in risk factors for infertility in a cohort of black and white women. DESIGN: A cross-sectional analysis of data from the longitudinal Coronary Artery Risk Develop…

We report on a patient with a bowel endometriotic nodule that was hypointense on both T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); histologic examination revealed that the MRI appearance of the nodule was due to the presence of ext…

OBJECTIVE: To determine in vivo whether LH supplementation during the late follicular phase induces ovarian follicle angiogenesis in humans, as reflected by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, its soluble receptor sFlt-1, and place…

OBJECTIVE: To provide a survey of various gynecological conditions causing chronic pelvic pain (CPP) that might be diagnosed by hysteroscopy. DESIGN: Review article. SETTING: Departments of obstetrics and gynecology and pathophysiology of…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid (ALA) on human adenomyosis xenografts in a mouse model. DESIGN: Human adenomyosis tissues were implanted SC into nude mice. We measured 5-aminolevulinic aci…

OBJECTIVE: To establish fertile and subfertile groups of males in couples presenting with endometriosis-related infertility in the female. DESIGN: Retrospective study of semen profiles on partners of women undergoing surgery for endometrio…

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether serum interleukin (IL)-8 concentration can be measured in patients with ovarian endometrioma and whether this measurement is a useful tool in diagnosing this disease. DESIGN: A controlled clinical study and …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the short-term surgical outcomes in women undergoing fertility-sparing laparoscopic excision of deeply infiltrating pelvic endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Tertiary referral center for trea…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pathogenesis of endometriotic pain. DESIGN: Retrospective nonrandomized immunohistochemical study. SETTING: A university hospital, Department of Gynecology. PATIENT(S): Twenty human endometriotic specimens w…

OBJECTIVE: To report a successful treatment of symptomatic adenomyosis using magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS). DESIGN: Case study. SETTING: General hospital. PATIENT(S): A 47-year-old premenopausal woman with…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the localization of tenascin expression in the endometrium of women without endometriosis and in endometriotic implants, and to determine the in vitro regulation of tenascin by E(2) in these tissues. DESIGN: Exper…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of electrocoagulation on ovarian reserve after laparoscopic excision of ovarian cysts and the possible mechanisms. DESIGN: A prospective study. SETTING: Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of a univer…

The knockdown of PR-B by siRNA resulted in a significant increase in proliferation in an immortalized endometrial stromal cell line. This suggests that PR-B knockdown might be responsible, at least in part, for increased proliferation and r…

This article discusses the history surrounding the debate on the etiopathology of endometriosis, specifically deep infiltrating endometriosis, and traces the controversies in its management that are as pertinent today as they were when the …

OBJECTIVE: To review the malignant potential of endometriosis based on epidemiologic, histopathologic, and molecular data. DESIGN: Literature review. RESULT(S): The pathogenesis of endometriosis remains unclear. The histopathologic develo…

OBJECTIVE: To report the successful management of bladder endometriosis with laparoscopic and transurethral partial cystectomy. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Tertiary-care university hospital. PATIENT(S): A 36-year-old woman with bladder…

Pain associated with endometriosis requires careful evaluation to exclude other potential causes and may involve a number of different mechanisms. Both medical and surgical treatments for pain related to endometriosis are effective and choi…

OBJECTIVE: To explore novel endometriosis serum biomarkers by surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS). DESIGN: First, we aimed to discover the potential biomarkers of endometriosis by SE…