Acta Europaea fertilitatis

In the period 1979-1983, 102 patients with endometriosis underwent conservative surgery at Ia Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Milan University. Treatment indications, techniques and results are presented. 34.3% of the women were in stage …

Fifteen patients with obstructive salpingitis isthmica nodosa were studied. Histologically the tubal lumen was narrowed in all cases and in five patients the central tubal lumen could not be detected at all. In all cases an at least slight …

The authors have studied, in 120 women with sterility, the incidence of endometriosis in the laparoscopic diagnostics, the development of pathology after the treatment by Danazol alone (600 mg/daily/6 months) or preoperative Danazol and sub…

The advantages of microsurgical anastomosis for cornual occlusion are evaluated in a series of 82 pure cases of pathologic cornual occlusion. The term pregnancy rate was 44% and the ectopic pregnancy rate was 7%. The following factors were …

The Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT) was carried out in 12 couples with unexplained infertility, in 2 cases with infertility associated with mild endometriosis, in 1 case of hostile mucus and 3 cases in which phymosis of the ampulla an…

From January 1985 to December 1985 we have performed 83 GIFTS for various indications such as unexplained infertility, immunological problems, endometriosis, male factor, fimbrial pathology. In 82 women out of 83, oocytes and sperm have bee…

The surprising disagreement in treatment results obtained by the various authors treating endometriosis is in large part due to differences in the severity of the disease. Only the adoption of a satisfactory staging system allows valid comp…

The possible role of prostaglandins in infertility associated with endometriosis is not fully understood. We therefore compared the efficacy of danazol, the drug chosen for treating this disease with that of indomethacin, an anti-prostaglan…

Effects of danazol plus testosterone enanthate on rabbit vas deferens are investigated. Seminal, biochemical tissue and histological studies were performed. Sperm motility was markedly impaired with the advancement of treatment. At the end …

Increasing concentrations of estradiol, testosterone, progesterone (1.10(-10) to 1.10(-7] and Danazol (1.10(-9) to 1.10(-6) M) have been added to male rat pituitary cells maintained in monolayer cultures for a preincubation period of three …

Twenty five patients were operated on for isthmic tubal occlusion. In 15 cases (60%) the etiology of this lesion was salpingitis isthmica nodosa. Of the other 10 cases, three showed tubal endometriosis and another three isthmic fibrosis. In…

33 infertile women with normal ovulatory cycles were investigated for the presence of a Luteinized Unruptured Follicle Syndrome (L.U.F.) using steroid hormone assays in peritoneal fluid and laparoscopic visualization of ovulation stigmata. …

The Authors present a series of 200 infertile women, who underwent a diagnostic curettage as part of the evaluation of infertility. 18.6 per cent of the patients became pregnant after this procedure after correction for other causes of infe…

Fifty two consecutive women underwent microsurgical reconstruction of the tubes. Thirty one percent conceived and 19% delivered live infants. Medical history suggestive of pelvic infection was obtained in 44% of the women. Fifty four percen…

There is general agreement that unopposed estrogen therapy can cause cystic hyperplasia of the endometrial mucosa, and it is also possible a progression of this lesion towards borderline forms of hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma in patients w…

The form of sterility which is called "unexplained" is an entity which acquires various definitions as our knowledge and means of exploration gradually progress. At the moment, the frequency of this type of sterility if of about 10% of case…

Nodular salpingitis and tubal endometriosis have been referred to in succession as salpingiosis, diverticulosis, adenomyosis of the oviduct, endometrioid conditions, etc. This varied terminology underscores their etiopathogenetic and morpho…

Nodular salpingitis and tubal endometriosis are dystrophic disorders (salpingioses) the clinical importance of which is mainly due to their interference with female fertility. We have studied 42 cases of women operated for tubal sterility, …

Antifertility and oestrogenic effects of Danazol have been studied in female mice. Danazol brings about suppression of ovarian weight, presumably by inhibiting gonadotropin secretion. Enlargement of uterine horns and well defined vaginal ke…

Plasma progesterone and estradiol estimations were performed in the diagnosis of 299 unselected menstruating patients complaining of infertility. Plasma progesterone levels were measured during the luteal phase of the cycle 5-10 days before…

Twenty-five female patients, aged 14 to 49, and suffering from syptoms of virilization (hirsutism, acne, seborrhea and alopecia) were treated with an estrogen-progestogen combinantion, i.e. cyproterone acetate and ethinylestradiol, having a…

The histological examination made by means of tubal section allows us to predict; in a large number of cases, the functional future of the tubes after plastic surgery. The results obtained through surgical treatment of the various internal …