Predicting the outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is one main goal of the present research on assisted reproduction. To understand whether density gradient centrifugation (DGC), used to select sperm, can affect sperm DNA integrity and impact pregnancy rate (PR), we prospectively evaluated sperm DNA fragmentation (sDF) by TUNEL/PI, before and after DG...

Lymphoma rarely occurs during pregnancy, making this condition difficult to define. Lymphomas that occur in reproductive organs during pregnancy exhibit unique clinical characteristics. Among the limited cases, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) shows a considerably higher incidence rate than Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL); NHL also displays clinical characteristics, such as high aggressiveness, advanced st...

OBJECTIVE To perform conventional and microdissection testicular sperm extraction (TESE) at the same session and compare their effectiveness. DESIGN Prospective comparative study. SETTING University hospital setting. PATIENT(S) The study included 335 patients with nonobstructive azoospermia. INTERVENTION(S) Microdissection TESE was performed to 77 patient with atrophic testes. An additi...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis affects fertility negatively. The study aims to evaluate whether laparoscopic surgery combined with oral contraceptive or herbs were more effective than laparoscopic alone in improving fecundity and pelvic pain in women with minimal/mild endometriosis. METHODS A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in 156 infertile women with minimal/mild endometriosis. Aft...

In this work we determined progesterone receptor (PR) mRNA content in female rabbit lung during the first 5 days of pregnancy and in ovariectomized animals after subcutaneous injection of oestradiol benzoate (25 micrograms/kg) for 2 days or oestradiol benzoate (25 micrograms/kg) for 2 days plus a single dose of progesterone (5 mg/kg) on day three. On each day (0-5) of pregnancy and 24 h after t...

BACKGROUND There are some fertility-sparing treatments in patients with early endometrial cancer (EEC) or atypical complex hyperplasia (ACH), and the objective is to compare them by evaluating the oncologic and reproductive outcomes. METHODS We searched the published literature using Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases up to January 3, 2017, with various combinations of ke...

Background Endometriosis affects fertility negatively. The study aims to evaluate whether laparoscopic surgery combined with oral contraceptive or herbs were more effective than laparoscopic alone in improving fecundity and pelvic pain in women with minimal/mild endometriosis. Methods A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in 156 infertile women with minimal/mild endometriosis. After...

background: frozen- thawed embryo transfer is an essential part of art treatment and outcomes of this procedure are associated with several clinical factors. several studies have showed an increase level of ivf outcomes in women with sufficient vitamin d. objective: whether treatment of vitamin d insufficiency can improve pregnancy rates in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles. materials and me...

OBJECTIVES This study aims at estimating the prevalence of women with induced abortion among women of childbearing age (15-49 years) who had any previous pregnancy, in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the last quarter of 2008, and identifying the Sociodemographic Characteristics (SC) associated with it. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was carried out. The dependent variable was dichotomized...

introduction: from maturity to menopause, women are worried about pregnancy. abstinence from sex or use of pregnancy prevention methods are choices for them. as abstinence is impossible, the only remaining choice is use of pregnancy prevention methods. effective control of pregnancy is really essential for the health of mother and infant and also control of unplanned increase in population. reg...