BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Chlamydia trachomatis is a well recognized sexually transmitted pathogen. Besides its potential to produce genital tract infection, C. trachomatis is increasingly being associated with long-term complications like infertility. The present study was undertaken to assess the role of C. trachomatis in female infertility as such data are lacking. METHODS Women of primary a...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to test whether the use of sonography contrast could enhance the chance of spontaneous clinical pregnancy in women undergoing subfertility investigation. METHODS Couples with at least 1 year of infertility who were scheduled for a consultation including a hysterosalpingo contrast sonography (HyCoSy) were invited to participate in the study. We compared flus...

Background: Infertility is defined as one year unprotected intercourse without pregnancy. It greatly affects couples' quality of life, and has great impact on their careers, everyday activities, sexual and non-sexual relationships. Objective: To study the prevalence of both primary and secondary infertility and demographic characteristics of it in Yazd province. Materials and Methods: We studie...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of infertility, both primary and secondary, outcome of pregnancy, occupation, and uptake of medical services in a total population of women from a geographically defined area. DESIGN A postal questionnaire survey of an age cohort of women who had completed their fertility, and who were randomly selected from the Grampian Health Board's primary care register. ...

BACKGROUND Sub-fertility is inability to ensure child bearing when it is wanted. Prevalence of sub-fertility in industrialised countries has been quoted as 20%, and seems to be on the rise. Traditional way to assess the uterine cavity, tubal structure and tubal patency was hysterosalpingography but it has now been largely superseded by laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. The objective of this study w...

BACKGROUND Primary infertility is a health issue among women over the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and causes of primary infertility based on a population-based study in an urban area of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional study, a total of 1067 married women who participated in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study were randomly selected using syst...

background: leptin is a polypeptide hormone secreted by white adipose tissue in proportion to body energy. although the participation of leptin in female reproduction is well established any role in male reproductive function is at best tenuous. objective: the objective of this study was to compare the leptin concentration in human seminal plasma and then the relationships between seminal lepti...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of sperm parameters on pregnancy rate following Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) in primary and secondary infertile patients. STUDY DESIGN An observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Assisted Conception Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, from January 2004 to January 2006. PATIE...

Background: Female infertility varies widely by geographic location around the world. In 2010, there was an estimated 48.5 million infertile couples worldwide, and from 1990 to 2010 there was slight change in levels of infertility in most of the world. In 2010, the countries with the lowest rates of female infertility included the South American countries of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Bolivia, ...