OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to compare from a societal perspective the costs of systemic methotrexate administration with those of laparoscopic salpingostomy for the treatment of patients with tubal pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN An economic evaluation was set up in tandem with a multicenter randomized clinical trial that compared systemic methotrexate administration and laparoscopic salping...

background: the most frequent physical finding in infertile men is varicocele, in which one of the mechanisms that can affect seminal parameters is oxidative stress. objective: our study aimed, for the first time, to compare the efficacy of recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (rhfsh), human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) and human menopausal gonadotropin (hmg) on sperm parameters and f...

BACKGROUND In screening for Down's syndrome in the second trimester of pregnancy, the concentrations of alpha-fetoprotein, the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin, and intact human chorionic gonadotropin in material serum are widely used markers. We investigated a new marker, dimeric inhibin A, and compared its predictive value with that of the established markers. METHODS Serum samp...

Background: Urinary human chorionic gonadotropin is the most widely used medicine for ovulation in ovarian stimulation cycles. Recently however, recombinant HCG has also become commercially available. This study presents compare the use of recombinant hCG with urinary hCG during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intra uterine insemination (COH-IUI ) cycles Materials and Methods: This is s...

introduction: ectopic molar pregnancy is a rare occurrence and consequently not often considered as a diagnostic possibility. in this article, an attempt was made to stress on the need for histopathological examination and follow up of every case of ectopic pregnancy. this was substantiated with the help of a case report. case presentation: a 30-year-old gravida 4, para 3, pregnant woman with a...