Different ultrasound parameters have been used to assess endometrial receptivity during ART treatment, including endometrial thickness, endometrial pattern, endometrial volume, Doppler of uterine arteries and endometrial blood flow. However, conflicting results have been reported with regard to their role in the prediction of pregnancy in ART treatment. The 3D ultrasound with power Doppler prov...

BACKGROUND Conflicting results have been published about the determinants of pregnancy after oocyte donation (OD). We used the OD model to determine predictive factors of pregnancy in the recipient after frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FTET) in a specific series where all the embryos were cryopreserved without any prior selection for fresh transfer. METHODS We report a retrospective study in a...

An ultrasonographic evaluation of the endometrium was performed in 158 patients undergoing ovarian stimulation for an in-vitro assisted reproduction programme. Endometrial thickness was evaluated in 109 patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for female indications and in 49 patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for male indications. The maximal endometrial thickn...

critical appraisal ❖ évaluation critique Endovaginal ultrasound to exclude endometrial cancer and other endometrial abnormalities. Should we still be screening patients with post-menopausal bleeding using endometrial sampling now that endovaginal ultrasound (EVUS) is available? Type of article and design Meta-analysis by two reviewers. Family physicians often see patients with post-menopausal b...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSG) affects endometrial thickness, implantation rates, and clinical pregnancy rates in routine, unselected IVF cycles. DESIGN Registered, individually randomized, two-group, parallel double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial. SETTING Academically affiliated private clinical and research center. PATIENT(S) 14...

BACKGROUND Surgical treatment of failed medical abortion may be performed several weeks after initiation of the abortion. There are no recognized methods for early identification of these late failures. We assessed the prognostic values of beta-hCG and ultrasonography in predicting late failure after medical abortion. METHODS A total of 694 consecutive women with gestational age (GA) <63 days...

We aimed to investigate the effect of adding sildenafil vaginal gel to clomiphene citrate (CC) in infertile women with prior CC failure. METHODS This is a self- controlled clinical trial. Women with CC failure (in prior 5 cycles) and thin endometrium were recruited (N = 42). In their 6th (CC only) cycle, women continued on CC 100 mg/ day for 5 days, and had measurement of endometrial thicknes...

To explore the related factors on the clinical pregnancy outcome in intrauterine insemination, a retrospective study was conducted on the clinical data of 580 cycles for 301 infertile couples who were treated with intrauterine insemination. The female age, male age, duration of infertility, treatment protocols, endometrial thickness and sperm parameters were compared between pregnant group and ...

Aim: To describe the appropriate management of women with postmenopausal bleeding (PMB). Study Design: Descriptive study in one year (Jan – Dec, 2012). Method: All patients with postmenopausal bleeding in one year were investigated and managed. Basic investigation was trans-vaginal sonography. Those with endometrial thickness more than 4 mm were further investigated by dilatation and curettage,...