Oxidative stress (OS) has been recognized as a significant cause of suboptimal assisted reproductive outcome. Many of the sperm preparation and manipulation procedures that are necessary in the in vitro environment can result in excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) thereby exposing the gametes and growing embryos to significant oxidative damage. Antioxidants have long been util...

Introduction Although embryo transfer provides a means of obtaining pregnancies from some mares that might not otherwise be capable of producing offspring, some mares cannot provide embryos for transfer. Mares in which embryo transfer may not be successful include those with: 1) failure of ovulation, 2) chronic endometritis (uterine inflammation), or 3) anatomical problems (e.g., cervical adhes...

Background: To investigate whether endometrial volume on the day of HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) administration is a predictor of ART (assisted reproductive outcome) outcome Materials and Methods: Two hundred and seven patients in ART cycle were included in this prospective study; In order to evaluate endometrial volume and its relationship to ART outcome. Endometrial volume obtained from...

Background: The use of assisted reproductive technique has been common for more than two decades that the success of these methods depends on several factors. However, despite the advances of modern infertility treatment succeed rate remains low. And despite the fact that in many cases the cause of infertility is clear, but in many cases the cause is unknown. In Iranian Traditional Medicine the...

A growing body of U.S.-based research demonstrates that reproductive coercion is an important consideration regarding the negative health impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV). However, less work on IPV and reproductive coercion has been done in West African settings. Cross-sectional data of 981 women who participated in the baseline survey of a randomized-controlled trial in rural, Côte d...

background successful pregnancy is the ultimate goal of almost all couples. however, this pleasant event is usually accompanied psychological and behavioral changes and can result in stress in women, particularly women who pregnant by assisted reproductive technology methods (arts). objectives this study aims to determine the anxiety level during pregnancy and its relation with infertility fact...

Objective To verify the hypothesis that the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities increases in babies conceived by different assisted reproduction procedures. The availability of the umbilical cord blood encouraged us to study this hypothesis via this method. MaterialsAndMethods This is a descriptive study, umbilical cord blood samples of assisted reproductive technology (ART) children were an...

PURPOSE Because of diagnostic improvements in the evaluation of uterine anomalies, more patients desirous of pregnancy come to clinicians with identified uterine anomalies. It is desirable for the family physician, internist, and obstetrician/gynecologist to provide accurate information during preconceptional counseling of these patients. This review attempts to provide a concise summary of the...