Intrauterine insemination (IUI) remains a therapeutic option within means of the majority of infertile couples in Malaysia. Therefore additional information on predictors of IUI success in the local context would provide a more concrete basis for counseling patients on expectations and treatment options. A retrospective analysis of 297 couples who underwent 445 IUI cycles from Jan 2005-Mar 2006...

BACKGROUND Several evidences indicate that premature luteinization (PL) may affect IVF outcome. The primary end-point of the present study was to verify the effect of PL on the pregnancy rate (PR) of our oocyte-donation programme. METHODS PL was defined as serum progesterone > or = 1.2 ng/ml on the day of HCG. We analysed retrospectively 240 oocyte-donation cycles in which 120 women donated t...

The objectives were to examine the effects of bovine somatotropin (bST), pregnancy, and dietary fatty acids on expression of key endometrial genes and proteins regulating prostaglandin synthesis in lactating dairy cows. Two diets were fed, at about 17 d in milk (DIM), in which oil of whole cottonseed (control diet) was compared with calcium salts of fish oil-enriched lipid (FO). Ovulation was s...

objective: repeated implantation failure (rif) is a condition in which the embryos implantation decreases in the endometrium. so, our aim was to evaluate the effect of local endometrial injury on embryo transfer results. materials and methods: in this simple randomized clinical trial (rct), a total of 120 patients were selected. the participants were less than 40 years old, and they are in thei...

objective : this study investigated the effect of body mass index (bmi) on the success rate of ivf for couples with different causes of infertility. materials and methods : in a cross sectional descriptive- analytic study conducted simultaneously in mehr ivf center and vali-e-asr reproductive health research center, the success rate of ivf was examined in 396 consecutive women undergoing ivf cy...

backgrownd: studies in regions with seasonal climatic variations have revealed a correlation between human natural conception and birth rates. holidays and other cultural activities probably have influence on conception, but the ambient temperature and emotional influences on the female hormones related to fertility may play an important part in the seasonal variation in conception. objectives:...

background: the use of assisted reproductive technology (art) is increasing in the world. the rate, efficacy and safety of art are very different among countries. there is an increase in the use of intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi), single fresh embryo transfer (et) and frozen-thawed embryo transfer (fet). objective: the objective of this study was to compare pregnancy rate in fresh et a...

background: there is increasing evidence that psychological factors like anxiety and depression can affect ivf/icsi treatment results. objective: this study aimed to clarify the role of women’s anxiety and depression on the outcome of art cycles using intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi). materials and methods: this was a prospective pilot study. one hundred six (106) consecutive women unde...

background: conventional ivf and icsi are two common techniques to achieve fertilization. ivf has long been used for treatment of infertility, although it is not an effective treatment in severe male infertility. the use of icsi has been expanded in severe male factor and fertilization failure after ivf cycle. in spite of the widespread use of icsi in patients with non-male factor infertility, ...

background: routine use of assisted hatching (ah) following icsi is a controversial issue in the literature. there are rare studies regarding the effect of laser assisted hatching (lah) on live birth rate. objective: our main goal was to evaluate the effect of lah on delivery rate as well as congenital anomaly in patients undergoing their first icsi cycle. materials and methods: a total of 182 ...