background & aim: stress and anxiety due to waiting for treatment results and uncertainty of treatment success are common problems in infertile women. acupuncture has been suggested as an effective strategy to relieve anxiety. this study aimed to review the available evidence on the effects of acupuncture on anxiety in infertile women. methods: this systematic review was conducted via searching...

Background: FIVCAT.NET is the registry of human assisted reproductive techniques (ART) in Catalunya to which all authorised centres are obliged to declare their activities. The Background of the present study is to describe the data on effectiveness of the ART in Catalunya over the period 2001-2005 and to compare our findings with other similar registries. Materials and Methods: The data were o...

sperm dna is known to contribute one half of the genomic material to the offspring. the integrity of sperm dna is important in fertilization, embryonic and fetal development, and postnatal child well being. the nature has created multiple barriers that allow only the fittest sperm to reach and fertilize an oocyte. however, assisted reproductive techniques (art), like ivf and icsi, may allow spe...

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...

the success rate of several advanced basic and clinical techniques in the field of mammalian biotechnology, including cloning, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, and assisted reproductive techniques (art) depends mainly on the success rate of pregnancy following in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (ivfet). the techniques used in art have advanced considerably since the first in vitro fertil...

Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) is the simultaneous occurrence of intra- and extrauterine pregnancies. It is a rare event in spontaneous pregnancies with an incidence of less than 1:15000 however the frequency has increased to 1% in accordance with the widespread use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART). The pre-operative diagnosis of this condition is generally difficult and it would be life t...

BACKGROUND This study assessed the long-term effects of cancer therapies on reproductive status in adult male childhood cancer survivors, evaluated the treatment-related risk factors for hypergonadotropic hypogonadism and assessed the association between the FSH levels and the later need for assisted reproductive techniques (ART). METHODS The study cohort included adult male 5-year survivors ...

Background & aim: The experience of having a child is a new experience that can be challenging for mothers. However, this experience can be different for mothers who are subjected to assisted reproduction techniques, compared to mothers with normal fertility experience. The assisted reproductive techniques influence the attitudes and expectations of mothers towards the...