ABSTRACT Background: In order to evaluate the role ofketoconazole in the prevention of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) undergoing ovarian stimulation with gonadotropins, a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study was done on one-hundred and nine PCOS women that had been refeiTed to be treated by gonadotropi...

In the last decades, several steps have been made aiming at rendering human IVF more successful on one side, more tolerable on the other side. The "mild" ovarian stimulation approach, in which a lower-than-average dose of exogenous gonadotropins is given and gonadotropin treatment is started from day 2 to 7 of the cycle, represents a significant step toward a more patient's friendly IVF. Howeve...

Background: Ovarian reserve and ovarian response both are of the most important key factors in infertility treatment. Anti mullerian hormone (AMH) is one of lab tests that can predict ovarian reserve. relation between this assay and ovarian response can guide physition to choose the best protocol for the worst reserve. Materials and Methods: In a prospective cohort study, 110 infertile women (2...

AIM To determine whether minimal stimulation with clomiphene and gonadotropin provides outcomes and direct costs comparable with those of a conventional GnRHa-gonadotropin stimulation protocol for infertile patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. METHODS A non-randomized clinical trial was conducted from 1 July 1996 to 31 March 2003 at the Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Unit, Ramat...

Treatment strategies for the infertile couple with endometriosis must be based on the specific situation. Traditional medical therapy for endometriosis, such as progestins, danazol, and GnRH agonists, have been shown to have little impact on enhancing spontaneous pregnancy rates despite well described beneficial effects on reducing pain. For the young women with only minimal or mild endometrios...

Recent advances in the technology of vitrification of human oocytes and embryos have increased the opportunities for fertility preservation in cancer patients. Ovarian stimulation in this group of patients is associated with some unique challenges. A controversy in this field rotated around the hypothesis that the transient elevations of estrogen during an IVF cycle may stimulate tumor growth; ...

background: the ability of the ovary to respond to exogenous gonadotrophin stimulation and development of several follicles is essential in assisted reproductive technology. neither age and regularity of menses nor follicular phase fsh and estradiol concentrations are reliable predictors of ovarian response. day 3 serum inhibin-b level, during induction ovulation, has been proposed as a predict...

background: despite extensive progress in ivf techniques, one of the most difficult problems is the variability in the response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (coh). recent studies show the effects of individual genetic variability on coh outcome. objective: to evaluate the correlation between lhβ g1502a polymorphisms in exon 3 of the lh gene and ovarian response to coh. materials and m...

background: c-reactive protein (crp) can be increased after hormonal stimulations. the changes of crp might affect the success of in-vitro fertilization (ivf). objective: the aim of this study was to determine the possible relationship between the serum crp level and outcome of controlled ovarian stimulation, and pregnancy rate in patients undergoing ivf or intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ic...

Background: The affordable protocol to prevent the severe OHSS in two groups of patients PCO syndrome and non PCO high responder. Methods and Materials: PubMed and Medline were searched from January 2000 till end of May 2014. This Study investigates whether the mild protocol is associated to prevent severe OHSS in infertile female. Results: According to this survey, 9 studies were included and ...