Surgical sperm retrieval through percutaneous epididymal aspiration was used to manage effectively unexpected obstructive azoospermia on the day of oocyte retrieval.

background: the purpose of present study was to evaluate the role of pre-ovulatory gnrh agonist therapy on ivf outcomes in gnrh antagonist cycles. methods: in this prospective study we recruited 100 infertile women undergoing ivf cycles with gnrh antagonists. the patients were assigned to two groups: group a (the study group, n=42) were assigned for receiving hcg+triptorelin for the final oocyt...

CASEREPORT ] Mr and Mrs C were aged 35. Mr C worked as a bus driver and his wife as a manageress. He was known to have obstructive azoospermia due to congenital absence of the vas deferens and was a carrier of the cystic fibrosis gene mutation R560T. His karyotype was 46XY and his hormone profile was normal. Mrs C was not a cystic fibrosis carrier, her menstrual cycle was regular and she was ov...

BACKGROUND Pelvic inflammatory disease with progression to pelvic abscess is a rare complication after oocyte retrieval during in vitro fertilization cycles. However, in patients with endometriosis the risk appears to be increased. Many authors agree on the need for antibiotic prophylaxis during the oocyte retrieval in these patients, but there is no consensus regarding the best antibiotic. C...

Herein, we report a case of successful mature oocyte retrieval during laparotomy after random-start controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in a 21-year-old nulliparous woman with suspected recurrent ovarian immature teratoma. The patient had been diagnosed with stage IIIC immature teratoma two years earlier following a staging operation, including right oophorectomy and left ovarian cystectomy. A...

During the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedure, the collected oocytes are incubated until just before ICSI. The ideal preincubation time of oocytes was investigated in 544 treatment cycles. Oocyte retrieval was carried out 35 h after human chorionic gonadotrophin administration. Oocytes were cultured for between 1 and 11 h before ICSI. Embryo transfer was performed 48 h after oocy...

background: it is reasonable to think that some biochemical characteristics of follicular fluid (ff) surrounding the oocyte may play a critical role in determining the quality of oocyte and the subsequent potential needed to achieve fertilization and embryo development. objective: this study was carried out to evaluate the levels of ff homocysteine (hcy) in ivf candidate polycystic ovary syndro...

background: there is a fundamental correlation between follicles and endometrium in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi) cycles. objective: to assess the relation between perifollicular perfusion and sub endometrial parameters in doppler ultrasonography and outcome of in icsi cycles. materials and methods: in this prospective deh1ive pilot study 10 patients were enrolled. strict inclusion cr...

background: the purpose of this study was to compare the three different strategies, intravenous (iv) hydroxylethyl starch (hes), iv human albumin (ha), and oral cabergoline (cb) in the prevention of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (ohss). materials and methods: in this prospective randomized clinical trial, 91 women at high risk of developing ohss were allocated into the three groups, group ...