This study aimed to investigate the association between sonographic features of adenomyosis defined by the revised MUSA criteria and pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET). All autologou…
Despite the large number of studies on blastocyst transfers, it is unclear whether day 6 blastocysts have similar pregnancy rates and safety with day 5 blastocysts. Thus, this study aimed to compare the obstetric, neonatal, and clinical out…
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects fertility and could be toxic to the ovary. Endometrioma per se and surgical interventions for endometrioma significantly reduce the ovarian reserve. Therefore, to prepare for su…
A tuboovarian abscess (TOA) during pregnancy following oocyte retrieval is extremely rare. We report a rare case of pregnancy complicated by the development of a TOA following in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer that was treated successf…
OBJECTIVE: To study the association of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) polymorphisms (-2578C>A, -1154G>A, -634G>C, and 936C>T) with premature ovarian failure (POF) in Korean patients. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective case-control study.…
PURPOSE: This study investigated the effects of HB-EGF on expression of integrin alphanubeta3 and implantation of embryos. METHODS: Two-cell embryos were recovered and cultured with or without 10 ng/mL HB-EGF for 96h. Expression of integri…
Objective: To investigate whether fetal microchimeric cells were detected in ovarian tissues with pelvic endometriosis. Methods: Ovarian tissues with endometriosis were obtained from five women who had at least one live-born son and who und…