KEY MESSAGE: Menstruation of adolescent girls might be influenced by Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, however, the ovarian reserve estimated by AMH is not compromised. BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested that the acute respiratory syndrome cor…
OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of patients' immunization after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine on frozen-thawed embryo t…
OBJECTIVE: Nowadays, different modes and timing of GnRH-agonist combined with hCG trigger, for final follicular maturation, have been described. While LH + FSH are the naturally occurring final follicular maturation trigger, hCG is commonly…
OBJECTIVES: To evaluates the effect of different modes of final follicular maturation triggering on the degree of apoptosis of granulosa cells (GCs) and the potential effect on progesterone secretion. METHODS: Thirty patients undergoing co…
OBJECTIVE: No information exists in the literature regarding the effect of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine on subsequent IVF cycle attempt. We therefore aim to assess the influence of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine on IVF treatments. DESIGN: An observati…
Hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) is considered an acceptable alternative for hysterosalpingography (HSG). By combining HyFoSy with two and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) ultrasound and hysterosonography, a complete fertility work-up …
To assess the association between cesarean delivery and ovarian reserve, as compared to vaginal delivery. A prospective case control study conducted at a single tertiary medical center between June 2018 and June 2019. Study population inclu…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the change in endometrial thickness between the end of the estrogen phase and the day of embryo transfer has an impact on the pregnancy rate in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles. DESIGN: Retrospectiv…
Evaluation of the uterine cavity, tubal patency and the ovaries is an essential part of fertility work-up, traditionally done by two-dimensional ultrasound (2D US), hysterosalpingography (HSG) or hysteroscopy. The implementation of foam hys…
BACKGROUND: For the last year we have been treating normal responders with gonadotropins and letrozole during the whole stimulation in order to improve response to FSH by increasing the intrafollicular androgen concentration, and to reduce …
The field of assisted reproductive technology is rapidly progressing with many new advances in the last decade. The present review discusses methods to improve oocyte quality in older women and new stimulation protocols that may improve the…
PURPOSE: Several replacement protocols for frozen-thawed ET (FET) exist, with no advantage of one protocol over the others. In the present study, we aim to evaluate the outcome of natural cycle FET with modified luteal support. METHODS: Al…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mRNA expression of genes related to steroidogenesis and OHSS in granulosa cells (GCs) of patients triggered with GnRH agonist compared to patients triggered with hCG. DESIGN: Mural GCs were obtained at the tim…
BACKGROUND: Various inflammatory cytokines have been implicated in the pathophysiology of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, as well as, various pregnancy complications, including preterm labor, pregnancy induced hypertension/preecla…