Willem Ombelet
ORCID: 0000-0002-7206-1537
· 10 papers in corpus
guideline
2026
STUDY QUESTION: What is the recommended prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infertility among individuals and couples? SUMMARY ANSWER: The World Health Organization (WHO) made 40 recommendations and six good practice statements for the…
other
2025
Nearly 200 million people worldwide suffer from infertility. Disparities exist between developed and developing countries due to differences in the availability of infertility care, different reimbursement policies and socio-cultural differ…
observational
2023
BACKGROUND: We developed a simplified IVF culture system (SCS) which has proven to be effective and safe in a selected IVF cohort. METHODS: Preterm birth (PTB) and low birth weight (LBW) of 175 singletons born after using the SCS, 104 afte…
observational
2023
BACKGROUND: Assisted reproductive techniques services are often not accessible to the majority of infertile couples in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) due to high costs. Lowering IVF laboratory costs is a crucial step to make IVF aff…
observational
2021
We wanted to determine the sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) cutoff for clinical pregnancies in women receiving intra-uterine insemination (IUI) with this sperm and to assess the contribution of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection on spe…
observational
2016
This prospective study aims to determine the optimal menstrual phase and uterine location to detect the thickest junctional zone by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Healthy nulliparous women were subdivided according to their use of hormon…
rct
2011
BACKGROUND: This multicenter, double-blinded RCT investigated the efficacy of GnRH antagonists in cycles with mild ovarian hyperstimulation (MOH) followed by IUI in subfertile women. METHODS: Couples diagnosed with unexplained, male factor…
diagnostic-accuracy
2009
OBJECTIVE: To determine the ability of acoustic streaming to discriminate between endometriomas and other adnexal masses. METHODS: We used data from 1938 patients with an adnexal mass included in Phase 2 of the International Ovarian Tumor …
2008
Acoustic streaming is the movement of fluid in a cyst due to energy transfer from the US wave. A previous study reported that absence of acoustic streaming could be a typical characteristic of an endometrioma (Eoma). The aim is to examine w…
observational
1997
BACKGROUND: Interleukin-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine with a wide range of physiological activities. It plays an important role in the immuno-neuro-humoral axis during stress and surgery. METHODS: Serum interleukin-6 in parturients was measu…