Omar Shebl

PURPOSE: Taking into consideration earlier attempts at assisted reproduction and previous pregnancies allows a more differentiated approach when counseling couples regarding their chances in assisted reproductive treatments. The aim of this…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the diagnostic performance of preoperative application of the Enzian classification (cEnzian) using surgical findings as reference standard. DESIGN: A prospective international non-interventional study. SETTING: Twelv…

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether ionophore application at the oocyte stage changes the morphokinetics of the associated embryos in cases of artificial oocyte activation. METHODS: In a prospective sibling oocyte approach, 78 ICSI patients with …

BACKGROUND: In the general population, the incidence of accessory breast tissue, a congenital malformation, is 1-5%. The most common site is the lower axilla. Detecting such tissue may be problematic, and accessory breasts below the umbilic…

It has been suggested that during pregnancy, endometriosis can cause a variety of disease-related complications.

Background. It has been suggested that, during pregnancy, endometriosis can cause a variety of disease-related complications. Objectives. The purpose of the study was to find out if women with histologically confirmed endometriosis do have …

Endometriose beeinflusst die Fertilität von Frauen und ist einer der Gründe von frustranem Kinderwunsch. Der Einfluss der Endometriose im Rahmen einer assistierten Reproduktion ist in vielen Arbeiten diskutiert. Im Sinne der Reduktion von M…

Endometriose stellt nicht nur einen Krankheitswert in Zusammenhang mit Schmerz und Kinderwunsch dar, sondern kann auch Einfluss auf die Schwangerschaft haben.

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis affects up to 15% of women of reproductive age. There is an obvious lack of studies dealing with morphological parameters of oocyte morphology in endometriosis patients in assisted reproduction. One aim of the st…

Does endometriosis affect the choice of mode of delivery and do women who underwent surgery because of endometriosis have a higher risk for adverse pregnancy outcome and complications during labor?

AIM: To evaluate whether the classic risk factors for Allen-Masters syndrome, such as body mass index (BMI) and spontaneous births, are in fact responsible for the condition in patients with endometriosis. METHODS: A total of 26 women who …

PURPOSE: The literature includes a wealth of medical data on endometriosis, but the economic significance of the condition has so far been neglected. An analysis of hospital costs for endometriosis in Austria was, therefore, carried out for…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent to which the Enzian classification correlates with the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (rASRM) score and clinical symptoms in women with deeply infiltrating endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospe…

PURPOSE: The most widely accepted classification for endometriosis is the Revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (rASRM) system, but this does not take deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) into account. The Enzian classificat…

PURPOSE: The objectives of this study were to examine the age distribution among women suffering from endometriosis and to establish that endometriosis is not a disease that occurs only in premenopausal women. The null hypothesis was that t…

The revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (rASRM) score is currently the best-known classification of endometriosis and is the one most widely used throughout the world. It is relatively easy to use, but it does not take into a…

OBJECTIVE: This prospective study was set up in order to analyze whether additional treatment (cutting off supernumerous cumulus cells; adding hyaluronidase) of the cumulus-oocyte-complex (COC) would help to improve treatment outcome. MATE…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the anti muellerian hormone (AMH) serum levels in women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: A case-control study SETTING: Women's General Hospital, Linz, Austria. PATIENT(S): Our study included a total of 909 pa…

Fragestellung: In einer rezenten Studie konnte ein schlechteres Ansprechen von Patientinnen mit Endometriose auf eine ovarielle Stimulation gezeigt werden. In der Literatur wird immer häufiger das AMH als möglicher prädikativer Parameter zu…