R C Strickler

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ability of an ultrasound (US)-measured periovulatory endometrial thickness to predict conception in hMG-stimulated cycles. DESIGN: Retrospective. SETTING: A university-based tertiary practice. PATIENTS: One hun…

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF alpha) is present in elevated levels in peritoneal fluid from infertile women with endometriosis. The effect of TNF alpha on human sperm motility in vitro was evaluated utilizing peritoneal fluid from infertile wo…

One hundred twenty-two infertility patients with endometriosis were evaluated and treated using laparoscopy and laser vaporization to provide immediate elimination of all intraperitoneal disease. Ninety-five couples (77.8%) had one or more …

Ovulatory dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB), a disease prevalent in the latter half of the reproductive years, is diagnosed when organic causes for bleeding have been excluded by clinical, laboratory, and surgical diagnostic means. Disor…

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is not a specific diagnosis. It encompasses a spectrum of endocrinologic dysfunction which must be considered in reference to the presence or absence of ovulation. Specific causes must not be forgotten, partic…

A 23-yr-old woman whose initial complaint was infertility demonstrated glandular stromal dissociation with failure of the endometrial stroma to undergo pseudodecidualization in repeated endometrial biopsies taken late in the luteal phase. A…

Adenomyosis was present in 161 of 1619 consecutive hysterectomy specimens. Adenomyosis coexisted with other pelvic pathology in 97 women and was the only histologic finding in 64 women. Most patients were 35 to 50 years of age, parous, whit…

One thousand sixty-one laparoscopic procedures (80% for diagnostic indications and 20% for therapeutic indications) performed during a 51-month period were reviewed to assess the effectiveness of laparoscopy in improving clinical diagnosis …