PURPOSE: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) guarantees high fertilization rates and could theoretically lead to higher implantation rates as well. Furthermore injection into oocyte creates a hole in the zona pellucida similar to the pr…
PURPOSE: Since the Austrian propagation bill of July 1, 1992, was passed into law, Austrian physicians are committed to offer psychological counseling to women before performing assisted reproductive techniques, unless refused by the patien…
Forty healthy female volunteers aged between 19 and 35 years (27.3 +/- 4.1 years) with normal menstrual cycles were included in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to investigate the influence on the hemostatic system of an…
Twenty-two healthy female volunteers with normal ovulatory cycles, aged between 20 and 34 years (27.3 +/- 4.1), were included in a single-center, noncomparative study to investigate the modulation of ovarian function by an oral contraceptiv…
The laser has gained increasing importance during recent years as a useful addition to the physician's therapeutic armoury. Reports on successful prostatectomy by ultrasound-guided laser coagulation in an animal model encouraged us to evalu…