OBJECTIVE: To estimate the risk of a multiple gestation pregnancy in ovarian stimulation intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles when stratified by patient age and mature follicle number. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study a…
OBJECTIVE: To compare live-birth rates, blastocyst to live-birth efficiency, gestational age, and birth weights in a large cohort of patients undergoing single versus double thawed blastocyst transfer. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. …
OBJECTIVE: To characterize relationships associated with adverse endometrial development in patients undergoing IUI for unexplained infertility. DESIGN: A retrospective review of 2,929 patients from 2004-2011. SETTING: Large metropolitan …
The prevalence of moderately elevated TSH levels consistent with subclinical hypothyroidism (2.5-4.0 μIU/mL) was 23% in a cohort of 1,231 women pursuing assisted reproductive technologies. Preconception elevated levels of TSH were associate…
OBJECTIVE: To examine cycle outcomes among patients demonstrating an attenuated ovarian response that proceeded to oocyte retrieval to those converted to intrauterine insemination (IUI). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Large …
BACKGROUND: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a component of infertility treatment often employed when conventional in vitro fertilization is unlikely to be successful. Despite good clinical results with ICSI, the procedure is typi…
The difficulty of pretherapeutic demonstration of endometriosis externa (at best about 50% correct diagnoses) requires histological confirmation. This demands a surgical procedure in which is best to remove all the endometrioses. The radica…