Contraception, fertilite, sexualite

The relationship between endometriosis and infertility is not clear despite a large literature. 30-40% of women with endometriosis are infertile, compared to fewer than 10% in the general population. A direct relationship has never been pro…

Contraception in women with endometriosis is unusual. In case of mild asymptomatic endometriosis all contraceptive methods may be used except predominant estrogenic action pills. In case of severe endometriosis if score is upon 70 or adhesi…

Progestational contraception (CMP) is rarely used. In France, its indications are not clearly defined. The prescription is justified when there is a contra-indication to estrogen use (uterus fibroids, endometrial hyperplasia, endometriosis,…

During a 9-month period, 84 female patients received post-coital contraception consisting either of an association of ethinyl estradiol/norgestrel or of danazol, in order to compare the safety and any adverse reaction of these 2 treatments.…

Some controversies regarding currently used contraceptive methods are reviewed. There are no newly available estrogens for oral contraceptives (OCs), but 2 progestins are coming into use: cyproterone acetate, which has a potent antiandrogen…

Contraceptive use of normal dosed progestins continues to be useful for many women who cannot use other contraceptive methods, but appropriate use depends on perfect knowledge of their modes of action, advantages, disadvantages, dosages, an…

141 patients with tubal pregnancies underwent complete salpingectomy in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Port Royal, Paris between January 1, 1977-January 31, 1984. Usually, a tubal pregnancy occurs in the affected tube. Ampul…

Records of 2180 tubal sterilizations carried out using the Yoon procedure between March 1978-March 1980 in a pilot family planning clinic in Tunis, Tunisia, were examined to assess the medical, social, and psychosexual impact of the operati…

This review summarized the regulation of testicular function and the theoretical aspects subject to male contraception, lists and tabulates steroids effective in inhibiting spermatogenesis, and evaluates vasectomy in the light of the fact t…

The authors have analyzed samples of peritoneal liquid to determine how and in which measure the level of steroid hormones allows to distinguish between follicular rupture and ovulation, and follicular luteinization without rupture and lack…

Endometriosis is certainly responsible for many instances of infertility, although its physiopathological mechanism is not very clear. Tubal endometriosis can lead to occlusion of the tubes, ovarian endometriosis can cause adhesions, and pe…

Danazol (2-3 isoxazole-17 beta ethinyltestosterone) is an antigonadotropin used to treat endometriosis. It has a half-life of 4.4 hours in humans. It has no known teratogenic or embryotoxic effects. Danazol use causes slight alterations of …