International journal of fertility and menopausal studies

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary endometrial implants, although uncommon, have been well described in the literature. Symptoms occur with menses and may include recurrent pleuritic chest pain, pneumothorax, hemoptysis, or hemothorax. Exacerbation of p…

Patient acceptance of standard cyclic hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) has been poor. One major cause of non-acceptance is thought to be the resumption of menses as a result of induced withdrawal bleeding. In order to prevent bleeding, co…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the diagnostic value of visual findings in the diagnosis of endometriosis from the histological point of view. STUDY DESIGN: 212 specimens from 107 patients with benign (74.8%) or malignant (25.2%) disease were obtained…

OBJECTIVE -- The purpose of this study was to compare the potency of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists nafarelin, buserelin, and leuprolide in a newly developed model of experimental endometriosis, thus further characterizi…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential role of prostaglandins (PGs) in tubal function in endometriosis. SUBJECTS: Fallopian tubes were obtained from 36 women undergoing abdominal total hysterectomy. METHODS: PG production of the human fall…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of nafarelin acetate with danazol in the treatment of dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and pelvic pain associated with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized double-blind controlled study. PATIENTS, SETT…

OBJECTIVE: Steroid hormones, especially estrogens, are known to affect hemostatic risk factors for thromboembolism, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. We examined these risk factors during depression of the serum estradiol concentration by…

OBJECTIVE: To compare CA-125 levels in endometriotic women with normal controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The level of the oncofetal antigen CA-125 was measured in serum samples taken from 40 women, aged 21 to 33 years. Blood samples for CA-12…

OBJECTIVE: Development of an endometriosis classification system based on empirically derived stages of the disease, to supplant the Acosta (1973), Kistner (1977), and American Fertility Society (1985) classifications, which are based on ar…

The relationship between endometriosis and infertility is observed frequently. Patients with both conditions require a conservative approach to their management. Since hormonal therapy is one of those approaches, we sought to compare the ef…

Cycle fecundity was retrospectively analyzed in a group of infertile women after minimal/mild endometriosis had been treated by carbon dioxide laser laparoscopy. Patients were followed in spontaneous (observation) cycles as well as in treat…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate cell-mediated immunity in endometriosis. DESIGN: Peritoneal fluid and peripheral blood samples from 19 women with macroscopic evidence of endometriosis and 26 controls were submitted to 2-color flow cytometric analysi…

In three regions of France, over a period of 1 year, we registered all couples (women and men) who have consulted and obtained a medical evaluation (medical causes and risk factors) for primary or secondary infertility. For women with secon…

Between December 1988 and September 1990, 132 patients were treated with 432 cycles of superovulation with hMG and timed IUI for various infertility subgroups in a private office setting. All patients had a complete infertility evaluation, …