Showing papers in "Fertility and Sterility in 2007"

TL;DR: Although uterine myomas presently are not well understood, many advances have been made in the understanding of the hormonal factors, genetic factors, growth factors, and molecular biology of these benign tumors.

TL;DR: A significantly increased risk of depressive disorders (as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV) in women with PCOS is reported and routine screening in this population is recommended.

TL;DR: There are major gaps in knowledge regarding the natural history of the altered ovarian function in women who carry the FMR1 premutation, making counseling about reproductive plans a challenge and specialists in reproductive medicine can provide a supportive environment in which to explain the implications.

TL;DR: Clinical pregnancy and live-birth or ongoing pregnancy rates increase significantly with increasing endometrial thickness, independent of the effects of patient age and embryo quality.

TL;DR: Obese women have lower AMH levels compared to non-obese women in the late reproductive years, and the findings offer further evidence of the complex relationships between obesity and reproductive hormone levels in women.

TL;DR: Excess weight exerts an extraovarian detrimental effect in the reproductive outcome of obese patients, and the role of the endometrium or its environment seems to be subtle but should be taken into account.

TL;DR: Rapid, noninvasive metabolomic profiling of human embryo culture media using Raman or near-infrared spectroscopy combined with bioinformatics correlates with pregnancy outcome.

TL;DR: Surgical varicocelectomy in infertile men with palpable lesions and at least one abnormal semen parameter improves the odds of spontaneous pregnancy in their female partners, and suggests that varicocephalectomy in selected patients does indeed have beneficial effects on fertility status.

TL;DR: A correlation between embryo development and chromosomal complement makes the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities significantly higher in embryos dividing according to a time frame and a symmetry plan which are different from what are expected.

TL;DR: Sperm DNA fragmentation measured 2 to 5 months before the assisted reproduction procedure was a prognostic indicator of the fertilization, pregnancy, and miscarriage rates and the pregnancy outcome.

TL;DR: Most patients with OHVIRA syndrome can be treated solely with single-stage vaginoplasty, and routine laparoscopy is not essential to management.

TL;DR: The DNA of STI pathogens was detected in semen from a high percentage of asymptomatic male infertility patients, and was associated with poor semen quality, and efforts to diagnose and treat subclinical genital-tract infections should be intensified.

TL;DR: Differences in results between studies can be explained by the technology used and are not affected necessarily by differences in design and patient allocation.

TL;DR: This is the first randomized, double-blind trial of an adhesion reduction agent and demonstrated that Adept is a safe and effective adhesion Reduction agent in laparoscopy.

TL;DR: Widespread clinical use of Mullerian Inhibiting Substance may await the availability of an international standard for MIS so that results using different assays may be reliably compared.

TL;DR: Many options are now available to women with uterine myomas, according to the presently available literature regarding the treatment of myomas.

TL;DR: The proportion of women with low desire increased with age while theportion of women distressed about their low desire decreased with age, which may explain why no association between HSDD and age is often reported in the literature.

TL;DR: Minilaparotomic and laparoscopic myomectomy improves in a similar manner the reproductive outcomes in patients with unexplained infertility, whereas the Laparoscopic approach provides the best benefits in fertile patients with symptomatic leiomyomas.

TL;DR: Although most oncologists at academic medical centers discuss the risk of infertility with female patients, referrals to reproductive endocrinologists are rare andGynecologic oncologist may be more likely than others to consider modifying treatment to preserve fertility.

TL;DR: Antimüllerian hormone (AMH) was found to be predictive of the number of oocytes and theNumber of embryos, but not of embryo quality or the chance of a pregnancy, after IVF/ICSI.

TL;DR: Oocyte donation using vitrified/warmed oocytes can provide high pregnancy and implantation rates, and thus can be considered as efficient treatment procedure with additional benefits to recipients.

TL;DR: Despite the increased medical knowledge and use of improved reproductive technologies, heterotopic pregnancy still remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to practitioners.

TL;DR: The risk of metabolic syndrome may vary among the four phenotypes of PCOS based on the Rotterdam criteria, and new information may be of relevance in counseling women with PCOS although larger studies may be needed to validate the findings.

TL;DR: The altered immune environment may allow survival of endometriotic cells that enter the abdominal cavity and changes in signal transduction pathways support a change in the communication among cells of the endometrial explant compared with eutopic endometrium.

TL;DR: The predictive performance of ovarian volume toward poor response is clearly inferior compared with that of AFC, and the AFC may be considered the test of first choice when estimating quantitative ovarian reserve before IVF.

TL;DR: The aberrant expression of these genes suggests that aberrant methylation may be rampant in endometriosis, and provides a strong piece of evidence that endometiosis ultimately may be an epigenetic disease.

TL;DR: Older maternal age and higher plurality are each associated with increasing risks for many pregnancy complications, but with significantly lower risks of tocolysis, early preterm birth, and infant mortality.

TL;DR: Proteomic technology was used to compare sperm protein expression profiles in asthenozoospermic patients with that of normozoosPermic donors and 10 differentially expressed proteins were identified.

TL;DR: The results suggest that carrying cell phones near reproductive organs could negatively affect male fertility, and this work is concerned with male fertility in rats exposed to cellular phone emissions.

TL;DR: Local injury to the endometrium prior to controlled ovarian stimulation may considerably improve implantation rates and pregnancy outcomes in intracytoplasmic sperm injection patients with high-order implantation failure.