Showing papers in "Fertility and Sterility in 2009"

TL;DR: It is the view of the AE-PCOS Society Task Force that PCOS should be defined by the presence of hyperandrogenism, ovarian dysfunction, and/or polycystic ovaries, and the exclusion of related disorders.

TL;DR: This glossary will contribute to a more standardized communication among professionals responsible for ART practice, as well as those responsible for national, regional, and international registries.

TL;DR: Fertility outcomes are decreased in women with submucosal fibroids, and removal seems to confer benefit, and more high-quality studies need to be directed toward the value of myomectomy for intramural fibros, focusing on issues such as size, number and proximity to the endometrium.

TL;DR: It was shown that AMH has at least the same level of accuracy and clinical value for the prediction of poor response and nonpregnancy as AFC.

TL;DR: Radiofrequency electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones may lead to oxidative stress in human semen and speculate that keeping the cell phone in a trouser pocket in talk mode may negatively affect spermatozoa and impair male fertility.

TL;DR: The MRI performs similarly to TVS and RES for the diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis but has higher sensitivity and likelihood ratios for uterosacral ligament and vaginal endometiosis.

TL;DR: Lifestyle management should be used as the primary therapy in overweight and obese women with PCOS for the treatment of metabolic complications and for reproductive abnormalities, lifestyle modification may improve ovulatory function and pregnancy.

TL;DR: Melatonin could become an important medication for improving ovarian function and oocyte quality, and open new opportunities for the management of several ovarian diseases.

TL;DR: Reproductive surgery is indicated in infertile women belonging to the study population, regardless of pain symptoms or transvaginal ultrasound results, since half of them have endometriosis and 40% of those without endometRIosis have fertility-reducing pelvic pathology.

TL;DR: GnRHa administration before and during combination chemotherapy for breast cancer may preserve posttreatment ovarian function in women <40 years, and long-term studies are required.

TL;DR: Ass reproductive technology is expensive from a patient perspective but not from a societal perspective, and only countries with funding arrangements that minimize out-of-pocket expenses met expected demand.

TL;DR: Because the absolute incidence of imprinting disorders is small (<1:12,000 births), routine screening for imprinting Disorders in children conceived by ART is not recommended.

TL;DR: Circulating AMH has the ability to predict excessive and poor response to stimulation with exogenous gonadotrophins, and has the potential to be incorporated in to work-up protocols to predict patient's ovarian response to treatment and to individualize strategies aiming at reducing the cancellation rate and the iatrogenic complications of COH.

TL;DR: This pilot study suggests that oocytes can be obtained before cancer treatment efficiently irrespective of the phase of the menstrual cycle.

TL;DR: BZA (20 mg)/CE (0.625 or 0.45 mg) significantly reduced the frequency and severity of hot flushes and improved measures of vaginal atrophy compared with placebo, and is an effective and safe treatment for menopausal symptoms.

TL;DR: Patients with septate uterus and no other cause of sterility have a significantly higher probability of conceiving after removal of the septum than patients affected by idiopathic sterility.

TL;DR: There is a significant risk for mood disorders (defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and this finding together with a high conversion risk for depression over a 1- to 2-year period underscores the importance of routine screening and aggressive treatment of mental health disorders in this population.

TL;DR: BZA/CE combinations decreased bone turnover and bone loss in postmenopausal women at increased risk for osteoporosis.

TL;DR: Dienogest is as effective as intranasal BA in alleviating endometriosis, and causes less BMD loss.

TL;DR: Although it is unclear whether interventions before conception or early in pregnancy such as resection of the rudimentary horn and prophylactic cervical cerclage decidedly improve obstetrical outcomes, current practice suggests that such interventions may be helpful.

TL;DR: Insufficient evidence exists to recommend most of the treatments proposed to improve pregnancy rates in poor responders, but there is some evidence to suggest that addition of GH, as well as performing embryo transfer on day 2 versus day 3, appear to improve the probability of pregnancy.

TL;DR: The ENG implant is an efficacious and safe method of contraception which does not require patients' consistent action.

TL;DR: Volume transvaginal ultrasound appears to be extremely accurate for the diagnosis and classification of congenital uterine anomalies and may conveniently become the only mandatory step in the assessment of the uterine cavity in patients with a history of recurrent miscarriage.

TL;DR: Pregnancies achieved with vitrification of oocytes after OS and IVM treatments do not appear to be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and Vitrification of IVM oocytes represents a novel option for fertility preservation.

TL;DR: It appears that in the hands of a skilled laparoscopic surgeon, the RALM does not offer any major advantage and this technology, however, offers exciting potential applications while learning endoscopic surgery.

TL;DR: Women and girls who reported seeing a gynecologist first for symptoms related to endometriosis were more likely to have a shorter time to diagnosis, to see fewer physicians, and to report a better experience overall with their physicians.

TL;DR: Surgical management of endometriomas has no significant effect on IVF pregnancy rates and ovarian response to stimulation compared with no treatment, and Randomized controlled trials are needed before producing best-practice recommendations.

TL;DR: It is time to rethink the language of "reproductive tourism," replacing it with more accurate and patient-centered terms that reflect the numerous difficulties and constraints faced by infertile patients who are "forced" to travel globally for assisted reproduction.

TL;DR: The exogenous administration of coenzyme Q(10) increases the level of the same and ubiquinol in semen and is effective in improving sperm kinetic features in patients affected by idiopathic asthenozoospermia.

TL;DR: BZA (20 mg) was the lowest effective dose that prevented endometrial hyperplasia over 2 years of study, creating the possibility for a new, progestin-free menopausal therapy.