Showing papers in "Fertility and Sterility in 2011"

TL;DR: Endometriosis impairs HRQoL and work productivity across countries and ethnicities, yet women continue to experience diagnostic delays in primary care, and a higher index of suspicion is needed to expedite specialist assessment of symptomatic women.

TL;DR: The clinical pregnancy rate per transfer was significantly greater in the cryopreservation group than in the fresh group, which strongly suggest impaired endometrial receptivity in fresh ET cycles after ovarian stimulation, when compared with FET cycles with artificialendometrial preparation.

TL;DR: Systematic collection and dissemination of international ART data allows patients, health professionals, and policy makers to examine and compare the impact of reproductive strategies or lack of them as markers of reproductive health.

TL;DR: The ovarian AFC and serum levels of AMH correlate with the ovarian primordial follicle number even after adjustment for chronological age.

TL;DR: A genomic tool composed of a customized microarray and a bioinformatic predictor for endometrial dating and to detect pathologies ofendometrial origin can be used clinically in reproductive medicine and gynecology and the transcriptomic signature is a potential endometrian receptivity biomarkers cluster.

TL;DR: Women with PCOS exhibit an elevation in circulating CRP that is independent of obesity, which corroborates existing molecular evidence of the chronic low-grade inflammation that may underpin the pathogenesis of this disorder.

TL;DR: Vitrification is an efficient method to preserve oocytes, although more large controlled clinical trials are needed to strengthen this conclusion.

TL;DR: Morphology and aneuploidy are linked at the blastocyst stage, however, the association is weak, and consequently, morphologic analysis cannot be relied on to ensure transfer of chromosomally normal embryos.

TL;DR: These results provide the first epidemiologic evidence of an adverse effect of BPA on semen quality and similar dose-response associations were observed among men with environmental BPA exposure at levels comparable with those in the U.S population.

TL;DR: It is recommended that all women with PCOS be screened for dyslipidemia, including LDL-cholesterol and nonHDL-ch cholesterol determinations, for effective cardiovascular risk prevention.

TL;DR: It is suggested that higher age, smoking, alcohol consumption, and psychological stress were risk factors for semen quality and that health programs focusing on lifestyle and psychological health would be helpful for male reproductive health.

TL;DR: Array-CGH is proved to be highly robust and specific when applied to rapid (24-hour) analysis of single cells biopsied from cleavage-stage embryos and is validated by reanalyzing the same embryos with another technique (e.g., FISH).

TL;DR: The Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique (FIGO) has designed the PALM-COEIN classification system for causes of AUB in the reproductive years.

TL;DR: In this paper, age-specific serum anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) values for women presenting to U.S. fertility clinics were determined for single-year median and mean AMH values with SDs.

TL;DR: Careful definition of populations and classification of outcomes should optimize objective interpretation of research, allow objective assessment of future reproductive prognosis, and hopefully lead to improved clinical care of women initially identified to have a PUL.

TL;DR: When differentiating between order and mode of conception, it seems that assisted reproductive technology plays a role in meanBirth weight and risk of low birth weight and preterm birth.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate the incidence of endometriosis in an operative cohort of women seeking clinical care and in a matched population cohort to delineate more fully the scope and magnitude of the endometria in the context and beyond clinical care.

TL;DR: This is the first report linking increased paternal BMI and clinical pregnancy and live birth rates after ART treatment, and further work to elucidate the mechanisms involved is required.

TL;DR: The AMH overproduction in anovulatory polycystic ovaries (PCO) may therefore restrict folliculogenesis by an inhibitory effect on FSH sensitivity, thereby contributing to anovulation.

TL;DR: Endometriosis symptoms such as chronic, incapacitating pelvic pain and infertility negatively and substantially impact the physical and mental health status, health-related quality of life, and productivity at work of women.

TL;DR: Elevated follicular FFA levels are associated with poor COC morphology, and further work is needed to determine what factors influence follicularFFA levels and if these factors impact fertility.

TL;DR: Endometriotic cyst formation and associated structural tissue alterations in apparently normal ovarian cortex may be a cause of reduced ovarian reserve and early diagnosis and intervention may be beneficial in women with endometriomas to protect their ovarian function.

TL;DR: Rapidly advancing technologies are bringing new biomarkers to the clinical arena that promise to further reveal the complexities of the implantation process, and reliable methods to assess "receptivity" have not been established or adequately validated.

TL;DR: The variability regarding the definition of poor ovarian responders appears to be striking, and the Bologna criteria developed by European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology consensus in 2011 aim to define a consistent group of patients need to be tested through clinical trials.

TL;DR: In an emergent setting, ovarian stimulation can be started at a random cycle date for the purpose of fertility preservation without compromising fertilization rates in letrozole cycles.

TL;DR: Sperm DNA testing by the alkaline Comet assay is useful for both diagnosis of male factor infertility and prediction of IVF outcome.

TL;DR: The mechanism of action of selective progesterone receptor modulators (SPRMs) is discussed and the preclinical and clinical efficacy and safety data supporting the potential use of these compounds for gynecologic indications are summarized.

TL;DR: Although individual patient costs vary, these cost estimates developed from actual patient treatment experiences may provide patients with realistic estimates to consider when initiating infertility treatment.

TL;DR: The effect of SDF on the probability of pregnancy can be calculated independent of the fertilization procedure or sperm origin; this can be overcome when good quality oocytes are employed.

TL;DR: LESS provides an advantage over conventional multiaccess LPS in terms of postoperative pain and need for rescue analgesia, with similar perioperative outcomes.