Risks of nonchromosomal birth defects,small-for-gestational age birthweight,and prematurity with in vitro fertilization: effect of number of embryos transferred and plurality at conception versus at birth

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - Excess embryos transferred (ET) (> plurality at birth) and fetal heartbeats (FHB) at 6 weeks’ gestation are associated with reductions...     

Migration speed of nucleolus precursor bodies in human male pronuclei: a novel parameter for predicting live birth

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - To study the relationship between the migration speed of nucleolus precursor bodies (NPBs) in male and female pronuclei (mPN; fPN) and human embryo...     

NLRP7 variants in spontaneous abortions with multilocus imprinting disturbances from women with recurrent pregnancy loss

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - Comparative analysis of multilocus imprinting disturbances (MLIDs) in miscarriages from women with sporadic (SPL) and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL)...     

Impact of thyroid cancer treatment on assisted reproductive technology outcomes in women with infertility

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - We investigated the effect of different surgical procedures and radioactive iodine treatment (RAIT) on in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm...     

The use of metformin in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: an updated review

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a major cause of female infertility, being present in up to 20% of women of childbearing age. Insulin resistance...     

Association of AMH and AMHR2 gene polymorphisms with ovarian response and pregnancy outcomes in Indian women

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - To evaluate the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and AMH type II receptor (AMHR2) genes...     

Inpatient hospitalizations in women with and without assisted reproductive technology live birth

Purpose

The aim of this study is to evaluate frequency of hospitalization before, during, and after assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment by cycle outcome.

Methods

Six thousand and one hundred thirty women residing in Massachusetts undergoing 17,135 cycles of ART reported to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System (SARTCORS) from 2004 to 2011 were linked to hospital discharges and vital records. Women were grouped according to ART treatment cycle outcome as: no pregnancy (n = 1840), one or more pregnancies but no live birth (n = 968), or one or more singleton live births (n = 3322). Hospital delivery discharges during 1998–2011 were categorized as occurring before, during, or after the ART treatment. The most prevalent ICD-9 codes for non-delivery hospital discharges were compared. Groups were compared using chi square test using SAS 9.3 software.

Results

The proportion of any hospitalization was 57.0, 58.3, and 91.3% for women with no pregnancy, no live birth, and ART singleton live birth, respectively; the proportion of non-delivery hospitalizations was 30.4, 31.0, and 28.3%, respectively. The non-ART delivery proportion after ART treatment did not differ by group (33.4, 36.2, and 36.9%, respectively, p = 0.17). Most frequent non-delivery diagnoses (including fibroids, obesity, ectopic pregnancy, depression, and endometriosis) also did not differ by group. A secondary analysis limited to only women with no delivery discharges before the first ART cycle showed similar results.

Conclusions

All groups had live birth deliveries during the study period, suggesting an important contribution of non-ART treatment or treatment-independent conception to overall delivery and live births. Hospitalizations not associated with delivery suggested similarity in morbidity for all ART patients regardless of success with ART treatment.

     

Impact of maternal education level on live birth rate after in vitro fertilization in China: a retrospective cohort study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - To assess the association between maternal education level and live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF). We studied women who underwent the...     

Ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination in women of advanced reproductive age: a systematic review of the literature

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - The objective of this review is to define live birth rate (LBR) and clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) for women?≥?40 undergoing...     

Progesterone and estrogen levels are associated with live birth rates following artificial cycle frozen embryo transfers

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - Does an association exist between serum progesterone and estradiol levels and live birth rates in artificial cycle frozen embryo transfer (AC-FET)?...     

Live births after in vitro maturation of oocytes in women who had suffered adnexal torsion and unilateral oophorectomy following conventional ovarian stimulation

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - To report the first successful application of in vitro maturation (IVM) of oocytes resulting in live births in two anovulatory women who had suffered...     

Aging endometrium in young women: molecular classification of endometrial aging-based markers in women younger than 35 years with recurrent implantation failure

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - To explore the differences between a population with premature endometrial aging and a population with normal endometrial status in young women with...     

Analysis of IVF/ICSI outcomes in infertile women with early-stage endometrial cancer and atypical endometrial hyperplasia after conservative treatment

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - To investigate the in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) outcomes and identify factors that might affect live births in...     

Intra- and inter-individual variability of fatty acid composition of the follicular fluid in a cohort of 23 women undergoing assisted reproductive treatment

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - To examine the intra- and inter-individual variability in fatty acid composition of follicular fluid (FF) of 23 patients undergoing assisted...     

Fresh embryo transfer versus freeze-only after in vitro maturation with a pre-maturation step in women with high antral follicle count: a randomized controlled pilot study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - In vitro maturation (IVM) is an alternative to in vitro fertilization (IVF) for women at high risk of developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome...     

Platelet-rich plasma: inconclusive evidence of reproductive outcomes in menopausal women

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - The use of platelet-rich plasma is being investigated in reproductive medicine and clinically promoted as a fertility treatment for menopause. We...     

Natural cycles achieve better pregnancy outcomes than artificial cycles in non-PCOS women undergoing vitrified single-blastocyst transfer: a retrospective cohort study of 6840 cycles

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - To identify the optimal method for endometrial preparation in vitrified single-blastocyst transfer (VSBT) cycles. This was a retrospective cohort...     

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Re: First live birth after fertility preservation using vitrification of oocytes in a woman with mosaic Turner syndrome

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Comparison of in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection on live birth rates in couples with non-male factor infertility and advanced maternal age: overlooked details

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Correlation between an annotation-free embryo scoring system based on deep learning and live birth/neonatal outcomes after single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer: a single-centre,large-cohort retrospective study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - Does an annotation-free embryo scoring system based on deep learning and time-lapse sequence images correlate with live birth (LB) and neonatal...