A prospective controlled study of in-vitro fertilization, gamete intra-Fallopian transfer and intrauterine insemination combined with superovulation

Mills, Martin S.; Eddowes, H. A.; Cahill, David J; Fahy, Una; Abuzeid, Mostafa I.; McDermott, Alan; Hull, M. G. R.

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“…Sir, The recent study of Kenny (Vol 102, April 1995) drew attention to higher pregnancy rates of patients treated with GIFT than IVF, which is consistent with our local experience using a GnRHa protocol for both treatments (Mills et al 1992). However, caution should be exercised before considering GIFT as superior to IVF without some consideration of case mix and multiple pregnancy rates.…”

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Neonatal respiratory morbidity and mode of delivery at term: influence of timing of elective caesarean section

Ryan

Hughes

1995

BJOG

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843to six weeks before the clinical onset of the syndrome. Five had further samples taken after the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia : initially TNF-a was still undetectable but rose later in three (80, 156, 250 pg/ml).This rise was not seen until one to two weeks after preeclampsia was diagnosed. In the nine women with established pre-eclampsia, TNF-a was detected in only two (80 and 650 pg/ml): in another two of these women, serial samples were obtained, but TNF-(x was still not detectable one to two weeks after pre-eclampsia was diagnosed. A rise in TNF-a was not related to the stage in pregnancy at which the onset of preeclampsia occurred, nor to its seventy. TNF-a was not identified in normal controls at similar gestations to the pre-eclampsia groups, but it was detected in one of the 22 at term (80 pg/ml). E-selectin concentrations were not significantly different between the normal and the pre-eclamptic pregnancies, neither before nor after pre-eclampsia was diagnosed.Like Vince et al., our study does not demonstrate a role for TNF-a in initiating pre-eclampsia, nor does it suggest that IL-1 is implicated. It has, however, shown that TNF-a may well be involved in the process of pre-eclampsia once the syndrome is clinically established. Neonatal respiratory morbidity and mode of delivery at term: influence of timing of elective caesarean section J. W. Meekins Department of Obstetrics and Sir,We read with interest the article by Morrison et al. (Vol 102, February 1995). We believe they are correct in recognising that respiratory morbidity in term infants has not received the attention it merits. We wish to report a small study at our hospital in 1992 undertaken in an attempt to quantify the problem and consider options for its prevention. We reviewed those infants born after 34 completed weeks of gestation admitted to the Special Care Baby Unit with a diagnosis of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), over an 18 month period. We used a similar system of diagnostic and exclusion criteria to the Cambridge group. As expected, the incidence of RDS declined towards term reaching a level of 2.3/1000 deliveries at 38 completed weeks. The group that caused most concern were those infants born by pre-labour caesarean section (emergency and elective) in whom the incidence was 24.1/1000. We then looked at just elective caesarean sections and found the incidence of RDS to be 143/1000. This is less than the Cambridge figure, probably because of the exclusion of transient tachypnoea of the newborn. Although none of the babies died, we were concerned about the morbidity; 48% of these babies required assisted ventilation and the average length of stay on the neonates unit was 11 days.We considered how this might be prevented and examined the role of amniocentesis with delay of delivery until the lecithin: sphingomyelin ratio indicated pulmonary maturity. Although amniocentesis at term under ultrasound control is a relatively safe procedure (Picker et al. 1976) (ACOG 1991). In view of the now well-described morbidity and possib...

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Neonatal respiratory morbidity and mode of delivery at term: influence of timing of elective caesarean section

Ryan

Hughes

1995

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“…To date, few studies in the literature have attempted to evaluate the efficacy of assisted reproductive technology in women with endometriosis on implantation, and all report lower implantation rates (3,12,17,18). Commonly, investigators attribute the decrease in implantation and pregnancy rates due to impaired gamete quality (3)(4)(5)19).…”

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“…Commonly, investigators attribute the decrease in implantation and pregnancy rates due to impaired gamete quality (3)(4)(5)19). Most recently, Arici et aL demonstrated lower implantation rates in women undergoing first cycles of IVF for endometriosis compared to patients with tubal-factor or unexplained infertility (3.1, 9.0, and 6.7%, respectively) (18).…”

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Endometriosis is not detrimental to embryo implantation in oocyte recipients

Sung

Mukherjee

Takeshige

et al. 1997

J Assist Reprod Genet

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“…Assisted reproductive techniques have been introduced successfully to improve its subfertile status by endometriosis (2,3). Although previous studies reported that a lower number of preovulatory follicles were induced and a subsequently lower number of oocytes obtained in women with stages III or IV endometriosis undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF-ET) programs (4,5), some recent studies failed to find the differences (6)(7)(8).…”

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The influence of endometriosis on the success of gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)

Chang

Hsieh

et al. 1997

J Assist Reprod Genet

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A prospective controlled study of in-vitro fertilization, gamete intra-Fallopian transfer and intrauterine insemination combined with superovulation

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Neonatal respiratory morbidity and mode of delivery at term: influence of timing of elective caesarean section

Neonatal respiratory morbidity and mode of delivery at term: influence of timing of elective caesarean section

Endometriosis is not detrimental to embryo implantation in oocyte recipients

The influence of endometriosis on the success of gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)

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