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Cabry-Goubet R, Lourdel E, Brzakowski M, Urrutiaguer-Grenier N, Brasseur F, Demailly P, Devaux A, Copin H, Merviel P. [Pregnancy predictive factors in case of double embryo transfer during "Top Quality" attempts]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 41:168-72. [PMID: 22019742 DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2011.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To identify IVF±ICSI pregnancy predictive factors during "Top Quality" attempts in case of double embryo transfer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three years retrospective study (2007, 2008 and 2009) on parameters and results obtained during IVF±ICSI defined as "Top Quality" attempts: first or second attempts on less than 35years old women (age inferior or equal to) with one or two "Top Quality" embryo transfer. RESULTS In case of double embryo transfer, pregnancy predictive factors are (OR [IC 95%], P): average endometrial thickness on start (4.6 [2.9-5.5], P<0.01), women smoking (4.2 [3.5-4.9], P<0.01), average stimulation duration (3.4 [2.7-3.9], P<0.01), average men age (2.2 [1.7-2.5], P<0.05), gonadotrophins total dose (2.1 [1.1-3.2], P<0.05) and first rank's attempts (1.6 [1.2-2.5], P<0.05). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Age patient, rank attempts and quality embryo are criteria, which used to guide to a single embryo transfer. Our results incite us to consider other parameters, in particular men age and women smoking status.
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- R Cabry-Goubet
- Laboratoire de cytogénétique et de biologie de la reproduction, CHU d'Amiens, 124, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 80000 Amiens, France.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW In ovum donation cycles, the role of preparatory cycles to ensure proper endometrial development in the recipient remains controversial. As evidenced in the literature, endometrial receptivity is critical in conception. Therefore, endometrial preparation with exogenous hormones in addition to synchronization of the recipient and donor are essential in achieving a successful outcome. RECENT FINDINGS There are very limited data specifically examining the benefit of recipients undergoing preparatory cycles prior to their actual egg donation cycle. One study concluded that trial hormone replacement treatment cycles with endometrial biopsies may be useful in older reproductive-age women but not in younger women. Another study showed no difference in pregnancy rates between those who did and did not undergo preparatory cycles. SUMMARY Since one of the integral elements of preparatory cycles is determining endometrial dating, with relatively conflicting data, these mock cycles may not be as beneficial as expected. Therefore, for those who routinely use preparatory cycles, the potential risks, benefits, and costs of these cycles, increased hormonal exposure, the relatively invasive nature of the procedure, and time prior to performing them must be considered.
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- Sunny H Jun
- Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur, Dr. HH333, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Makker A, Singh MM. Endometrial receptivity: Clinical assessment in relation to fertility, infertility, and antifertility. Med Res Rev 2006; 26:699-746. [PMID: 16710862 DOI: 10.1002/med.20061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fertility in humans and other mammalian species depends absolutely on synchronous events that render the developing blastocyst and the receiving uterus competent for implantation. Endometrial receptivity is defined as the period during which the endometrial epithelium acquires functional, but transient, ovarian steroid-dependent status supportive to blastocyst acceptance and implantation. Once inside the uterus, the blastocyst is surrounded by an intact luminal epithelium, which is considered to act as barrier to its attachment, except for this short period of high endometrial receptivity to blastocyst signal(s). Its transport and permeability properties, in conjunction with cellular action of the endometrium and the embryo, have been suggested to influence creation and maintenance of informational and nutritional status of uterine luminal milieu. This period, also termed as the 'window of implantation,' is limited to days 20-24 of menstrual cycle in humans. However, establishment of endometrial receptivity is still a biological mystery that remains unsolved despite marked advances in our understanding of endometrial physiology following extensive research associated with its development and function. This review deals with various structural, biochemical, and molecular events in the endometrium coordinated within the implantation window that constitute essential elements in the repertoire that signifies endometrial receptivity and is aimed to achieve a better understanding of its relationship to fertility, infertility, and for the development of targeted antifertility agents for human use and welfare.
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- Annu Makker
- Endocrinology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226 001, India
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Palomba S, Russo T, Orio F, Falbo A, Manguso F, Cascella T, Tolino A, Carmina E, Colao A, Zullo F. Uterine effects of metformin administration in anovulatory women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Hum Reprod 2005; 21:457-65. [PMID: 16253975 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Metformin has been shown to improve fertility in anovulatory patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), inducing not only a high ovulation and pregnancy rate but also reducing the incidence of miscarriages. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the uterine effects of metformin in patients with PCOS who ovulated under metformin. METHODS Thirty-seven non-obese primary infertile anovulatory patients with PCOS and another 30 age- and body mass index-matched healthy women (control group) were studied. PCOS patients were treated with metformin (850 mg twice daily) for 6 months, whereas the control group did not receive any treatment. In these PCOS patients who ovulated whilst under metformin treatment (PCOS group) and in controls, uterine, sub-endometrial and endometrial blood flow, and endometrial thickness and pattern were evaluated using serial ultrasonographic assessments. RESULTS Before treatment, uterine, sub-endometrial and endometrial blood flows were significantly lower in patients with PCOS than in the control group. All indexes of uterine vascularization were significantly improved in the PCOS group with metformin treatment and were not different from the controls. Nor was any difference in endometrial thickness and pattern detected between PCOS and control groups. After grouping the data of PCOS patients who ovulated under metformin for cycles with favourable/unfavourable reproductive outcome, no difference in any parameter was observed. CONCLUSIONS Metformin improves all surrogate markers of endometrial receptivity in PCOS patients, without difference between patients who had favourable or unfavourable reproductive outcome.
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- Stefano Palomba
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, University Federico II of Naples, Italy
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Dehbashi S, Parsanezhad ME, Alborzi S, Zarei A. Effect of clomiphene citrate on endometrium thickness and echogenic patterns. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2003; 80:49-53. [PMID: 12527460 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(02)00341-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effect of clomiphene citrate (CC) on the thickness and echogenic pattern of the endometrium using vaginal sonography. METHOD In this experimental prospective study, CC was given to 31 women with unexplained infertility. Thickness and echo patterns of the endometrium, as well as estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P) levels, were compared in women taking CC and in control patients during both the late proliferative and midsecretory phases of the menstrual cycle. RESULTS Endometrial thickness was significantly thinner in women taking CC (P<0.03) than in controls during the late proliferative phase but there was no significant difference during the midsecretory phase. The endometrial echogenic patterns of women taking CC who had conceived revealed endometrial thicknesses of grade III and grade IV on midsecretory days, but these findings were not significantly different from those of women who had not conceived (P=0.3). Serum E2 level was higher in women taking CC than in the controls on both late proliferative and midsecretory days (P<0.05). CONCLUSION CC affects endometrium thickness on late proliferative days but not on midsecretory days, and does not alter the echogenic pattern of the endometrium.
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- S Dehbashi
- Division of Infertility and Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Triwitayakorn A, Suwajanakorn S, Triratanachat S, Sampatanukul P, Pruksananonda K, Sereepapong W. Effects of initiation day of clomiphene citrate on the endometrium of women with regular menstrual cycles. Fertil Steril 2002; 78:102-7. [PMID: 12095498 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03192-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of initiation time of clomiphene citrate (CC) on the endometrium of women with regular menstrual cycles. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, cross-over study. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. PATIENT(S) Thirty-three healthy female volunteers with regular menstrual cycles. INTERVENTION(S) The volunteers were randomized to receive either 100 mg of CC on days 1-5 and placebo on days 5-9 (study group) or placebo on days 1-5 and CC on days 5-9 (control group). After a wash-out period of 1 month of CC treatment, the medication was switched in each group. Ultrasonography was performed daily after day 10 of the cycle to detect ovulation. Ultrasonography for endometrial appearance and thickness, endometrial sampling, and blood samples obtained for determination of E(2) and P levels were performed 7 days after ovulation in both groups. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Morphometric analysis, histologic dating, and ultrasonographic appearance and thickness of the endometrium. RESULT(S) Morphometric parameters, histologic dating, and ultrasonographic appearance and thickness of the endometrium were similar in both groups. CONCLUSION(S) Starting CC on either day 1 or day 5 of the menstrual cycle did not have any differential effects on the endometrium of women with regular menstrual cycles, particularly regarding the morphometric analysis, histologic dating, or ultrasonographic appearance.
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- Anusorn Triwitayakorn
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bankok, Thailand.
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Sereepapong W, Suwajanakorn S, Triratanachat S, Sampatanukul P, Pruksananonda K, Boonkasemsanti W, Reinprayoon D. Effects of clomiphene citrate on the endometrium of regularly cycling women. Fertil Steril 2000; 73:287-91. [PMID: 10685531 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00509-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of clomiphene citrate (CC) on the endometrium of regularly cycling women. DESIGN Prospective, controlled study. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. PATIENT(S) Thirty healthy, regularly cycling, female volunteers. INTERVENTION(S) All volunteers were studied for two consecutive cycles, one control cycle and one CC-treated cycle. Clomiphene citrate (100 mg/d) was given on days 3-7 of the CC-treated cycles. Ultrasonography was performed daily to assess ovulation. Ultrasonography and endometrial biopsy were performed, and blood samples were obtained for determination of E2 and progesterone levels 7 days after ovulation in both the control and CC-treated cycles. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Histologic dating, morphometric analysis, and ultrasonographic appearance and thickness of the endometrium. RESULT(S) Histologic dating and ultrasonographic appearance and thickness of the endometrium were similar in the control and CC-treated cycles, but morphometric parameters were different. The number of glands per square millimeter and the mean diameter of the glands were lower in the CC-treated cycles than in the control cycles, but the number of vacuolated cells per 1,000 glandular cells was higher. CONCLUSION(S) Clomiphene citrate has effects on the endometrium of regularly cycling women, as demonstrated by a reduction in glandular density and an increase in the number of vacuolated cells.
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- W Sereepapong
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Senoh D, Tanaka H, Akiyama M, Yanagihara T, Hata T. Saline infusion contrast intrauterine sonographic assessment of the endometrium with high-frequency, real-time miniature transducer in normal menstrual cycle: a preliminary report. Hum Reprod 1999; 14:2600-3. [PMID: 10527994 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.10.2600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Normal endometrial texture was visualized using saline infusion contrast intrauterine sonography with a specially developed 20 MHz flexible catheter-based high-resolution, real-time miniature (2.4 mm outer diameter) ultrasound transducer in primary infertile women (n = 15) with a normal menstrual cycle. All the women had <2 years infertility duration and were studied in proliferative, and early or mid-secretory phases. Before intrauterine sonography, transvaginal sonographic assessment of the endometrium was conducted. The overall image clarity was subjectively compared between intrauterine and transvaginal sonography. Most endometrial textures in both proliferative and secretory phases were viewed more easily with intrauterine rather than transvaginal sonography, and this was especially true with an intrauterine saline infusion technique. Moreover, it was possible to obtain finer image quality of very small endometrial interfacial and internal textures with intrauterine sonography. However, the depth of penetration of the ultrasound beam is only approximately 2 cm, therefore examination of larger pathological endometrial lesions is markedly limited because of the shallow scanning range of the high-frequency transducer. Intrauterine sonography may be a valuable tool in imaging endometrial texture in normal menstrual cycle, and possibly in infertility practice, complementing and not replacing transvaginal sonography.
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- D Senoh
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagawa Medical University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
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Nakamura Y, Ono M, Yoshida Y, Sugino N, Ueda K, Kato H. Effects of clomiphene citrate on the endometrial thickness and echogenic pattern of the endometrium. Fertil Steril 1997; 67:256-60. [PMID: 9022599 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81907-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of clomiphene citrate (CC) on the endometrium by ultrasound and to reveal the echogenic difference between the control cycle and the CC cycle. DESIGN Retrospective study of patients before and during a CC treatment. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. PATIENT(S) Seventy-nine infertile women who had a spontaneous ovulation and a normal luteal function. INTERVENTION(S) Patients received 50 mg/d CC between days 5 and 9 of the menstrual cycle. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Endometrial thickness, echogenic pattern of the endometrium, serum E2 content, and E2 and P receptor contents in the endometrium. RESULT(S) Endometrial thickness was significantly thinner during the CC cycle (7.6 +/- 1.4 mm, mean +/- SD, n = 79) than during the control cycle (8.5 +/- 1.7 mm, n = 79) on late proliferative days, but there was no significant difference on midsecretory days (10.8 +/- 2.2 mm during the CC cycle, n = 79; 11.2 +/- 2.2 mm during the control cycle, n = 79). The echogenic patterns, however, were different between the two cycles on midsecretory days. Moreover, the incidence in which patients showed a grade 3 endometrium on midsecretory days was significantly higher during the conceived CC cycle compared with the not-conceived CC cycle. Serum E2 levels were significantly higher, but E2 receptor contents in the endometrium were significantly lower during the CC cycle (67 +/- 46 fmol/mg, n = 13) compared with the control cycle (123 +/- 89 fmol/mg, n = 15) on late proliferative days. CONCLUSION(S) Clomiphene citrate affected the echogenic pattern of the endometrium, and most of the endometrium showed a grade 3 pattern on midsecretory days during the conceived CC cycle. Under the CC treatment, the comfortable endometrium for embryos might be different from the control cycle.
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- Y Nakamura
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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Sterzik K, Grab D, Schneider V, Strehler EJ, Gagsteiger F, Rosenbusch BE. Lack of correlation between ultrasonography and histologic staging of the endometrium in in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 1997; 23:165-170. [PMID: 9140174 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(96)00197-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In 53 patients of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) program with unsuccessful fertilization of oocytes, an endometrial biopsy was carried out on the day of the intended embryo transfer. The results were compared with the thickness (assessed on the very same day by means of ultrasonography) and the echo pattern of the endometrium, which was classified into four grades (A to D). We found grade A in 16 cases (30%), grade B in 22 cases (41.5%) and grade C in 15 cases (28.5%); no endometrium was assessed as grade D. The distribution of histologic findings was not significantly skewed within the respective grading categories (only 37.5% of grade A endometria, 63.5% of grade B endometria and 66.5% of grade C endometria were in phase with the menses). The in-phase and out-of-phase endometria did not display significant differences in endometrial thickness (8.8 +/- 0.29 mm vs. 9.13 +/- 0.4mm). Neither the sonographically measured endometrial thickness nor the echo pattern correlated with the histologic findings, suggesting that ultrasonography is inadequate for drawing reliable conclusions about endometrial receptivity in an IVF program.
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- K Sterzik
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Ulm, Germany
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