Fertility and Sterility In Press This Month

August 2009

Modern Trends

Cardiovascular risk in menopausal women and prevalent related co-morbid conditions: facing the post-Women's Health Initiative era 

Faustino R. Pérez-López, Peter Chedraui, Juan J. Gilbert, Gonzalo Pérez-Roncero

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.032

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901353-3/abstract

ASRM Ethics Committee Report

Child-rearing ability and the provision of fertility services 

The Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.978

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902474-1/abstract

Contraception

Analysis of pain and satisfaction with office-based hysteroscopic sterilization 

Mark Levie, Gil Weiss, Bente Kaiser, Jennifer Daif, Scott G. Chudnoff

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.994

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902490-X/abstract

Suppression of ovarian function by a combined oral contraceptive containing 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol and 2 mg chlormadinone acetate given in a 24/4-day intake regimen over three cycles 

Jürgen Spona, Natascha Binder, Kornelia Höschen, Wilfried Feichtinger

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.057

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901431-9/abstract

Endometriosis

PPAR-? expression in peritoneal endometriotic lesions correlates with pain experienced by patients 

Brett McKinnon, Nick A. Bersinger, Alexander W. Huber, Annette Kuhn, Michael D. Mueller

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.980

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902476-5/abstract

Voiding dysfunction in women undergoing laparoscopic treatment for moderate to severe endometriosis 

Arvind Vashisht, Cagri Gulumser, George Pandis, Ertan Saridogan, Alfred Cutner

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.012

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901309-0/abstract

Infertility

Double versus single intrauterine insemination for unexplained infertility: a meta-analysis of randomized trials 

Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Spyridon Tzioras, Davide Mauri, Athina Tatsioni

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.052

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901426-5/abstract

In vitro fertilization

Similar ongoing pregnancy rates after blastocyst transfer in fresh donor cycles and autologous cycles using cryopreserved bipronuclear oocytes suggest similar viability of transferred blastocysts 

Bruce S. Shapiro, Said T. Daneshmand, Forest C. Garner, Martha Aguirre, Cynthia Hudson, Shyni Thomas

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.966

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901435-6/abstract

Factors affecting thawed oocyte viability suggest a customized policy of embryo transfer  

Anna P. Ferraretti, Michela Lappi, M. Cristina Magli, Francesca Muzzonigro, Silvia Resta, Luca Gianaroli

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.088

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901226-6/abstract

How couples who have undergone in vitro fertilization decide what to do with surplus frozen embryos 

Robert D. Nachtigall, Kirstin Mac Dougall, Jennifer Harrington, Julia Duff, Matthew Lee, Gay Becker

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.027

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901329-6/abstract

Ovulation induction

Blood group and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome 

José Bellver, Marcos Ferrando, Nicolás Garrido, Antonio Pellicer

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.983

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902479-0/abstract

Polycystic ovary syndrome

Adiponectin levels reflect the different phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome: study in normal weight, normoinsulinemic patients 

Artemis Karkanaki, Athanasia Piouka, Ilias Katsikis, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Djuro Macut, Dimitrios Panidis

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.034

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901355-7/abstract

Reproductive endocrinology

Impact of bariatric surgery on female reproduction

Zaher O. Merhi

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.046

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901419-8/abstract

Reproductive Surgery

A novel surgical treatment for cesarean scar pregnancy: laparoscopically assisted operative hysteroscopy 

James K. Robinson, Molina B. Dayal, Paul Gindoff, David Frankfurter

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.996

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902492-3/abstract

Conservative surgical management of stage IA endometrial carcinoma for fertility preservation 

Ivan Mazzon, Giacomo Corrado, Valeria Masciullo, Daniela Morricone, Gabriella Ferrandina, Giovanni Scambia

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.009

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2808%2904656-6/abstract

Reproductive biology

Aberrant behavior of mouse embryo development after blastomere biopsy as observed through time-lapse cinematography 

Tomohisa Ugajin, Yukihiro Terada, Hisataka Hasegawa, Clarissa L. Velayo, Hiroshi Nabeshima, Nobuo Yaegashi

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.056

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901430-7/abstract

Coenzyme Q10 treatment reduces lipid peroxidation, inducible and endothelial nitric oxide synthases, and germ cell–specific apoptosis in a rat model of testicular ischemia/reperfusion injury 

Bulent Erol, Murat Bozlu, Volkan Hanci, Husnu Tokgoz, Sibel Bektas, Gorkem Mungan

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.981

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902477-7/abstract

Exogenous leptin administration decreases sperm count and increases the fraction of abnormal sperm in adult rats 

Mohd Nizam Haron, Urban J.A. D'Souza, Hasnan Jaafar, Rahimah Zakaria, Harbindar Jeet Singh

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.995

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902491-1/abstract

Techniques and instrumentation

Ovarian tissue thawing: A comparison of two conditions 

Anne Perdrix, Bertrand Macé, Jean-Pierre Milazzo, Agnès Liard-Zmuda, Marc Baron, Nathalie Rives

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.967

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901436-8/abstract

Case reports

Non-Peutz-Jeghers syndrome associated ovarian sex cord tumor with annular tubules: a case report 

Vladimir Nosov, Susan Park, Jianyu Rao, Sanaz Memarzadeh

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.1002

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902498-4/abstract

Patient with pelvic pains: retroperitoneal fibrosis or pelvic endometriosis? A case report and review of literature 

Antonio Pezzuto, Paola Pomini, Martin Steinkasserer, Giovanni Battista Nardelli, Luca Minelli

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.982

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2902478-9/abstract

Renal artery dissection during an in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycle 

Doron Shmorgun, Paul Claman, Penelope McGregor, Brendan McCormick

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.045

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901418-6/abstract

Is classic pericentric inversion of chromosome 2 inv(2)(p11q13) associated with an increased risk of unbalanced chromosomes?

Fatma Ferfouri, Patrice Clement, Denise Molina Gomes, Marie Minz, Edouard Amar, Jacqueline Selva, François Vialard

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.047

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2809%2901420-4/abstract