Publications by authors named "Aby K Koshy"

Background: Many couples do not have adequate documentation following fertility treatments.

Aims: To conduct a survey to understand the information needs of assisted reproductive technology physicians when assessing the reasons affecting treatment outcomes after intrauterine insemination (IUI) and fertilisation (IVF).

Settings And Design: Online survey.

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Background: Rubella is a contagious viral illness that can be prevented by vaccination. Currently, vaccination is being offered to children and adolescents. Since an infection in pregnancy can have teratogenic effects, identification of susceptive women and vaccination before conception would be ideal.

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Although serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is considered a good predictor of ovarian response during in vitro fertilisation (IVF), pregnancies have been reported with low values, questioning its usefulness as a predictor of treatment outcome. A retrospective study was therefore carried out to assess the IVF treatment outcomes in women with AMH below the tenth percentile of the study population. In all, 134 women with AMH ≤ 3 pmol/L underwent 180 IVF cycles.

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Context: Women with primary infertility and no obvious pelvic pathology on clinical evaluation and imaging are either treated empirically or further investigated by laparoscopy.

Aims: The role of diagnostic laparoscopy in women who fail to conceive after empirical treatment with ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination was evaluated.

Settings And Design: Retrospective study at a private infertility center.

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Uterine malignancies are not uncommonly misdiagnosed for the more ubiquitous leiomyoma. A case of endometrial stromal sarcoma with ultrasound and color Doppler imaging is described.

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Background: To evaluate pregnancy outcomes following laparoscopic myomectomy and single-layer myometrial closure.

Methods: This study conducted at a private advanced endoscopy and assisted reproductive technology centre retrospectively evaluated outcomes of 115 women who had pregnancies subsequent to laparoscopic myomectomy.

Results: Of the 217 women followed up, 115 had pregnancies subsequent to a laparoscopic myomectomy.

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We describe multiple parasitic myomas visualized on laparoscopy in a woman who had a previous laparoscopic myomectomy. Location of the myomas suggests morcellation as a contributing factor.

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