Factors associated with decision outcomes along the planned oocyte cryopreservation pathway in a cohort of women who sought consultation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose: To identify factors associated with three decision outcomes along the planned oocyte cryopreservation (POC) pathway: fertility assessment completion, POC uptake, and multiple POC cycles uptake.

Methods: A single-site retrospective cohort study of 425 patients who sought POC consultation from 2018-2022 before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results: The mean age of patients at consultation was 35.

Parenthood desire, perceived parenthood stigma, and barriers to achieving parenthood in childless sexual minority men.

Purpose: To examine the parenthood desire, perceived parenthood stigma, and barriers to achieving parenthood among sexual minority men (SMM) in Canada, and to investigate factors influencing their fertility and assisted reproductive knowledge.

Methods: Data were collected from March to mid-June 2023 using a 78-item anonymous online survey. Childless cisgender SMM (age 18+) living in Canada were recruited from the LGBTQIA+ community outside the fertility care networks.

Assessments of Perfusion, Blood Flow, and Vascular Structure in Ambulatory Subjects: Guidance for Translational Research Scientists.

Research involving human subjects in ambulatory settings is a critical link in the chain comprising translational research, spanning preclinical research to human subject and patient cohort studies. There are presently a wide array of techniques and approaches available to investigators wishing to study blood flow, perfusion, and vascular structure and function in human subjects. In this multi-sectioned review, we discuss capillaroscopy, carotid intima-media thickness, flow-mediated dilation, laser Doppler flowmetry, near-infrared spectroscopy, peripheral arterial tonometry, pulse wave velocity, retinal fundus imaging, and vascular plethysmography.