Publications by authors named "Anna Vanderhoff"
Abstract: Our objective is to investigate whether infertile women with a history of levonorgestrel intrauterine device (LNG IUD) use have impaired endometrial growth and pregnancy rates after embryo transfer. This is a retrospective cohort study at a single academic medical center of infertile women aged 18-44 with a history of LNG IUD use undergoing their first embryo transfer cycle between January 2019 and January 2021 compared to controls with a history of no prior birth control use (NONE) or prior oral contraceptive (OCP) use. The primary outcome is endometrial thickness prior to embryo transfer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate outcomes of female physicians after assisted reproductive technology (ART).
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from 248 physician patients and 3,470 nonphysician patients who underwent a total of 10,095 fresh or frozen ART cycles at a single academic center in an insurance-mandated state between January 2015 and March 2022. The primary outcome was live-birth rate.
Objective: To examine the accuracy of five different at-home ovulation predictor kits (OPKs), and to understand patient experience with the use of those kits.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: Single academic fertility practice.
Multiple embryo manipulations in PGT-A cycles may result in inferior clinical outcomes.
Reprod Biomed Online
February 2024
Research Question: Do embryos that undergo a thaw, biopsy and re-vitrification (TBR) for pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) have different ploidy and transfer outcomes compared with fresh biopsied embryos?
Design: Retrospective cohort study of all embryos that underwent the following procedures: fresh biopsy for PGT-A (fresh biopsy); embryos that were warmed, biopsied for PGT-A and re-vitrified (single biopsy TBR); embryos with a no signal result after initial biopsy that were subsequently warmed, biopsied and re-vitrified (double biopsy TBR). The patients who underwent transfers of those embryos at a single academic institution between March 2013 and December 2021 were also studied.
Results: About 30% of embryos planned for TBR underwent attrition.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the annualized relapse rate (ARR) of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) undergoing fertility treatments (FT) like in vitro fertilization (IVF), comparing the 12 months before and 3 months after treatment.
- The research included 124 fertility cycles from 65 patients, with results showing no significant difference in relapse rates before and after controlled ovarian stimulation (COS), which is part of the IVF process, indicating a stable ARR.
- Among patients who achieved pregnancy after COS, the ARR significantly decreased during the first trimester, suggesting that pregnancy might have a protective effect against relapses in MS patients.