Reproductive performance and obstetric outcomes after hysteroscopic septum resection.

Purpose: The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to investigate the effects of hysteroscopic uterine septum resection on the clinical pregnancy rate (CPR), live birth rate (LBR) and miscarriage rate.

Materials And Method(s): Hospital records of consecutive patients who underwent hysteroscopic uterine septum resection between February 2021 and December 2022 were reviewed. They were telephoned and interviewed about their reproductive performance after surgery, and pregnancy outcomes, if achieved.

Factors affecting poor sleep quality in last trimester pregnant women: a cross-sectional research from Turkey.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the factors affecting poor sleep quality in the last trimester pregnant women.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care maternity hospital in Ankara, Turkey. The research was conducted between May and September 2019 with 570 pregnant women in the last trimester.

Enhancing endometrioma management: Diagnostic biomarkers and predictive outcomes in Ruptured vs. Non-Ruptured cases.

Objective: To compare the outcomes between patients undergoing surgery for ruptured endometrioma versus non-ruptured endometrioma.

Study Design: The study was conducted at Health Sciences University, Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Training and Research Hospital Infertility Clinic. All patients who had a histopathology report of endometrioma between January 2014 and December 2020 were recruited.

The effect of antiangiogenic agent aflibercept on surgically induced endometriosis in a rat model.

Objective: The aim of the study is to show for the first time how aflibercept affects endometriosis lesions.

Material And Methods: Surgically induced endometriosis in Wistar albino female rats. Rats with endometriosis were randomly divided into three groups: control (Co), aflibercept (Af), and leuprolide acetate (Le).

The effect of B-Lynch uterine compression suture performed for uterine atony on future menstrual pattern and reproductive outcome.

Objectives: The effects of B-Lynch (UCS) compression sutures applied in postpartum hemorrhage cases due to uterine atony on menstrual pattern, fertility, obstetric outcomes, dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia were evaluated.

Material And Methods: Between January 2012 and March 2017, 77 patients (study group 37, control group 40) diagnosed postpartum hemorrhage in our clinic were included in the study. The long-term results of the patients were evaluated comparatively.

The Association of ICSI Outcomes with Semen and Blood Bisphenol A Concentrations of the Male Partner.

This study investigated the association of blood and semen Bisphenol A (BPA) levels of the male partner on the reproductive outcome in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment cycles. For this prospective study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02703584), blood and semen samples of the male partner of the 75 women who had ICSI were analyzed.

Evaluation of the Success of Hysteroscopic Uterine Septum Resection.

Objectives: The aim is to use three-dimensional transvaginal ultrasonography (3-D TVUS) to evaluate the success of hysteroscopic metroplasty for the uterine septum and to compare the pregnancy outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-eight patients with uterine septum who had hysteroscopic uterine septum resection were recruited. Preoperative 3-D TVUS measurements of the septal apex to the uterine fundus (s1), septal apex to internal os distance (s2), and intercornual distance (s3) were compared with the postoperative values.

Aflibercept suppresses ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: an experimental study in rats.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine the impact of the antiangiogenic medications, namely, aflibercept and cabergoline in the prevention and treatment of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in a rat model.

Methods: A total of 36 female Wistar rats were randomly allocated to one of the five groups, including disease-free and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome controls: Group no OHSS (control, n=6) received saline only intraperitoneally (i.p.

Does the decrease in E2 levels between the trigger of ovulation and embryo transfer affect the reproductive outcome in IVF-ICSI cycles?

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the rate of decline in serum estradiol (E2) levels between hCG injection and the day of embryo transfer (ET) on the success of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in women with infertility of different etiologies.

Materials And Methods: Women 20-45 years of age who underwent a standard GnRH antagonist or long agonist protocol and fresh ET during day 3 of their first ART cycle were included. Group 1 was diagnosed with low ovarian reserve, group 2 comprised high ovarian responders, and group 3 consisted of normal responders.

Is There a Relationship between Serum Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels and Abortion Rates in Patients Who Received Fertilisation-Embryo Transfer Cycles?

Background: The studies which investigated the relationship between anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level and abortion rate have conflicting results.

Aims: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the relationship between AMH levels and abortion in women who achieved pregnancy with fertilisation (IVF) treatment.

Settings And Design: This retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women's Health Training and Research Hospital, between January 2014 and January 2020.

A Rare Case of the Cervical Endometriosis and Overview of the Literature.

Cervical endometriosis is an uncommon form of endometriosis that is frequently diagnosed incidentally during histopathological evaluation of a hysterectomy or cervical biopsy specimens. Although some cases may be asymptomatic, the symptoms in some patients range from life-threatening hemorrhage to severe chronic pelvic pain. In asymptomatic patients, no further intervention might be required apart from observation and follow-up; however, patients with significant symptoms will require surgery.

Effect of intrauterine ozone therapy on Asherman syndrome, an experimental rat model.

Background/aims: Evaluate the effect of ozone therapy alone or in combination with estradiol in management of Asherman syndrome in a rat model.

Materials And Methods: 48 rats were used and divided into eight groups. In all the groups right uterine horn was used for the experiment while the left horns received no action.

The effect of hysteroscopic metroplasty on fertility in T-shaped and Y-shaped dysmorphic uterus.

Objective: T/Y-shaped dysmorphic uterus is frequently associated with subfertility, abortion, preterm delivery, and recurrent implantation failure. In this study, the impact of hysteroscopic metroplasty for a T/Y-shaped uterus on obstetric outcomes was investigated in patients with infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and compared the uterine anomaly subgroups.

Method: Cases with infertility and/or RPL diagnosed with T/Y-shaped uterus by hysterosalpingography (HSG) and 3D transvaginal ultrasonography (3D TVUSG) with no other male or female pathology have recruited the study.

The value of LH supplementation in young women with diminished ovarian reserve treated with GnRH Antagonist Protocol for ovarian hyperstimulation in ICSI-cycles.

Objectives: To compare the success of two controlled ovarian hyperstimulation protocols; rFSH + hp-hMG with only rFSH in the GnRH antagonist protocol in diminished ovarian reserve under 35 years of age.

Material And Methods: Data from January 2015 to June 2019 were abstracted from the hospital records of IVF Clinic. The women younger than 35 years of age who were diagnosed as diminished ovarian reserve and underwent standard GnRH antagonist protocol were included.

Reproductive Outcome of the Patients with Uterus Unicornis: Five Year Experience in a Tertiary Center.

Aim: The aim is to evaluate the pregnancy outcomes of patients with uterus unicornis for 5-year experience in a tertiary center.

Material And Method: Twenty patients with uterus unicornis who were diagnosed with hysterosalpingography and/or 3D TVUSG between 2017 and 2021 and then confirmed with laparoscopy and simultaneous hysteroscopy were recruited into this retrospective study. The reproductive outcome and obstetric complications of the patients were followed up for two years postoperative period.

Neutrophil:lymphocyte and estradiol:progesterone ratios as predictive markers for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).

This study was based on the pathophysiology of the disease and aimed at predicting ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) by determining the importance of ratios obtained from the inflammatory process associated with oestradiol and progesterone in recent years. Out of 242 infertile women who underwent assisted reproductive therapy, 59 patients who developed OHSS were taken as the study group, while the remaining 122 normo-responder (NR) and 61 hyper-responder (HR) patients constituted the control group. The neutrophil to lymphocyte (NLR) and oestradiol/progesterone (EPR) ratios were found to be statistically significantly higher in the OHSS group (P <0.

Evaluation of embryo transfer through a scoring system: ETSS (Embryo transfer scoring system).

Introduction: To create a scoring system by including all of the factors that are recommended for an ideal ET and to investigate its correlation with the Β-HCG results.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted as a retrospective trial between January 2009 and December 2018. Women who had a single ET between the specified dates were included in the study.

Are women with polycystic ovary syndrome more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection?

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2, the causative virus of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), penetrates into the hosts' tissues via binding of its spike protein to the angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptors after activation of the hosts' protease enzymes. The most prominent effect is observed when the virus binds to the ACE-2 receptors of the alveolar epithelium and endothelium. Testosterone exhibits an immunosuppressive effect, and androgens play a modulatory role on protease enzymes.

The efficacy, acceptability and continuation of postpartum, post-abortive progestin-only pill: a pioneering prospective multicentric study from Turkey.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, side-effects and continuation rate of the desogestrel-progestin-only-pill (POP) in postpartum and post-abortive Turkish women and its relation with breast-feeding.

Material And Methods: In this prospective multicentric study women who delivered (or had surgical abortion) and wanted to receive POP for contraception were recruited to the study. The follow-up visits were scheduled at the third, sixth and ninth months.

The effect of plastic bottled water consumption on outcomes of ICSI cycles undertaken for unexplained infertility.

Research Question: Do bisphenol A (BPA) levels in maternal urine, serum and follicular fluid affect embryo quality and intracytoplasmic sperm hinjection (ICSI) cycle outcomes in women with unexplained infertility?

Design: Prospective study conducted between 1 April 2019 and 30 September 2019. The study cohort consisted of 82 women aged between 23 and 33 years who underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection owing to unexplained infertility and provided urine, blood and follicular fluid samples on the day of oocyte retrieval. Consumption of drinking water from plastic carboys or bottles at home were considered as chronic BPA exposure.

Premenstrual syndrome, a common but underrated entity: review of the clinical literature.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) are characterized by somatic and psychologic symptoms that arise at the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and subside with menstruation. For definitive diagnosis prospectively self-reported symptoms should demonstrate a cyclic pattern and other psychological pathologies and thyroid dysfunction, that may present with similar symptoms, should be excluded. Both entities affect millions of women at reproductive age as the prevalence of PMS is given as 10-98% while PMDD affects 2-8%.