Cost and efficacy comparison of in vitro fertilization and tubal anastomosis for women after tubal ligation.

Objective: To compare cost and efficacy of tubal anastomosis to in vitro fertilization (IVF) in women who desired fertility after a tubal ligation.

Design: Cost-effectiveness analysis.

Setting: Not applicable.

Ovarian reserve and subsequent assisted reproduction outcomes after methotrexate therapy for ectopic pregnancy or pregnancy of unknown location.

Objective: To assess ovarian reserve after methotrexate treatment for ectopic pregnancy or pregnancy of unknown location after assisted reproductive technology (ART).

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Large ART practice.

Influences on endometrial development during intrauterine insemination: clinical experience of 2,929 patients with unexplained infertility.

Objective: To characterize relationships associated with adverse endometrial development in patients undergoing IUI for unexplained infertility.

Design: A retrospective review of 2,929 patients from 2004-2011.

Setting: Large metropolitan infertility practice.

Favorable response to antigonadal therapy for a benign metastasizing leiomyoma.

Background: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma and lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) both are characterized by abnormal proliferation of smooth muscle-like cells in the lung.

Case: A 32-year-old African woman with a diagnosis of LAM underwent myomectomy for uterine leiomyomas. An alternative diagnosis of benign metastasizing leiomyoma was made on repeat lung biopsy.

2009 H1N1 influenza prevention and treatment: counseling infertility patients.

It is known that pregnant women are at high risk for complications from the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. Reproductive endocrinologists often have the opportunity to evaluate patients before conception and are able to counsel them before they become part of this high-risk obstetrics group. The 2009 H1N1 vaccine data and the current recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and American Society of Reproductive Medicine are discussed.