Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) by meloxicam decreases the incidence of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in a rat model.

Objective: To investigate the effects of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition on the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in an experimental model.

Design: Controlled laboratory study.

Setting: University-affiliated fertility center.

New observations on endometrial physiology after transcervical injection of methylene blue dye.

We describe the in vivo features of endometrium stained with methylene blue dye and observed via microhysteroscopy, showing the patterns of endometrial glands and superficial cell changes during the midproliferative, periovulatory, and midluteal phases. These preliminary observations have allowed us to identify a series of changes occurring in the different phases of the ovulatory cycle of potential value in reproductive medicine for specific groups of infertile patients.

Live birth and normal 1-year follow-up of a baby born after transfer of cryopreserved embryos from rescue intracytoplasmic sperm injection of 1-day-old oocytes.

Objective: To report the birth and normal pediatric follow-up of the first baby born after transfer of embryos derived from cryopreserved rescue intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Design: Case report.

Setting: Academic fertility unit.