Factors Associated with Clinical Pregnancy following Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Over the years, the numbers of centres performing assisted reproductive technology (ART) have increased in urban regions of Africa. We reviewed a 10-year record of ART in a public hospital in a bid to determine the pregnancy rate and identify factors associated with achieving clinical pregnancy.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective, analytical, cross-sectional study of 604 women who had undergone fertilisation (IVF) or IVF/intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, over a 10-year period, at the [Institute of Fertility Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital].

A decennial cross-sectional review of assisted reproductive technology in a Tertiary Hospital in Southwest Nigeria.

Background: The World Health Organization recommends that Assisted Reproductive Technology be complementary to other ethically acceptable solutions to infertility. Whereas fertility centres are increasing in number in urban regions of Africa, published reports of their performance are sparse. We present a 10-year review of assisted reproductive technology performed in a public tertiary centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

Maternal hyperlipidemia and spontaneous preterm delivery: a multi-centre cohort study.

Background: Hyperlipidemia is a precursor of inflammation and oxidative stress and suggested to be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm delivery. This study evaluated the association between maternal hyperlipidemia and spontaneous preterm delivery.

Methods: This was a prospective, multicentre cohort study in which 239 pregnant women aged 20-35 years with singleton pregnancy, were consecutively recruited at estimated gestational ages of 14-18weeks.

Correlation of sonographic and cytologic patterns of thyroid nodules.

Introduction: thyroid nodules are palpable in about 8% of adults. It is necessary to differentiate benign nodules from malignant ones by the non-invasive ultrasonography thereby reducing the frequency of the invasive fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The study assessed the sonographic and FNAC patterns of thyroid nodules for benign and malignant features in a black African population.