Effects of chronic endometritis therapy on in vitro fertilization outcome in women with repeated implantation failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of antibiotic therapy for chronic endometritis (CE) on IVF outcome.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting: Not applicable.

Uterine fibroid size modifications during pregnancy and puerperium: evidence from the first systematic review of literature.

Purpose: The influence of pregnancy on uterine fibroid size still remains an unsolved dilemma. Basing on current knowledge, physicians are not able to inform patients about the likelihood of uterine fibroids to modify their size during pregnancy. Study aim was to summarize available evidence concerning the size modifications of uterine fibroids during each trimester of pregnancy and during puerperium.

Endometrial scratch injury before intrauterine insemination: is it time to re-evaluate its value? Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Objective: To assess the impact of endometrial scratch injury (ESI) on the outcomes of intrauterine insemination (IUI) stimulated cycles.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting: Not applicable.

Limits and complications of laparoscopic myomectomy: which are the best predictors? A large cohort single-center experience.

Purpose: To determine whether a correlation exists between size, location, type of myomas and perioperative outcomes.

Methods: This is a observational study in women undergone to laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) because of single symptomatic myoma >4 cm in diameter. We collected data about general features, surgical outcomes, intraoperative/postoperative complications and time to return to normal activity.

Female sterilization: update on clinical efficacy, side effects and contraindications.

Purpose: The aim of this review is to compare studies concerning female sterilization in order to define the most suitable approach and device for each patient considering timing, safety, cost-effectiveness, failure rate, complication rate and patient satisfaction.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in electronic databases MEDLINE-EMBASE-Sciencedirect and Cochrane Library between 2000 and 2012. All original descriptions, case reports, retrospective and review articles on tubal sterilization methods have been considered.

Endometrial polyps in women affected by levothyroxine-treated hypothyroidism--histological features, immunohistochemical findings, and possible explanation of etiopathogenic mechanism: a pilot study.

The aim of the study was to investigate the possible overexpression of estrogen (ERs) and progesterone (PRs) receptors both in EPs glandular and stromal cells in postmenopausal women with levothyroxine-treated hypothyroidism in comparison to EPs detected in women with physiological thyroid hormone levels. During the study period (January-February 2013) 22 patients were eligible (12 treated, 10 controls). The two groups were homogenous for general, EPs sonographic and hysteroscopic features.