Comparing random dot motion in MATLAB vs. Inquisit Millisecond.

Random Dot Motion (RDM) displays refer to clouds of independently moving dots that can be parametrically manipulated to provide a perception of the overall cloud moving coherently in a specified direction of motion. As a well-studied probe of motion perception, RDMs have been widely employed to understand underlying neural mechanisms of motion perception, perceptual decision-making, and perceptual learning, among other processes. Despite their wide use, RDM stimuli implementation is highly dependent on the parameters and the generation algorithm of the stimuli; both can greatly influence behavioral performance on RDM tasks.

Perioperative opioid dispensing and persistent use after benign hysterectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: This meta-analysis was conducted to (1) assess the quantity and dose of perioperatively dispensed opioids for benign hysterectomy by procedure route and (2) identify the predictors of persistent opioid use after the procedure.

Data Sources: PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase were systematically searched from study inception to 25 March 2022.

Study Eligibility Criteria: Studies reporting data on opioid dispensing among patients undergoing benign hysterectomy were considered eligible.

Endometrial receptivity array before frozen embryo transfer cycles: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To investigate the impact of endometrial receptivity array (ERA) before frozen embryo transfer in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). There is a lack of consensus regarding the use of ERA for increasing the success rate of IVF cycles, mainly in terms of the live birth rate.

Design: PubMed, Web of Science and Embase were searched from inception up to February 15, 2022.

COVID-19 Pandemic and Infant Neurodevelopmental Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Importance: Primary studies proposed that aberrant maternal antiviral immunity and/or giving birth in quarantine, such as during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, may be associated with the risk of neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in offspring.

Objectives: To evaluate the associations of birth and being raised during the COVID-19 pandemic with risk of NDI among infants and to assess the association of gestational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 with risk of NDI.

Data Sources: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, and preprint servers were systematically searched from inception to March 25, 2022.

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Objective: To report 2 cases of women with vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheaesophageal fistula, renal anomalies, and/or limb anomalies (VACTERL association) and the outcomes of their in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles.

Design: A case report. We obtained informed consent from both the patients for this case report.

Placental Vascular and Inflammatory Findings from Pregnancies Diagnosed with Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

We aimed to perform a meta-analysis of the literature concerning histopathologic findings in the placentas of women with SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection during pregnancy. Searches for articles in English included PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and reference lists (up to April 2021). Studies presenting data on placental histopathology according to the Amsterdam Consensus Group criteria in SARS-CoV-2 positive and negative pregnancies were identified.

Intention to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: This meta-analysis aimed to assess the level of intent to receive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination and demographical factors influencing vaccine uptake among pregnant individuals.

Study Design: PubMed, Scopus, and archive/pre-print servers were searched up to May 22nd, 2021. Cross sectional surveys reporting the percentage of the pregnant individuals intending to get a COVID-19 vaccine were considered eligible for meta-analysis.

Neonatal and maternal outcomes among twin pregnancies stratified by mode of conception in the United States.

Objective: To compare neonatal and maternal outcomes among twin pregnancies conceived as a result of different types of fertility treatments with those of spontaneously conceived twin pregnancies.

Design: Retrospective Cohort.

Setting: Population-based analysis.

Diverse Approaches to Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation Have Equivalent Outcomes in Markers of Tissue Viability.

Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) is an accepted method of fertility preservation. However, OTC is not standardized and many variations exist in the freezing strategy, tissue processing, and surgical approach. In this pilot study, we used a sheep model to compare slow freezing versus vitrification techniques, as well as the feasibility of processing ovarian tissue into a hyaluronan suspension of small ovarian units.

Reproductive Outcomes from Maternal Loss of Nlrp2 Are Not Improved by IVF or Embryo Transfer Consistent with Oocyte-Specific Defect.

Nlrp2 encodes a protein of the oocyte subcortical maternal complex (SCMC), required for embryo development. We previously showed that loss of maternal Nlrp2 in mice causes subfertility, smaller litters with birth defects, and growth abnormalities in offspring, indicating that Nlrp2 is a maternal effect gene and that all embryos from Nlrp2-deficient females that were cultured in vitro arrested before the blastocysts stage. Here, we used time-lapse microscopy to examine the development of cultured embryos from superovulated Nlrp2-deficient and wild-type mice after in vivo and in vitro fertilization.

In vitro fertilization as an independent risk factor for placenta accreta spectrum.

Background: Placenta accreta spectrum is well known for its association with catastrophic maternal outcomes. However, its pathophysiology is not well defined. There have been emerging data that in vitro fertilization may be a risk factor for placenta accreta spectrum.

Maternal death due to COVID-19.

Background: Despite 2.5 million infections and 169,000 deaths worldwide (as of April 20, 2020), no maternal deaths and only a few pregnant women afflicted with severe respiratory morbidity have been reported to be related to COVID-19 disease. Given the disproportionate burden of severe and fatal respiratory disease previously documented among pregnant women following other coronavirus-related outbreaks (SARS-CoV in 2003 and MERS-CoV in 2012) and influenza pandemics over the last century, the absence of reported maternal morbidity and mortality with COVID-19 disease is unexpected.

Prenatal testing in pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization with pre-implantation genetic testing.

Objective: Women with pregnancies resulting from in vitro fertilization (IVF) with normal pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) are advised to undergo prenatal screening and testing during pregnancy. It is not well known how many follow these recommendations. Our objective was to study prenatal testing decisions made by women with pregnancies conceived through IVF with PGT-A.

Fertility preservation in pediatric female cancer patients.

Objective: To describe and demonstrate ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) as an emerging fertility preservation technique DESIGN: Video presentation.

Setting: University hospital.

Patient(s): A 6 year-old female patient diagnosed with aplastic anemia with plan for bone marrow transplantation underwent laparoscopic unilateral oophorectomy in conjunction with surgical procedure for port placement by the pediatric surgeon, followed by cryopreservation of ovarian tissue.

Cyanotic congenital heart disease following fertility treatments in the United States from 2011 to 2014.

Objective: To examine the risk for cyanotic congenital heart diseases (CCHDs) among live births in the USA, resulting from various forms of infertility treatments.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional analysis of live births in the USA from 2011 to 2014. Infertility treatments are categorised into two of the following groups on birth certificates: assisted reproductive technology (ART) fertility treatment (surgical egg removal; eg, in vitro fertilisation and gamete intrafallopian transfer) and non-ART fertility treatment (eg, medical treatment and intrauterine insemination).

Effect of advanced maternal age on maternal and neonatal outcomes in assisted reproductive technology pregnancies.

Objectives: To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes between women with assisted reproductive technologies pregnancy aged <40, 40-44, 45-49, and ≥50 years.

Study: Design In a population-level analysis study, all live births by ART identified on birth certificate between 2011 and 2014 were extracted (n=101,494) using data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention-National Center for Health Statistics (CDC-NCHS). We investigated and compared maternal and neonatal outcomes based on conditions routinely listed on birth certificates.

Ovarian transposition: a surgical option for fertility preservation.

Objective: To describe and demonstrate a novel surgical method for laparoscopic ovarian transposition. In this video, we present a unique minimally invasive technique for transposing the ovaries, whereby the ovary is tunneled through the peritoneum.

Design: Video presentation of clinical article.

Deceased donor uterine transplantation.

Objective: To share our experience in performing the first-ever deceased-donor uterine transplant in the United States.

Design: This video uses an animation and footage from a uterine transplantation procedure to review the steps and techniques involved in performing a uterine transplant.

Setting: Academic, multisite medical center.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy: current status.

Robotic-assisted surgery has seen a rapid development and integration in the field of gynecology. Since the approval of the use of robot for gynecological surgery and considering its several advantages over conventional laparoscopy, it has been widely incorporated especially in the field of reproductive surgery. Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors of the female reproductive tract.

On-Site Fertility Preservation Services for Adolescents and Young Adults in a Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Purpose: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) receiving cancer treatments that may impair fertility should receive counseling about risk of infertility and options for fertility preservation (FP) before treatment and/or during survivorship. Our objective was to define the AYA patient population referred to an on-site fertility consultation service within a comprehensive cancer center and determine factors associated with patients proceeding with FP treatment.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of AYA women who completed a consultation at the MD Anderson Fertility Preservation and Family Building Service during the first year of service.