“Empty Follicle Syndrome" is a misleading term because follicles always contain eggs. However, some eggs may have difficulties detaching and being retrieved. This is more likely to happen when multiple attempts are needed to retrieve an egg from a follicle, indicating...
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Empty Follicle Syndrome
“Empty Follicle Syndrome" is a misleading term because follicles always contain eggs. However, some eggs may have difficulties detaching and being retrieved. This is more likely to happen when multiple attempts are needed to retrieve an egg from a follicle, indicating...
Selecting the Ideal Protocol for Controlled Ovarian Stimulation!
“IVF is neither a pure art or a pure science. Rather it is a blend of both!”“Virtually nothing...
Case Report: Endometrios Causing IVF Failures due to Embryo Implantation Dysfunction (IID)
After 4 years of trying to conceive without any success, Rosa (35y) and her husband Jim (42y),...
Case Report: Woman with Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR) and Age-related Secondary Infertility whose Husband has Autoimmune Infertility Following Vasectomy Reversal
Juanita, a 42y old who, between 2003 and 2007, had delivered 3 children in a prior relationship....
Case Report: Recurrent IVF Failure due to Uterine Adenomyosis and Intrauterine Fibroid Polyps, Requiring Gestational Surrogacy
Linda (43y) and her husband Graham (49y) had been trying to conceive for 6 years. She had been...
Endometrial Receptivity Array (ERA): Is There an actual There, There?
The blastocyst and the endometrium are in a constant state of cross-talk. In order for successful...
Case Report: “Unexplained” Recurrent IVF failure: Was the Underlying Cause Overlooked?
Mary, a 37y female had never conceived in spite of >6 years of trying. . She had undergone...
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