Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL)
The bottom line is that because of the traumatic effect of freezing on egg viability and “competency” the statistical chance of each frozen/…
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262 articles · 2015–2024
Prolactin (PRL)
Prolactin (PRL) is a protein hormone (closely related to human growth hormone [/blog/human-growth-hormone-administration-in-ivf-does-it-enhance-eggembryo-quality-and-outcome/]) that is secreted by specialized cells in the anterior part of…
EZ-IVF
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EZ-IVF: AN IMPROVED , LOW-COST, LOW-STIMULATION, SAFE & SUCCESSFUL ALTERNATIVE T0 MINI-IVF AND NATURAL CYCLE-IVF
Geoffrey Sher MD & Drew Tortoriello MD Mini-IVF is a procedure that involves ovarian stimulation with oral fertility drugs such as clomiphene or letrozole…
Hormonal Treatment of Male Infertility
There exists in the man a cyclical production of spermatozoa where the duration of spermatogenesis from takes approximately 90 days. It follows that, any…
Cyclical Estrogen Therapy Prior to Embryo Transfer, in Post-Menopausal Women and those with Prolonged Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, Can Reduce the Chance of Failed IVF and Miscarriage
An absence of menstruation (amenorrhea) in reproductive age women is usually due to an absence of ovulation (anovulation). If this becomes prolonged, then…
The Role of IVF in the Management of Infertility Caused by Pelvic Inflammation
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) refers to inflammation of pelvic structures including the uterus, fallopian tubes [/blog/role-ivf-cases-tubal-damage/], ovaries, bowel, and the smooth membrane that lines…
Case Report: Can Intralipid/Steroid Therapy be Used Without Undergoing IVF?
_Question posed by by Patient X: _ Can oral steroids (prednisone) and IL therapy be done without IVF? I have had 2 failed IUI’s…
Hormonal Supplementation in IVF
Ovulation occurs within 38-42 hours of initiation of the spontaneous luteinizing hormone (LH) surge (which can be detected in the blood or urine prior…
A Message on COVID-19
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Advising Women who Contemplate undergoing Infertility Treatment and who Test Positive for Hepatitis B Virus antigen (HPV+)
Hepatis B Viral infection (HPV) can be transmitted to the conceptus in about 10% of cases. If it does transmit, the consequences can be…
The Number of Embryos/Blastocysts Transferred & PGT: Effect on IVF Outcome:
A “competent” embryo is one that is chromosomally, genetically and metabolically capable of propagating a viable conceptus in-utero. Such an embryo will have the…
Case Report: Egg Donation-Mother Uses her Daughter’s Eggs to conceive
The case involves D.R, a recently remarried, premenopausal woman in her late 40’s, who had a daughter (N.R.) some 33Y ago, in a prior…
Case Report: The Diagnosis of “Unexplained” Recurrent IVF-Failure is Sometimes a Cop-out
Ingrid (37y) and Jesse 41y had been trying to conceive for 6 years. The couple was “thoroughly tested” and had been “labeled” as having…
Case Report: IVF in a 32y old with Premature-Menopause Following Cancer Chemotherapy.
Malia (33y) and her husband, Paul (41y), presented to me a few months back. with 3 years of primary infertility (she had never conceived…
Case Report: Intractable Damage to the Uterine Lining (Asherman Syndrome ) causing Failed Implantation
Marissa (39y) and her husband, Pete (43y) presented with a history of having had 2 healthy children together. Marissa was a normally menstruating/ovulating lady…
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 that we do clinically in IVF…
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), achieved a spontaneous pregnancy in 2014. Sadly,…
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. Carlos, her new partner of 3 years,…
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 pregnant once before in 1993. This…