by Dr. Drew Tortoriello | Mar 31, 2022 | Endometriosis, Fertility
Endometriosis is known to have a profoundly significant negative effect on fertility. Normal natural pregnancy rates are in the range of 0.15 to 0.20 per month and decrease with age, but women with endometriosis tend to have a lower monthly rate of about 0.02–0.1...
by Dr. Drew Tortoriello | Mar 10, 2022 | Endometriosis, Fertility
Endometriosis is a pelvic inflammatory disease attributable to ectopic implants of uterine lining (endometrium) establishing a foothold in inappropriate locations in the pelvis, especially the ovaries, the peritoneal lining, and the bladder. It is believed that...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Dec 1, 2021 | Conditions, Endometriosis, iui, IVF, Pelvic, Stimulation
When women with infertility due to endometriosis seek treatment, they are often advised to first try ovarian stimulation (ovulation Induction) with intrauterine insemination (IUI). As with essentially all reasons for infertility, IVF offers a much higher chance of...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher, Dr. Drew Tortoriello | Nov 1, 2021 | Autoimmune, Donor, Endometriosis, Genotype, IID, Immunologic, Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss
Central to making a diagnosis of an immunologic implantation dysfunction (IID) is a need for the appropriate interpretation of Natural Killer Cell Activity (NKa). In this regard, one of the commonest and most serious errors, is interpret the blood concentration of...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Sep 20, 2016 | Endometriosis
More than half of women who have endometriosis harbor antiphospholipid antibodies (APA) that can compromise development of the embryo’s root system (trophoblast). In addition and far more serious, is the fact that in about one third of cases endometriosis,...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 3, 2016 | Doctor, Endometriosis, Fertility, FET, Immunologic Implantation Dysfunction, Infertility, Menopause, Pregnancy, reproductive failure, Uncategorized
Greetings Dr. Sher! Just wanted to first thank you for all that you do for women and infertility and I’m truly amazed and grateful at how you are so willingly to share your knowledge and help women achieve pregnancy. As for me, my background – Diagnosed with...
