Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy are often an integral part in the investigation of potential infertility causes of a couple or a woman. They are both minimally invasive surgical methods and are performed under general anesthesia or light intoxication.
Briefly, during the laparoscopy, the female abdomen is checked, with the help of a camera (laparoscope) that is…
A high-risk pregnancy is defined as one in which the mother and/or the fetus are at greater risk of complications, compared to pregnancies that develop normally. This may be due to aggravating factors or conditions that exist before or appear during the pregnancy.
Pre-pregnancy factors
Mother's age: Younger than 17 years or older than 40…
Chronic endometritis is a chronic inflammation in the uterus that is usually asymptomatic and of polymicrobial etiology. It is a clinical situation that has been ignored and almost missing for many years by the scientific literature, since its scientific documentation and diagnosis has to be based on specific findings of characteristic histopathological markers or microbiological…
One of the most common and intractable problems we face as fertility specialists is teratospermia and oligoasthenoteratospermia. First of all, let's be clear that men participate in the process of conception with a very poor genetic makeup. This is because we use tens of millions of spermatozoa to fertilise our partner's single egg, without knowing…
Obesity
Exceeding the ideal body weight has been associated with a 30% reduction in fertility potential, both in natural conception and in IVF. Obesity is also thought to have an aggravating effect during pregnancy as it is related to an increased risk of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia and other complications during pregnancy.
An accurate way to…
In cases where mild oligoasthenoteratospermia is observed and the numeric requirements set by the WHO are met, a decision may be made to perform sperm Intrauterine Insemination (IUI). During this procedure, the semen is subjected to a special treatment (centrifugation using the PERCOLL method) which intends to isolate the spermatozoa from the seminal plasma and select…
