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12 July, 2023

Adenomyosis and Infertility

Adenomyosis is the presence of endometrial stroma and glands within the myometrium. The prevalence is around 20% in young girls and about 32% in women between 42 and 49...

04 July, 2023

Uterine factors in infertility - Myomas

Myomas interfere with normal fertility in many ways. The increase the distance for sperm travel, can encroach on the tubal ostia, distort the uterine cavity, interfere with rhythmic uterine contraction, impair implantation...

04 July, 2023

Uterine factors in infertility - Adenomyosis

Adenomyosis is the presence of endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium. Symptoms of adenomyosis include dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, pelvic pain, and infertility...

04 July, 2023

Uterine factors in infertility - Congenital Uterine abnormalities (CUA)

Uterine factors implicated in infertility affects 1:500 women of reproductive age group. They include uterine polyps, fibroids, adenomyosis, intrauterine adhesions and congenital abnormalities of the uterus...

26 Jun, 2023

Role of genetics in male infertility

Genetic abnormalities may be encountered in 15-30% of male infertility. The range of abnormalities is from varying degrees of oligospermia to azoospermia. There is a 20% chance of encountering genetic abnormality in men with these semen abnormalities...

26 Jun, 2023

Genetic factors in female infertility

There are several genetic conditions that can affect a woman’s fertility. Genetic mis-directions in utero can cause mullerian duct anomalies resulting in congenital malformations of the uterus, tubes, ovaries, and the genital tract...

20 Jun, 2023

Indications and Contra-indications for IUI

The rationale of IUI is to increase the chances of insemination by healthy sperms at the time of ovulation. The fecundity (probability of achieving live birth in a single menstrual cycle) is around 5% per cycle in a normal menstrual cycle...

02 Jun, 2023

Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)- Overview and indications

IUI is a familiar and popular armament in a gynaecologist’s repository for the treatment of infertility. However, it is important to understand every aspect of this procedure right from the correct indications...

30 May, 2023

Ovulation triggers

Ovulation triggers are preparations that trigger a cascade of events that result in maturation and release of developmentally competent oocyte from a pre-ovulatory Graafian follicle...

29 May, 2023

Gonadotropin releasing hormone analogs

GnRH is released from a group of loosely connected neurons of the medical basal hypothalmus.It is released in a pulsatile fashion into the capillary system of the pituitary...