{"title":"Pregnancy complications and birth outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing frozen embryo transfer.","authors":"Reweiguli Aihaiti, Ziyun Shen, Xian Wu, Zhihong Niu","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine whether polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) increases adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes in women undergoing frozen embryo transfer (FET).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective cohort study. The PCOS group was matched 1:2 with the control group population using propensity score matching.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Not applicable.</p><p><strong>Patient(s): </strong>During an 8-year period, 2,955 patients aged 20-40 years who underwent FET and delivered between January 2015 and December 2022 at the Reproductive Medical Center of Ruijin Hospital were evaluated for adverse pregnancy outcomes.</p><p><strong>Intervention(s): </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure(s): </strong>All patients were assessed for specific pregnancy complications and birth outcomes, with a sub-group analysis conducted to compare patients with PCOS with and without hyperandrogenism.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women with PCOS demonstrated higher rates of gestational diabetes mellitus (24.9% vs. 16.4%; relative risk [RR], 1.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.26-1.82; P<.001), gestational hypertension (12.2% vs. 8.9%; RR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.05-1.80; P=.022), preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (7.0% vs. 3.6%; RR, 1.92; 95% CI, 1.29-2.86; P=.001), cervical length shortening (1.8% vs. 0.4%; RR, 8.39; 95% CI, 1.56-12.49; P=.002), large-for-gestational age (17.4% vs. 13.7%; RR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.02-1.57; P=.032), and low birth weight (19.9% vs. 16.0%; RR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.02-1.52; P=.030) in overall propensity score matching analysis. Newborns of patients with PCOS had a higher risk of preterm birth <37 weeks (10.5% vs. 6.6%; RR, 1.59; 95% CI, 1.12-2.26; P=.009) in singleton pregnancies. Patients with PCOS with hyperandrogenism showed a higher incidence of cervical length shortening (5.5% vs. 0.5%; adjusted odds ratio, 15.62; 95% CI, 2.25-108.48; P=.005) compared with those without, after adjusting for relevant confounders.</p><p><strong>Conclusion(s): </strong>Polycystic ovary syndrome increases the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes after FET cycles. Our study suggests women with PCOS may warrant further monitoring and additional counseling before and during pregnancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"1055-1062"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fertility and sterilityPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-14DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.08.327
Paul Pirtea, Marcelle I Cedars, Kate Devine, Baris Ata, Jason Franasiak, Catherine Racowsky, Jim Toner, Richard T Scott, Dominique de Ziegler, Kurt T Barnhart
{"title":"Reply of the authors: Unexplained recurrent implantation failure is rare!","authors":"Paul Pirtea, Marcelle I Cedars, Kate Devine, Baris Ata, Jason Franasiak, Catherine Racowsky, Jim Toner, Richard T Scott, Dominique de Ziegler, Kurt T Barnhart","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.08.327","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.08.327","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"1163-1164"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141995569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fertility and sterilityPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.09.044
Anne Z Steiner
{"title":"Bias and conflict of interest: the Modern Fertility Study.","authors":"Anne Z Steiner","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.09.044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.09.044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"1020-1021"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142344458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fertility and sterilityPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.10.002
Eric A Widra
{"title":"Donor incentives revisited.","authors":"Eric A Widra","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"983"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142564017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fertility and sterilityPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-09-14DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.09.020
Daniela Diego, Jennifer F Kawwass
{"title":"Race, ethnicity, and assisted reproductive technology outcomes: where do we go from here?","authors":"Daniela Diego, Jennifer F Kawwass","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.09.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.09.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"1010-1011"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142282761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fertility and sterilityPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-07-06DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.001
Shuai Yuan, Jie Chen, Xue Li, Daniel A Leffler, Susanna C Larsson, Jonas F Ludvigsson
{"title":"No association between celiac disease and female infertility: evidence from Mendelian randomization analysis.","authors":"Shuai Yuan, Jie Chen, Xue Li, Daniel A Leffler, Susanna C Larsson, Jonas F Ludvigsson","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"1144-1146"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141558492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fertility and sterilityPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-07-17DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.014
Ibrahim Elkhatib, Daniela Nogueira, Asina Bayram, Andrea Abdala, Riechel Gonzales, Raquel Del Gallego, Baris Ata, Barbara Lawrenz, Erkan Kalafat, Human Fatemi
{"title":"Blastocyst re-expansion 1 hour after biopsy: an independent predictor of live birth.","authors":"Ibrahim Elkhatib, Daniela Nogueira, Asina Bayram, Andrea Abdala, Riechel Gonzales, Raquel Del Gallego, Baris Ata, Barbara Lawrenz, Erkan Kalafat, Human Fatemi","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"1147-1149"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fertility and sterilityPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-31DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.08.349
Jensara Clay, Cecile Ferrando, Thomas Gallant, Cara R King
{"title":"Laparoscopic Vecchietti procedure: pearls for success.","authors":"Jensara Clay, Cecile Ferrando, Thomas Gallant, Cara R King","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.08.349","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.08.349","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To present an effective strategy for optimizing the care of patients with Müllerian agenesis who desire surgical management for the creation of a neovagina with the laparoscopic Vecchietti procedure.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This video provides a framework for patient evaluation and selection, surgical strategy, and postoperative care regimen to provide optimal postprocedural outcomes.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Academic Hospital.</p><p><strong>Patient(s): </strong>This is a 22-year-old patient with Müllerian agenesis who was unsuccessful with conservative strategies for vaginal lengthening and sought care for neovagina creation.</p><p><strong>Intervention(s): </strong>The patient underwent preoperative pelvic floor physical therapy and vaginal dilation, both of which were ineffective in producing adequate vaginal lengthening. We then performed a laparoscopic Vecchietti procedure. The procedure occurred at a large academic institution with two obstetrics-gynecology subspecialty surgeons providing perioperative care.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure(s): </strong>A vaginal length of 7 cm was achieved, which was sustained at >12 months.</p><p><strong>Result(s): </strong>The patient was managed by a multidisciplinary team using our established care regimen, with follow-up demonstrating a sustained positive treatment outcome. The vaginal length at more than 1 year after the procedure measured 7 cm.</p><p><strong>Conclusion(s): </strong>Using a methodological, patient-focused approach and an experienced multidisciplinary team can optimize immediate- and long-term surgical outcomes for patients with Müllerian anomalies who do not have acceptable success with conservative methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"1154-1156"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142105958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fertility and sterilityPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-10-17DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.10.009
Nanette Santoro
{"title":"Playing the long game for reproductive rights.","authors":"Nanette Santoro","doi":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.10.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.10.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12275,"journal":{"name":"Fertility and sterility","volume":" ","pages":"970-971"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142461569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}