Recent developments in stem cell technologies have made significant advancements in the field of in vitro gametogenesis. In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is a promising technology where functional gametes (sperm or egg cells) can be generated from stem c...
Chronic endometritis (CE) is a persistent, often asymptomatic inflammatory condition of the endometrium, increasingly recognized as a potential contributor to infertility and recurrent implantation failure. Despite its clinical significance, CE remai...
Background/Objectives: Disrespectful care of birthing persons during childbirth has been observed as a global issue and a possible factor influencing maternal morbidity and mortality. While birthing persons’ experiences of mistreatment in child...
This study investigates the association between body mass index (BMI) and the composition of the endometrial microbiota in infertile women of childbearing age. This is a retrospective clinical study comparing the endometrial microbiota across body we...
For over 30 years, defects of the functional integrity of the sperm membrane, as evidenced by a low hypo-osmotic swelling test when evaluating the semen analysis, are not only associated with male infertility (even with sperm that otherwise seem norm...
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP), although rare, is a potentially fatal obstetrical disorder. It is characterized by acute liver failure of varying degrees with associated coagulopathy that occurs often in the third trimester of pregnancy. The f...
The success of embryo implantation and pregnancy depends on a complex interaction between the trophoblast and the endometrial environment, where endometrial receptivity plays a crucial role in this process. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) a...
Background/Objectives: Cervical insufficiency remains a leading cause of second-trimester pregnancy loss and early preterm birth. Although single-level cerclage techniques such as McDonald or Shirodkar are widely accepted, the potential advantages of...
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes including large for gestational age infants. Individualizing the management of women with GDM based on the likelihood of needing insulin may improve pregnancy outcomes....
Maternal vaccination is a safe and effective means of preventing infection in pregnant women, their fetuses, and infants after birth. Several vaccines are routinely administered in pregnancy as a valuable part of prenatal care with supporting recomme...
Travel is frequent among many populations, including pregnant people. The focus of this online survey was to better understand the travel practices of people who have been pregnant within the last ten years. An online survey was conducted for three m...
Most published research focuses on the amount of menstrual blood loss and, to a lesser extent, on cyclicity. Little attention has been paid to the duration of bleeding, the factors that enable its cessation within a ‘normal’ timeframe, or...
Infertility treatment is a possible factor in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Identifying the characteristics of pregnant women who have undergone infertility treatment and have a potential risk for HDP is valuable for its prevention and t...
(1) Background: Infertility is a global health problem that affects one of six couples worldwide, leading to significant negative impacts on their quality of life. Despite numerous studies on infertility patterns and sociodemographic characteristics,...
Interleukin (IL) 17A has been implicated in preeclampsia, preterm labor, and miscarriage. IL17A production in non-lymphoid tissues is mainly carried out by unconventional γδ17T cells. Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) 3, a subgroup of innate l...
Background/Objectives: Evans’ syndrome (ES) is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by the simultaneous or sequential onset of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). Given its rarity, available data concerning...
The recent trends in decreasing population all over the world are cause of concern, especially in developed countries. Socioeconomic factors as well as age, physiological, and environmental issues are the main contributors in limiting the number of c...
Current safety data on chemotherapy during pregnancy are based on studies which focus on the mother and do not explore reproductive health and fecundity potential within the exposed offspring. We designed this randomized ex vivo animal study to evalu...
Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) has become a useful approach for embryo selection following IVF and ICSI. However, the biopsy process associated with PGT-A is expensive, prone to errors in embryo ploidy determination, and poten...
Accurately predicting a fetus’s gestational age (GA) is crucial in prenatal care. This study aimed to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict GA using biometric measurements from fetal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We...
In this study, we analyzed the regulatory properties of 26 (twenty-six) genes associated with nonsyndromic male infertility. We applied an in silico analysis in order to determine the number and distribution of promoters and identify relevant promote...
Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) is an evolving clinical entity believed to develop from ovarian endometriosis. Continuous efforts are nowadays invested in exploring its pathogenesis and causality. Since endometrioma is a widespread sub...
This study, carried out on 94 women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and 176 controls without it, investigated the influence of body mass index (BMI) on serum levels of antimüllerian hormone (AMH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), lutein...
Chromosomal defects are a significant cause of perinatal death and childhood disability, occurring in 3.6–6.0 per 1000 births in unscreened populations. Common chromosomal defects include trisomy 21, 18, and 13, triploidy, and sex chromosome ab...
Background and Clinical Significance: Cervical ectopic pregnancy (CEP) is a rare and potentially serious condition, in which the embryo implants within the cervical canal rather than the uterine cavity and is present in less than 1% of all ectopic pr...
Endometrium, a highly dynamic tissue, is known for its remarkable ability to regenerate, differentiate, and degenerate in a non-conception cycle and transform into a specialized tissue to nurture and protect the embryo in a conception cycle. This pla...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the global challenge of inadequate data on SARS-CoV-2’s effects on pregnant women and their infants. In response, Slovakia, along with other countries, launched a nationwide study to assess the inci...
Background: Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries (OASI) are associated with significant morbidity. Data regarding induction of labor (IOL) and risk of OASI is conflicting. The objective of this study is to evaluate if IOL increases the odds of OASI when...
Background: Mullerian duct anomalies include a broad spectrum of genital tract defects that arise from developmental abnormalities of the genital tract. Herlyn–Werner–Wunderlich syndrome (HWWS) refers to the combination of uterus didelphy...
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality in women of reproductive age. In recent years, the development of preventive and therapeutic strategies has significantly increased survival rates. While this represents an important medical a...
Introduction and Hypothesis: Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIs) complicate 5.8% of vaginal deliveries. Our objective was to assess if the primary delivery provider, a nurse-midwife versus physician obstetrician, is associated with OASIs. Metho...
The retrospective noninterventional study investigated the kinetic energy of video images of 18 fertilized eggs (7 were normal and 11 were abnormal) recorded by a time-lapse device leading up to the beginning of the first cleavage. The norm values of...
Background: Higher levels of pre-operative anxiety are associated with adverse outcomes according to the cardiothoracic and orthopedic literature on emergent surgeries. There are limited data on pre-operative anxiety levels in the gynecologic setting...
Background/Objectives: As the incidence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) continue to rise in tandem, their relationship to one another, as well as the general risks of ART, are increasingly being e...
Endometriosis is a common benign gynecologic disorder associated with infertility and pelvic pain, affecting 6–11% of reproductive-age females, and can frequently lead to the formation of ovarian endometriomas. Mature cystic teratomas are benig...
Background/Objectives: In the postpartum period, approximately 12% of patients seek care in the emergency department (ED), with a higher representation of Black patients. Hypertension is a common reason for ED visits during this period, often leading...
Background/Objectives: Outpatient operative hysteroscopy is a cornerstone in the management of intrauterine pathologies within reproductive medicine. However, procedural pain and anxiety remain key barriers leading to failed procedures and referrals...
Background/Objectives: Serum progesterone (P) levels on the day of frozen–thawed embryo transfer (FET) appear to influence treatment success. Some studies suggest that low P levels may negatively affect pregnancy outcomes, whereas others report...
Background: The management of symptomatic uterine fibroids in women of reproductive age remains a clinical challenge, with uterine preservation being a primary objective in order to safeguard fertility. To date, no clear consensus has been establishe...
Background/Objectives: Non-receptive endometrium is associated with recurrent implantation failure, which leads to a decrease in the frequency of pregnancy during IVF; therefore, new treatment methods such as the use of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) are...
We carried out a comprehensive literature search for publications on the range of vascular events that have been linked to adenomyosis. This covered vascular diseases, blood coagulation disorders, thrombosis, hypercoagulation, stroke (embolic, ischem...
Pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes (TID) are associated with an increased risk of obstetric and neonatal adverse outcomes. Optimal glycemic control prior to and through pregnancy is crucial to reduce complications. The use of diabetes technol...
Psychomotor developmental delay in infants includes failure to acquire abilities such as sitting, walking, grasping objects and communication at the ages when most infants have acquired these abilities. Known risk factors include a large number of as...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently affects women of childbearing age and often coincides with pregnancy. With an increased incidence of IBD, gastroenterologists and obstetricians are more frequently involved in caring for women of reproducti...
This case presents a novel occurrence of a de novo BRCA1 gene deletion in a fetus with a cystic hygroma. Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) was performed for chromosome G-banding analysis, demonstrating a normal karyotype: 46, XX. Chromosome microarray...
Background/Objectives: This study examines index pregnancies with histopathological diagnosis of placenta accreta, based on findings of basal plate myometrial fibers (BPMFs) without intervening decidua, and the risk of hemorrhagic morbidity and/or cl...
Introduction: A Skene’s gland cyst is a rare gynecological disorder, and the cause of an adult onset is largely unknown. However, periurethral and perineal cystic lesions are common, causing often indistinguishable symptoms. Therefore, accurate...
Septic abortion can lead to severe maternal morbidity and mortality. The management of septic abortion can be complicated by a history of radical trachelectomy and transabdominal cerclage placement. A 33-year-old G1P0 at 17 weeks and 6 days gestation...
Background/Objectives: Adverse pregnancy outcomes correlate with blood glucose levels in women with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). There is a gap between the glycaemic targets and the blood glucose control achieved in pregnancy. This study aimed to investig...
Background/Objectives: In vitro fertilization (IVF) is an assisted reproductive technique for women and couples experiencing difficulties in achieving a spontaneous pregnancy, often due to stressors that negatively affect fertility. Humor can be bene...
