EDITOR'S CORNER

What is happening to the price of eggs?
Sharon N. Covington and William E. Gibbons

MODERN TRENDS

Pathologic findings and outcomes of a minimally invasive approach to ovarian remnant syndrome
Rosanne M. Kho, Javier F. Magrina and Paul M. Magtibay

IN VITRO FERTILIZATION

Use of phenazopyridine for reducing discomfort during embryo transfer
Gary N. Frishman, Jenifer E. Allsworth, Jennifer B. Gannon and Kristen P. Wright

The presence of pinopodes in the human endometrium does not delineate the implantation window
Claire Quinn, Edward Ryan, E. Anne Claessens, Ellen Greenblatt, Peter Hawrylyshyn, Barbara Cruickshank, Thomas Hannam, Caroline Dunk and Robert F. Casper

Fertilization, embryo development, and clinical outcome of immature oocytes from stimulated intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles
Yimin Shu, Janice Gebhardt, Jill Watt, Jennifer Lyon, Danny Dasig and Barry Behr

Risk of monozygotic twinning with blastocyst transfer decreases over time: an 8-year experience
Sharon E. Moayeri, Barry Behr, Ruth B. Lathi, Lynn M. Westphal and Amin A. Milki

Oocyte karyotyping by comparative genomic hybrydization provides a highly reliable method for selecting “competent” embryos, markedly improving in vitro fertilization outcome: a multiphase study
Geoffrey Sher, Levent Keskintepe, Meral Keskintepe, Mike Ginsburg, Ghanima Maassarani, Tahsin Yakut, Volkan Baltaci, Dirk Kotze and Evrim Unsal

Late stages of embryo progression are a much better predictor of clinical pregnancy than early cleavage in intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization cycles with blastocyst-stage transfer
Khurram S. Rehman, Orhan Bukulmez, Martin Langley, Bruce R. Carr, Anna C. Nackley, Kathleen M. Doody and Kevin J. Doody

High incidence of complex chromosome abnormality in cleavage embryos from patients with repeated implantation failure
Lucille Voullaire, Veronica Collins, Tracey Callaghan, John McBain, Robert Williamson and Leeanda Wilton

MALE FACTOR

Stimulation of the nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate signaling pathway elicits human sperm chemotaxis in vitro
Erica Miraglia, Maria Luisa Rullo, Amalia Bosia, Marco Massobrio, Alberto Revelli and Dario Ghigo

Sildenafil citrate improves sperm motility but causes a premature acrosome reaction in vitro
David R.J. Glenn, Carmel M. McVicar, Neil McClure and Sheena E.M. Lewis

Tissue perfusion-controlled guided biopsies are essential for the outcome of testicular sperm extraction
Ralf Herwig, Kadir Tosun, Antonius Schuster, Peter Rehder, Bernhard Glodny, Ludwig Wildt, Karl Illmensee and Germar-Michael Pinggera

Frequency of human sperm carrying structural aberrations of chromosome 1 increases with advancing age
Eddie D. Sloter, Francesco Marchetti, Brenda Eskenazi, Rosana H. Weldon, Joginder Nath, Debby Cabreros and Andrew J. Wyrobek

Prevalence of sexually transmissible pathogens in semen from asymptomatic male infertility patients with and without leukocytospermia
Guntram Bezold, Joseph A. Politch, Nancy B. Kiviat, Jane M. Kuypers, Hans Wolff and Deborah J. Anderson

OVULATION INDUCTION

Early pregnancy loss in women stimulated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist protocols according to oral contraceptive pill pretreatment
José Bellver, Carmen Albert, Elena Labarta and Antonio Pellicer

Ovulatory status and follicular response predict success of clomiphene citrate-intrauterine insemination
Susanna J. Park, Jesus R. Alvarez, Gerson Weiss, Stanley Von Hagen, Dayna Smith and Peter G. McGovern

POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of uterine leiomyomata
Lauren A. Wise, Julie R. Palmer, Elizabeth A. Stewart and Lynn Rosenberg

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The progesterone receptor gene polymorphism, PROGINS, may be a factor related to the development of uterine fibroids
Mariano Tamura Vieira Gomes, Rodrigo de Aquino Castro, Fabiola Elizabeth Villanova, Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro da Silva, Edmund Chada Baracat, Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima and Manoel João Batista Castello Girão

Ovarian response to the human chorionic gonadotrophin stimulation test in normal ovulatory women: the impact of regressing corpus luteum
Ilkka Y. Järvelä, Maarit Niinimäki, Hannu Martikainen, Aimo Ruokonen and Juha S. Tapanainen

Ovarian suppression with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist does not alter insulin-stimulated glucose disposal
Brian C. Cooper, Cynthia K. Sites, Peter R. Casson and Michael J. Toth

REPRODUCTIVE SURGERY

Hyaluronic acid fluid agents for the prevention of adhesions after fertility-preserving gynecological surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Mostafa Metwally, Dylan Gorvy, Andrew Watson and Tin Chiu Li

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Effect of atosiban on rabbit embryo development and human sperm motility
Piotr Pierzynski, Barbara Gajda, Zdzislaw Smorag, Allan Dahl Rasmussen and Waldemar Kuczynski

Apoptosis and ultrastructural assessment after cryopreservation of whole human ovaries with their vascular pedicle
Belen Martinez-Madrid, Alessandra Camboni, Marie-Madeleine Dolmans, Stefania Nottola, Anne Van Langendonckt and Jacques Donnez

Novel method to characterize primary cultures of leiomyoma and myometrium with the use of confirmatory biomarker gene arrays
Minnie Malik and William H. Catherino

Effect of endometrioma cyst fluid exposure on peritoneal adhesion formation in a rabbit model
Laura Proud Smith, Christopher D. Williams, Joseph O.’Brien Doyle, Wendy B. Closshey, William K. Brix and Lisa M. Pastore

Molecular profiling of experimental endometriosis identified gene expression patterns in common with human disease
Idhaliz Flores, Elizabeth Rivera, Lynnette A. Ruiz, Olga I. Santiago, Michael W. Vernon and Caroline B. Appleyard

TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION

Use of trypan blue staining to assess the quality of ovarian cryopreservation
Patricia Fauque, Anis Ben Amor, Christiane Joanne, Germain Agnani, Jean Luc Bresson and Christophe Roux

IMAGES IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

Lithopedion: laparoscopic diagnosis and removal
Natalie Z. Burger, Y. Elizabeth Hung, Alexandra N. Kalof and Peter R. Casson

In utero incrustation of intrauterine systems—consequent complications and monitoring
Kálmán Patai, Dorottya Kiss, László Dévényi and Romána Zelkó

CASE REPORT SUMMARIES

Successful pregnancy outcome with the use of in vitro fertilization after Essure® hysteroscopic sterilization
John F. Kerin and Stephen Cattanach

Serum total testosterone levels in a patient with late onset 21-hydroxylase deficiency and a twin gestation
Lindsay M. Mains, Ruth B. Lathi, Richard O. Burney and Michael H. Dahan

Repeated pregnancies and live births after in vitro maturation treatment
Mohammed Al-Sunaidi, Togas Tulandi, Hananel Holzer, Camille Sylvestre, Ri-Cheng Chian and Seang Lin Tan

A new approach to preserve fertility by using a coated nitinol stent in a patient with recurrent cervical stenosis
Dorothee Grund, Christhardt Köhler, Holger Krauel and Achim Schneider

Supernumerary minute ring chromosome 14 in a man with primary infertility and left varicocele
Brandon C. Stahl, Shivanand R. Patil, Craig H. Syrop, Amy E.T. Sparks and Moshe Wald

CORRESPONDENCE

Heat-shock proteins modulate the incidence of apoptosis and oxidative stress in preimplantation mouse embryos
Navid Esfandiari, Tommaso Falcone, Jeffrey M. Goldberg, Ashok Agarwal and Rakesh K. Sharma

Prolonged duration of transfer does not affect outcome in cycles with good embryo quality
H. Nadir Ciray, Suleyman Tosun, Oguzhan Hacifazlioglu, Ali Mesut and Mustafa Bahceci

Ureteral suspension facilitates surgery for deep pelvic endometriosis
Franco Alessandri, Davide Lijoi, Emanuela Mistrangelo, Simone Ferrero, Nicola Ragni and Valentino Remorgida

Simple vaginal mold for use in the postoperative care of patients with a transverse vaginal septum
Judith Lacy, Gretchen R. Correll, David K. Walmer and Thomas M. Price

Serum and ovarian Müllerian inhibiting substance, and their decline in reproductive aging
John Yeh, Beomsu Kim, Jennifer Peresie, Yuan Jing Liang and Armando Arroyo

The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system and endometriosis staging
Mariana Kefalás Oliveira Gomes, Rui Alberto Ferriani, Júlio Cesar Rosa e Silva, Ana Carolina Japur de Sá Rosa e Silva, Carolina Sales Vieira and Francisco José Cândido dos Reis

The influence of abdominal ultrasound-guided embryo transfer on pregnancy rate: a preliminary report
Su-Chee Chen, Tsung-Hsuan Lai and Fa-Kung Lee

BOOK REVIEW

Christine Evans, Editor, Genetic Counselling: A Psychological Approach, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY (2007), pp. 1–197 Price: $45.00.
Joann Paley Galst

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Metformin and fetal malformations
Lora Shahine, Ruth B. Lathi and Michael H. Dahan

Reply of the Author
Gideon Koren

Trying to avoid the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus particles in sperm ejaculates
Louis Bujan, Nathalie Moinard, Myriam Daudin and Christophe Pasquier

Reply of the Authors
Nicolás Garrido and Marcos Meseguer