Views and reviews

Introduction: Quality of pelvic surgery and postoperative adhesions

Philippe R. Koninckx, Victor Gomel

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 991–993

Reduction of postoperative adhesion development

Michael P. Diamond

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 994–997.e1

Role of the peritoneal cavity in the prevention of postoperative adhesions, pain, and fatigue

Philippe R. Koninckx, Victor Gomel, Anastasia Ussia, Leila Adamyan

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 998–1010

Oxidative stress in the pelvic cavity and its role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis

Jacques Donnez, Maria Mercedes Binda, Olivier Donnez, Marie-Madeleine Dolmans

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1011–1017

Mesothelial cells and peritoneal homeostasis

Steven Eugene Mutsaers, Cecilia Marie-Antoinette Prêle, Steven Pengelly, Sarah Elizabeth Herrick

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1018–1024

Microsurgical principles and postoperative adhesions: lessons from the past

Victor Gomel, Philippe R. Koninckx

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1025–1031

Inklings

Disclosure in scientific meetings: should we take any steps further?

Antonio Pellicer, Errico Zupi

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Page 1032

Seminal contribution

Long-awaited pregnancy: intelligence and academic performance in offspring of infertile parents—a cohort study

Bjørn Bay, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Susan Golombok, Lena Hohwü, Carsten Obel, Tine Brink Henriksen, Ulrik Schiøler Kesmodel

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1033–1040.e1

ASRM pages

Oocyte or embryo donation to women of advanced reproductive age: an Ethics Committee opinion

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages e3–e7

Financial “risk-sharing” or refund programs in assisted reproduction: an Ethics Committee opinion

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages e8–e11

Reflections

Caution: counseling patients with diminished ovarian reserve and recurrent pregnancy loss about in vitro fertilization with preimplantation genetic screening

Ruth B. Lathi, Jonathan D. Kort

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1041–1042

Appendectomy, tonsillectomy, and conceptions

Zeev Blumenfeld

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1043–1044

Leiomyoma therapeutic options: is it now prime time for stratified medicine?

Linda D. Bradley, Ndeye-Aicha Gueye

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1045–1046

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome and associated malformations: are they as common as we think?

John C. Petrozza

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1047–1048

Evidence-based research for weight management of the obese woman around the time of conception is not as simple as you think!

L. Anne Gilmore, Leanne M. Redman

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1049–1050

Towards improving analysis and interpretation of antimüllerian hormone in women

Richard A. Anderson

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1051–1052

Andrology

Leukocytes coincubated with human sperm trigger classic neutrophil extracellular traps formation, reducing sperm motility

Fabiola Zambrano, Tessa Carrau, Ulrich Gärtner, Anika Seipp, Anja Taubert, Ricardo Felmer, Raúl Sanchez, Carlos Hermosilla

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1053–1060.e1

Altered micro-ribonucleic acid expression profiles of extracellular microvesicles in the seminal plasma of patients with oligoasthenozoospermia

Masood Abu-Halima, Nicole Ludwig, Martin Hart, Petra Leidinger, Christina Backes, Andreas Keller, Mohamad Hammadeh, Eckart Meese

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1061–1069.e3

Influence of increasing body mass index on semen and reproductive hormonal parameters in a multi-institutional cohort of subfertile men

Jared M. Bieniek, James A. Kashanian, Christopher M. Deibert, Ethan D. Grober, Kirk C. Lo, Robert E. Brannigan, Jay I. Sandlow, Keith A. Jarvi

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1070–1075

Validation of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine guidelines/recommendations in white European men presenting for couple's infertility

Eugenio Ventimiglia, Paolo Capogrosso, Luca Boeri, Silvia Ippolito, Roberta Scano, Marco Moschini, Giorgio Gandaglia, Enrico Papaleo, Francesco Montorsi, Andrea Salonia

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1076–1082.e1

Assisted reproduction

Does salpingectomy have a deleterious impact on ovarian response in in vitro fertilization cycles?

Sang-Hee Yoon, Ji Young Lee, Soo-Nyung Kim, Hye Won Chung, So Yun Park, Chulmin Lee

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1083–1092.e5

Assessing the adequacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist leuprolide to trigger oocyte maturation and management of inadequate response

Frank E. Chang, Stephanie A. Beall, Jeris M. Cox, Kevin S. Richter, Alan H. DeCherney, Michael J. Levy

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1093–1100.e3

Characterization of the injection funnel during intracytoplasmic sperm injection reflects cytoplasmic maturity of the oocyte

Iris Krause, Uwe Pohler, Stefan Grosse, Omar Shebl, Erwin Petek, Arvind Chandra, Thomas Ebner

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1101–1106

Elective single embryo transfer in women less than age 38 years reduces multiple birth rates, but not live birth rates, in United States fertility clinics

Abigail C. Mancuso, Sheree L. Boulet, Eyup Duran, Erika Munch, Dmitry M. Kissin, Bradley J. Van Voorhis

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1107–1114

Early pregnancy

Association of functional genetic variants of CTLA4 with reduced serum CTLA4 protein levels and increased risk of idiopathic recurrent miscarriages

Maneesh Kumar Misra, Aditi Mishra, Shubha R. Phadke, Suraksha Agrawal

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1115–1123.e6

Higher rates of aneuploidy in blastocysts and higher risk of no embryo transfer in recurrent pregnancy loss patients with diminished ovarian reserve undergoing in vitro fertilization

Lora K. Shahine, Lorna Marshall, Julie D. Lamb, Lee R. Hickok

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1124–1128

Endometriosis

Complications during pregnancy and delivery in women with untreated rectovaginal deep infiltrating endometriosis

Caterina Exacoustos, Ilaria Lauriola, Lucia Lazzeri, Giovanna De Felice, Errico Zupi

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1129–1135.e1

Environment and epidemiology

FASN, dietary fat intake, and risk of uterine leiomyomata in the Black Women's Health Study

Lauren A. Wise, Julie R. Palmer, Lynn Rosenberg, Stephen A. Haddad, Edward A. Ruiz-Narváez

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1136–1141

Effect of maternal age on maternal and neonatal outcomes after assisted reproductive technology

Anna Lena Wennberg, Signe Opdahl, Christina Bergh, Anna-Karina Aaris Henningsen, Mika Gissler, Liv Bente Romundstad, Anja Pinborg, Aila Tiitinen, Rolv Skjærven, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1142–1149.e14

Association between prior appendectomy and/or tonsillectomy in women and subsequent pregnancy rate: a cohort study

Li Wei, Thomas MacDonald, Sami Shimi

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1150–1156

Environmental tobacco smoke and risk of late-diagnosis incident fibroids in the Study of Women's Health across the Nation (SWAN)

Jason Y.Y. Wong, Po-Yin Chang, Ellen B. Gold, Wesley O. Johnson, Jennifer S. Lee

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1157–1164

Role of ethnicity in treating uterine fibroids with ulipristal acetate

Ally Murji, Rebecca Crosier, Tiffany Chow, Xiang Y. Ye, Lindsay Shirreff

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1165–1169

Effects of hormones on skin wrinkles and rigidity vary by race/ethnicity: four-year follow-up from the ancillary skin study of the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study

Carter M. Owen, Lubna Pal, Sunni L. Mumford, Ruth Freeman, Barbara Isaac, Linda McDonald, Nanette Santoro, Hugh S. Taylor, Erin F. Wolff

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1170–1175.e3

Fertility preservation

High cytokine expression and reduced ovarian reserve in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Roberto Paradisi, Rossella Vicenti, Maria Macciocca, Renato Seracchioli, Stefania Rossi, Raffaella Fabbri

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1176–1182

Public support in the United States for elective oocyte cryopreservation

Erin I. Lewis, Stacey A. Missmer, Leslie V. Farland, Elizabeth S. Ginsburg

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1183–1189

Gynecology and menopause

Phenotypic and clinical aspects of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome in a Chinese population: an analysis of 594 patients

Hong-xin Pan, Guang-nan Luo

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1190–1194

Fertility results and pregnancy outcomes after conservative treatment of cervical cancer: a systematic review of the literature

Enrica Bentivegna, Amandine Maulard, Patricia Pautier, Cyrus Chargari, Sebastien Gouy, Philippe Morice

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1195–1211.e5

Infertility

Feasibility of a brief, intensive weight loss intervention to improve reproductive outcomes in obese, subfertile women: a pilot study

Amy Rothberg, Michael Lanham, John Randolph, Christine Fowler, Nicole Miller, Yolanda Smith

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1212–1220

Mental health, sexuality, and ethics

Perceived importance of childbearing and attitudes toward assisted reproductive technology among Chinese lesbians in Hong Kong: implications for psychological well-being

Iris P.Y. Lo, Celia H.Y. Chan, Timothy H.Y. Chan

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1221–1229

Reproductive endocrinology

Quantifying the intraindividual variation of antimüllerian hormone in the ovarian cycle

Narelle Hadlow, Suzanne J. Brown, Afsana Habib, Robert Wardrop, John Joseph, Melissa Gillett, Rhonda Maguire, Johan Conradie

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1230–1237

Variation in circulating antimüllerian hormone precursor during the periovulatory and acute postovulatory phases of the human ovarian cycle

Michael W. Pankhurst, Yih Harng Chong

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1238–1243.e2

Raising threshold for diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome excludes population of patients with metabolic risk

Molly M. Quinn, Chia-Ning Kao, Asima Ahmad, Nikolaus Lenhart, Kanade Shinkai, Marcelle I. Cedars, Heather G. Huddleston

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1244–1251

Androgen responses to adrenocorticotropic hormone infusion among individual women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Kevin H. Maas, Sandy Chuan, Evan Harrison, Heidi Cook-Andersen, Antoni J. Duleba, R. Jeffrey Chang

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1252–1257

Polycystic ovary syndrome in type 2 diabetes: does it predict a more severe phenotype?

Stephanie Y.T. Sim, Sian L. Chin, Jocelyn L.K. Tan, Suzanne J. Brown, Andrea J. Cussons, Bronwyn G.A. Stuckey

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1258–1263

Reproductive surgery

Fertility outcome of laparoscopic treatment in patients with severe endometriosis and repeated in vitro fertilization failures

David Soriano, Iris Adler, Jerome Bouaziz, Matti Zolti, Vered H. Eisenberg, Mordechai Goldenberg, Daniel S. Seidman, Shai E. Elizur

Vol 106 | No. 5 | October 2016 | Pages 1264–1269