Views and Reviews

 

Introduction: Reproductive genetics: bringing clarity to a foreign language

Anthony R. Gregg, Steven R. Lindheim

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 181–182

 

Expanded carrier screening: what the reproductive endocrinologist needs to know

Jeffrey Dungan

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 183–189

 

Ethical quandaries around expanded carrier screening in third-party reproduction

Heidi Mertes, Steven R. Lindheim, Guido Pennings

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 190–194

 

Cell-free DNA for the detection of fetal aneuploidy

Tamar Goldwaser, Susan Klugman

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 195–200

Prenatal diagnosis by chromosomal microarray analysis

Brynn Levy, Ronald Wapner

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 201–212

 

Exome and genome sequencing in reproductive medicine

Elizabeth A. Normand, Joseph T. Alaimo, Ignatia B. Van den Veyver

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 213–220

 

Fertile battle

 

In vitro fertilization twins: acceptable when desired, or iatrogenic complication preventable through elective single embryo transfer?

David R. Meldrum

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 221–222

 

Prevention of in vitro fertilization twins should focus on maximizing single embryo transfer versus twins are an acceptable complication of in vitro fertilization

David R. Meldrum, Eli Y. Adashi, V. Gabriel Garzo, Norbert Gleicher, Jean Parinaud, Anja Pinborg, Brad Van Voorhis

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 223–229

 

Inklings

 

Sperm donor anonymity: a concept rendered obsolete by modern technology

Peter G. McGovern, William D. Schlaff

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 230–231

 

Seminal contribution

C-Reactive protein in relation to fecundability and anovulation among eumenorrheic women

Rose G. Radin, Lindsey A. Sjaarda, Robert M. Silver, Carrie J. Nobles, Sunni L. Mumford, Neil J. Perkins, Brian D. Wilcox, Anna Z. Pollack, Karen C. Schliep, Torie C. Plowden, Enrique F. Schisterman

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 232–239.e1

 

Reflections

 

Deciphering the complex relationship between systemic inflammation and fecundity in eumenorrheic women

Audrey J. Gaskins

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 240–241

 

Optimizing luteal support in frozen embryo transfer cycles

Thomas L. Toth, Denis A. Vaughan

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 242–243

 

Nature versus science, transferring embryos or blame

Neil Ryan Chappell, William E. Gibbons

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 244–245

 

A new predictive parameter for embryo transfer success: a path forward is needed to implement it in technique training

Jason Franasiak

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 246–247

 

What do we know about the relationships between preconception parental health, infertility, and pregnancy outcomes?

Erma Z. Drobnis, Danny J. Schust

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 248–249

 

Intergenerational gamete donation may be clinically challenging, but it is ethically defensible

Mark V. Sauer

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 250–251

 

Navigating the complex challenges of fertility preservation

Lisa C. Grossman Becht, Eric J. Forman

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 252–253

 

Family Ties

Joop S.E. Laven

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 254–255

 

Robotic-assisted surgery in live-donor uterus transplantation

Mats Brännström, Pernilla Dahm-Kähler, Niclas Kvarnström

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 256–257

 

Assisted reproduction

 

Antimüllerian hormone as a predictor of live birth following assisted reproduction: an analysis of 85,062 fresh and thawed cycles from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System database for 2012–2013

Reshef Tal, David B. Seifer, Ethan Wantman, Valerie Baker, Oded Tal

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 258–265

 

Vitrified blastocyst transfer cycles with the use of only vaginal progesterone replacement with Endometrin have inferior ongoing pregnancy rates: results from the planned interim analysis of a three-arm randomized controlled noninferiority trial

Kate Devine, Kevin S. Richter, Eric A. Widra, Jeffrey L. McKeeby

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 266–275

 

Time-lapse algorithms and morphological selection of day-5 embryos for transfer: a preclinical validation study

Ashleigh Storr, Christos Venetis, Simon Cooke, Suha Kilani, William Ledger

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 276–283.e3

 

Successful quintuplet pregnancy of monochorionic male quadruplets and single female after double embryo transfer: case report and review of the literature

Ryan Schlueter, Christina Arnett, Christopher Huang, Janet Burlingame

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 284–288

 

Low dosing of gonadotropins in in vitro fertilization cycles for women with poor ovarian reserve: systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohamed Abdel-Fattah Youssef, Madelon van Wely, Monique Mochtar, Usama Mohamed Fouda, Ashraf Eldaly, Eman Zein El Abidin, Ahmed Elhalwagy, Ahmed Abdel Mageed Abdallah, Sherif Sameh Zaki, Mohamed Sayed Abdel Ghafar, Mohamed Nagi Mohesen, Fulco van der Veen

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 289–301

 

Randomized controlled trial comparing embryo culture in two incubator systems: G185 K-System versus EmbryoScope

Julie Barberet, Jérémy Chammas, Céline Bruno, Elodie Valot, Clarisse Vuillemin, Lysiane Jonval, Cécile Choux, Paul Sagot, Agnès Soudry, Patricia Fauque

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 302–309.e1

 

Effect of air bubbles localization and migration after embryo transfer on assisted reproductive technology outcome

Cem Fıçıcıoğlu, Pınar Özcan, Melis G. Koçer, Mert Yeşiladalı, Oya Alagöz, Gülçin Özkara, Ahter T. Tayyar, Çiğdem Altunok

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 310–314.e1

 

Epidemiology

 

Parental health status and infant outcomes: Upstate KIDS Study

Germaine M. Buck Louis, Erin Bell, Yunlong Xie, Rajeshwari Sundaram, Edwina Yeung

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 315–323

 

Obstetric complications after frozen versus fresh embryo transfer in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: results from a randomized trial

Bo Zhang, Daimin Wei, Richard S. Legro, Yuhua Shi, Jing Li, Lin Zhang, Yan Hong, Gang Sun, Ting Zhang, Weiping Li, Zi-Jiang Chen

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 324–329

 

Pregnancy-related complications and perinatal outcomes resulting from transfer of cryopreserved versus fresh embryos in vitro fertilization: a meta-analysis

Tingting Sha, Xunqiang Yin, Wenwei Cheng, Isaac Yaw Massey

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 330–342.e9

 

Ethics

 

Public support for intergenerational oocyte donation in the United States

Pietro Bortoletto, Leslie V. Farland, Elizabeth S. Ginsburg, Randi H. Goldman

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 343–348.e1

 

Fertility preservation

 

Long-term outcomes in cancer patients who did or did not pursue fertility preservation

Molly B. Moravek, Rafael Confino, Kristin N. Smith, Ralph R. Kazer, Susan C. Klock, Angela K. Lawson, William J. Gradishar, Mary Ellen Pavone

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 349–355

 

Reproductive endocrinology

 

Metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia in mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers of women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bulent Yilmaz, Priyathama Vellanki, Baris Ata, Bulent Okan Yildiz

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 356–364.e32

 

Videos

 

Uterus transplantation: robotic surgeon perspective

Hubert Fornalik, Nicole Fornalik

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Page 365

 

Transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: a new approach to ovarian cystectomy

Jan Baekelandt

Vol 109 | No. 2 | February 2018 | Pages 366