Systematic Reviews of Family Planning and Fertility Treatments

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of family planning and fertility treatments.
Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Post-embryo transfer interventions for in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In recent years assisted reproduction has become more evidence based in an attempt to determine what techniques truly work compared to what does not. This has led to major changes in the way embryos are transferred and what therapies are given to women ...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Pentoxifylline versus medical therapies for subfertile women with endometriosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Endometriosis is a painful condition where endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus, which potentially affects a woman's ability to conceive. Recent studies support the influence of the immune system on this disease. Pentoxifylline is an immunomodula...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Metformin treatment before and during IVF or ICSI in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterised by chronic failure or absence of ovulation (anovulation) and excessive production of male hormones (hyperandrogenism) with the clinical manifestations of irregular menstrual cycles, infertility, hirsutis...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Monitoring of stimulated cycles in assisted reproduction (IVF and ICSI)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   To optimise follicle stimulation and prevent the occurrence of ovarian hyperstimulation in controlled ovarian-stimulated cycles, the combination of ultrasound and measurement of serum estradiol concentration has traditionally been accepted as the gold s...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Long versus short course treatment with Metformin and Clomiphene Citrate for ovulation induction in women with PCOS
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy among reproductive-aged women. Apart from infertility, women with PCOS often have other endocrine disorders, including insulin resistance, hyperinsulinaemia and hyperandrogenism. Metform...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Low-dose aspirin for in vitro fertilisation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is no evidence to guide use of low-dose aspirin for women undergoing in vitro fertilisation. Low-dose aspirin is often prescribed for women undergoing in vitro fertilisation to help improve their chances of achieving a successful pregnancy. This r...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Laparoscopic 'drilling' by diathermy or laser for ovulation induction in anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ovarian surgery in women with clomiphene-resistant polycystic ovarian syndrome reduces the risk of multiple pregnancy without decreasing the pregnancy rate. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have trouble ovulating. Gonadotrophins are hormones ...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Cleavage stage versus blastocyst stage embryo transfer in assisted conception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Keeping embryos a few days longer in the laboratory before transfer has not been shown to lead to more pregnancies than regular IVF In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is fertilisation (egg and sperm creating an embryo) in a laboratory (in a 'test tube'). W...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Embryo freezing for preventing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   More research is needed to determine whether using frozen embryos and or intravenous albumin can reduce the rate of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in IVF...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Recombinant Luteinizing Hormone (rLH) for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in assisted reproductive cycles
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The standard treatment in in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) consists of daily administration of subcutaneous (s.c.) injections of recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH) to induce multiple follicle growth in...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Peri-implantation glucocorticoid administration for assisted reproductive technology cycles
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Glucocorticoids are a class of steroid hormones, with potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. In order to improve embryo implantation in in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles, the use of glucoc...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Recombinant versus urinary human chorionic gonadotrophin for ovulation induction in assisted conception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Urinary human chorionic gonadotrophin was used for several years to trigger ovulation. Similar man-made drugs, recombinant human chorionic gonadotrophin and recombinant luteinizing hormone, have been developed. This review found there was no difference ...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Coasting (withholding gonadotrophins) for preventing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a complication of using hormones to induce ovulation (the release of eggs) in IVF (in vitro fertilisation). This can sometimes over-stimulate ovaries. Severe OHSS can be life threatening. One method used to tr...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Depot versus daily administration of gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist protocols for pituitary desensitization in assisted reproduction cycles
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles involve women taking a series of hormones. Using the hormone drug GnRHa (gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues) during one stage of this process increases the chance of pregnancy. There are several options for GnR...
Date:   Nov 2004
Title:   Luteal phase support in assisted reproduction cycles
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   When women have assisted reproduction treatment (such as in vitro fertilization) to help them become pregnant, the natural hormones that help to establish pregnancy can be disturbed by the fertility drugs that are used. After the embryos are placed in t...
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Surgical treatment for tubal disease in women due to undergo in vitro fertilisation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Diseases of the fallopian tube, such as hydrosalpinx (watery substances in blocked fallopian tubes resulting either from infection, endometriosis or previous surgery), can severely reduce the chances of pregnancy while on the IVF program because of dama...
Date:   Mar 2004
Title:   Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection versus conventional techniques for oocyte insemination during in vitro fertilisation in patients with non-male subfertility
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   IVF gives better fertilisation results than ICSI in couples with non-male subfertility. Pregnancy rates after IVF and ICSI are not significantly different. If anything, ICSI does not improve on the IVF outcome in these couples. ...
Date:   Feb 2003
Title:   Human menopausal gonadotropin versus recombinant follicle stimulation hormone for ovarian stimulation in assisted reproductive cycles
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The gonadotrophins studied in this review, human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) and recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH), have both been used successfully for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (I...
Date:   Aug 2002
Title:   Intra-venous albumin for preventing severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a condition that can develop in women getting help to ovulate. If severe, it is potentially lethal. OHSS causes the ovaries to become enlarged. Fluid changes and bleeding can cause kidney failure and the need...
Date:   Feb 2002
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