Mark Perloe, MD

Articles by Mark Perloe, MD

Ovulation assessment is an important part of every infertile couple's evaluation. A complete history and physical by your physician can often uncover obvious concerns.

Human beings are remarkably fertile. Most females are capable of conceiving and bearing children beginning in their mid-teen years. While women in industrialized societies usually bear children in their 20s and 30s, women can give birth well into their 40s and beyond.

Brief overview of human egg and embryo freezing. Discussion of merits of currently utilized cryopreservation protocols. Practical issues of cryopreservation with reference to egg or embryo selection, and thaw replacement protocols. Alternative cryopreservation technologies.

Central to any consideration of techniques in the IVF lab is the quality of the gametes that the lab has to work with. Usually there is little opportunity to modify the basic quality of sperm, however, the oocyte is a direct biological end product of ovarian super-ovulation as commonly conducted in human IVF therapy.

Ectopic pregnancy, or preembryo implantation outside the endometrial cavity (i.e., fallopian tube, cervix, abdominal or pelvic cavity), is a potentially fatal condition with an incidence of 1:150 diagnosed pregnancies.

Mackendrodt performed the first colonic resection for sigmoid endometriosis in 1909. Research has revealed that approximately 10 percent of menstruating women have endometriosis and up to 34 percent may have intestinal involvement.

bout 30% of those with blocked tubes have proximal obstruction. Blockage where the tubes connect to the uterus. This may be due to adhesions, spasm of the opening from the uterus to the tube (tubal osteum) or dryed up dead cells and mucus. The first probably can't be helped. We often see it with a condition called SIN (salpingitis isthmica nodusum) seen after sever pelvic infection. Spasm means the tubes are not really blocked but they show up that way. It's the dried up stuff blocking the tube that makes a difference.

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