Fethi Zhioua

University of Tunis El Manar | FST · Aziza Othmana hospital

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare follicular liquid levels of IL6 and AMH in women with and without endometriosis and to evaluate their potential impact on ICSI outcomes. Materials and methods: It is a prospective case-control study conducted on 25 women with proven endometriosis and 50 patients diagnosed with other causes of infer...

Introduction/Background Twin pregnancy with complete mole is a rare entity, with high risk and non-standardized management. This case allows us to share our experience regarding this entity. Methodology We report the case of a twin pregnancy with complete mole managed in the gynaecology-obstetrics department of the Aziza Othmana hospital in Tunis...

Introduction/Objectifs La tératospermie est une anomalie spermatique définie par la présence de plus de 96 % de spermatozoïdes de fromes atypiques (OMS 2010) [1]. Elle est généralement polymorphe incluant des anomalies touchant à la fois la tête, la pièce intermédiaire et le flagelle des spermatozoïdes. Dans de très rares cas (0,05 %), lorsque plus...

Microbiota colonization is a dynamic process that impacts the health status during an individual's lifetime. The composition of the gut microbiota of newborns is conditioned by multiple factors, including the delivery mode (DM). Nonetheless, the DM's influence remains uncertain and is still the subject of debate. In this context, the medical indica...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of heavy metals on measures of male fertility. One hundred and two infertile men with occupational exposure and thirty fertile men were included in this study. Blood and urinary levels of lead, cadmium, zinc and copper were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Semen parameters and a motile spe...

Background Progress in oncology has improved patient survival. However, cancer chemotherapy can be gonadotoxic and affect their fertility. Recourse to fertility preservation before starting these treatments is therefore necessary in order to allow a better life quality after survival. The aim of this work was to study the impact of chemotherapy on...

VARICOCELE INDUCE OXIDATIVE STRESS AND SPERM DNA DAMAGES IN INFERTILES PATIENTS Mariem ben Khelifa, PhD, Hanen Elloumi, Dr, Sonia Mnallah, Dr, med Habib BEN Aribia, Dr, Mohamed Khrouf, Dr, Fethi Zhioua, Dr, Khaled Terras, Dr, Moncef Benkhalifa, PhD and Khaled Mahmoud, Dr, FERTILLIA center, Tunis, QC, Tunisia Abstract Text: OBJECTIVE: Varicocel...

76th Scientific Congress of the American-Society-for-Reproductive-Medicine, ELECTR NETWORK, OCT 17-21, 2020

The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities and microdeletions on the Y chromosome in Tunisian infertile men with severe oligozoospermia or non-obstructive azoospermia. In cases of azoospermia, we aimed also to correlate histological results after negative testicular sperm extraction with the type of Y chromos...

KG is a 31-year-old engineer, married for the past 4 years, with no children so far. In her family history, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and treated at age 45 and passed away at age 55, after a relapse. Her aunt is alive and survived breast cancer.

Introduction: One of the current challenges in reproductive health care is to increase the pregnancy rate while reducing multiple pregnancy rates. Therefore, it is necessary to have a more careful selection of embryos. The morphological and kinetic criteria for embryo selection at 40-48h after microinjection (day2) and at 72h (day 3) are well estab...