Recent updates and advances in diagnosis and management of infertility

Written by experts working at state-of-the art centers

Lucid illustrations of management processes and mechanisms, including color photographs and line diagrams

Clinical tips, nuggets and important points are highlighted throughout the book

A comprehensive text dealing with the evaluation and management of various reproductive disorders

High magnification, close up endoscopic photographs for better anatomic understanding

Part I: Assessment.-Assessment of Tubal Patency.- Assessment of Uterine Anatomy and Implications of Müllerian Disorders and Acquired Uterine Lesions on Fertility.- Assessment of Ovarian reserve and its implications on Fertility.- AMH and Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Assessment of the Male Partner.- Part II: Ovarian Stimulation and Egg Retrieval.- Analyses and Approaches to Improve IUI Outcome.- Letrozole in Fertility Therapy.- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Its Analogues.- GnRH Agonist Protocols.- GnRH Antagonist Protocols.- Corifollitropin alfa in Ovarian Stimulation.- Transdermal Delivery Systems in Medically Assisted Reproduction .- Ovulation Induction for the Woman with Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism.- Ovarian Stimulation Using Oral Therapy Protocols for the Ovulatory Patient Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination.- Ovarian Stimulation Using Gonadotropins Protocols for Ovulatory Patient Undergoing IUI.- Hyperprolactinemia: Effect on Reproduction, Diagnosis, and Management.- Natural Cycle IVF/modified natural cycle IVF and natural cycle IVF/IVM.- Unconventional Ovarian Stimulation for Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Endocrine Monitoring of Controlled Ovarian Stimulation for Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Ovulation Triggers.- The Art of Anesthesia in Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Embryo Transfer.- Part III: Medically Assisted Reproduction Under pecial Circumstances.- Surgical Sperm Retrieval and MicroTESE.- Surgical Management of Endometriosis.- Elective Surgical Removal of Hydrosalpinges.- Lateral Metroplasty and Hysteroscopic Uterine Septum Surgery.- Obesity and Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Laparoscopic Ovarian Drilling in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.- Care of the Diabetic Woman Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Vitamin D Deficiency and Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Medically Assisted Reproduction and Autoimmunity.- Immunotherapies and Unexplained Infertility.- Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) Typing in Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Medically Assisted Reproduction in Women with Bleeding Disorders.- Bleeding Disorders and Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Medically Assisted Reproduction in Organ Transplant Recipients.- Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome.- Same-Sex Couples and Single Women Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Treating the Transgender Patient.- Transvaginal Sonography Guided Management of Ectopic Pregnancies.-Part IV: Improving Outcomes in Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Multiple Pregnancies as a Complication of Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Multiple Birth Minimisation Strategies.- Multifetal Reduction Following Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Perinatal Outcome of ART Pregnancies.- Effectiveness and Safety of Freeze All Strategy with Regard to Medically Assisted Reproduction and Perinatal Outcomes.- Blastocyst Transfer for Everyone?.- Endometrial Receptivity Testing.- Androgens for Improving Ovarian Response to Stimulation.- Part V: Third Party Reproduction.- Oocyte Donation.- Sperm Donation.- Embryo Donation.- Gestational Surrogacy.- Uterus Transplantation: An Experimental Approach.- Part VI: Fertility Preservation.- Semen Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide.- Cryopreservation of Human Embryos: Basic Principles and Current Considerations.- Fertility Preservation in Pre-Pubertal Children.- Fertility Preservation for Prepubertal Boys at Risk of Infertility.- Recent Advances in Fertility Preservation.- Prevention of Gonadotoxicity.-Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation.- Effects of Ethnicity on Ovarian Stimulation and Fertility Preservation.- Managing a Sperm Cryobank.- Managing an Embryo Cryobank.- Part VII: Counselling.- Psychological Aspects of Infertility.- Counselling Prior to Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Part VIII: Genetic Testing.- Noninvasive Prenatal Testing: Current Status.- Reproductive Genetics for the Clinician.-. IVF Lite (Accuvit + PGT-A).- Relevance of Embryo Aneuploidy in Medically Assisted Reproduction.- PGT-M for couples with a single gene disorder.- PGT-A in Recurrent Miscarriage.- Part IX: IVF Laboratory.- Setting Up an IVF Laboratory.- Air Quality in the IVF Laboratory.- pH, Temperature, and Light.- A Comparison of Embryo Culture Incubators for the IVF Laboratory.- Quality Management Systems.- Risk Management in Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Screening for Infections Prior to Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Treating Patients with Blood-Borne Viruses.- Laboratory Aspects of In Vitro Maturation Cycles.- Complications of Oocyte Retrieval.- Follicular Flushing at Oocyte Retrieval in Medically Assisted Reproduction.- Handling Unhealthy or Poor-Quality Sperm Samples in a Medically Assisted Reproduction Laboratory.- Conventional IVF.- ICSI: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.- Sperm Selection Techniques for ICSI.- Selecting Sperm with Hyaluronic Acid: Evidence Base for Efficacy and Practical Applications.- Sperm Separation Protocols.- Embryo Development: From Zygote to Blastocyst.- Time-Lapse Monitoring.- Index.