Book Cover --; Title --; Copyright --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; List of Contributors --; Introduction: the beginnings of human in vitro fertilization --; 1 Setting up an ART laboratory --; 2 Quality control: maintaining stability in the laboratory --; 3 Accreditation of the ART laboratory: the North American perspective --; 4 Accreditation of the ART laboratory: the European perspective --; 5 Evaluation of sperm --; 6 Sperm preparation techniques --; 7 Sperm chromatin assessment --; 8 Oocyte treatment:from retrieval to insemination --; 9 Preparation and evaluation of oocytes for intracytoplasmic sperm injection --; 10 Oocyte in vitro maturation --; 11 Equipment and general technical aspects of micromanipulation of gametes and embryos --; 12 Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: technical aspects --; 13 Assisted hatching --; 14 Human embryo biopsy for preimplantation genetic diagnosis --; 15 Analysis of fertilization --; 16 Culture systems for the human embryo --; 17 Evaluation of embryo quality: sequential analysis of embryo development with the aim of single embryo transfer --; 18 Slow freezing of human oocytes --; 19 Vitrification of human oocytes --; 20 Slow freezing of human embryos --; 21 Vitrification of human embryos --; 22 Managing the cryopreserved embryo bank --; 23 Cryopreservation and storage of spermatozoa --; 24 Handling and cryopreservation of testicular sperm --; 25 Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and other fertility preservation strategies --; 26 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis using comparative genomic hybridization --; 27 Severe male factor: genetic consequences and recommendations for genetic testing --; 28 Chromosome abnormalities in human embryos --; 29 Genetic analysis of the embryo --; 30 Polar body biopsy --; 31 Clinical application of polar body biopsy --; 32 Embryonic regulation in the implantation process. 33 The use of biomarkers for the assessment of uterine receptivity --; 34 Setting up an ART national register --; 35 Evidence-based medicine: issues in evaluating efficacy of treatment in assisted reproduction --; 36 Health economics of ART --; 37 Quality management in reproductive medicine --; 38 Indications for IVF treatment: from diagnosis to prognosis --; 39 Initial investigation of the patient (female and male) --; 40 Drugs used for controlled ovarian stimulation: clomiphene citrate, aromatase inhibitors, gonadotropins, and gonadotropin- --; 41 The role of FSH and LH in ovulation induction: current concepts and the contribution of recombinant gonadotropins --; 42 Developing new therapeutics for ART: recombinant DNA technology and beyond --; 43 Endocrine characteristics of ART cycles --; 44 The use of GnRH agonists --; 45 GnRH antagonists --; 46 Monitoring IVF cycles --; 47 Follicle aspiration --; 48 The luteal phase:luteal support protocols --; 49 Evaluation and treatment of the low responder patient --; 50 Repeated implantation failure:the preferred therapeutic approach --; 51 Ultrasound in ART --; 52 Sperm-recovery techniques: clinical aspects --; 53 Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) --; 54 Zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) --; 55 Embryo transfer --; 56 Anesthesia and in vitro fertilization --; 57 Endometriosis and ART --; 58 Polycystic ovaries and ART --; 59 Prognostic tests of ovarian reserve --; 60 Management of hydrosalpinx --; 61 Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome --; 62 Bleeding, severe pelvic infection, and ectopic pregnancy --; 63 Iatrogenic multiple pregnancy: the risk of ART --; 64 Reducing the incidence of multiple gestation --; 65 Egg and embryo donation --; 66 Gestational surrogacy --; 67 Human embryonic stem cells --; 68 Follicle culture --; 69 The evolving role of the ART nurse: a contemporary review --; 70 Patient support in the ART program. 71 The relationship between stress and ART outcome --; 72 Worldwide legislation --; 73 More modern ethical dilemmas in ART --; Index.
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Gynecology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Gynecology.
Human reproductive technology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.