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Management of Infertility

A Practical Approach

  • 1st Edition - September 22, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Antonio Simone Laganà, Antonino Guglielmino
  • Language: English

Management of Infertility: A Practical Approach offers an accurate and complete reference for the management of infertility and a robust step-by-step guide for assisted reprod… Read more

Description

Management of Infertility: A Practical Approach offers an accurate and complete reference for the management of infertility and a robust step-by-step guide for assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs), including how to plan, design and organize a clinical setting and laboratory. The book also provides an evidence-based, complete and practical description of the available methods for diagnosis and management of male and female infertility. This will be an ideal resource for researchers, students and clinicians who want to gain complete knowledge about both basic and advanced information surrounding the diagnosis and management of infertility and related disorders.

Key features

  • Provides a step-by-step guide on how to design, plan and organize an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) unit and laboratory
  • Deeply discusses both male and female factor infertility, providing a complete guide for the diagnosis and treatment of the different causes of infertility
  • Addresses all the techniques of assisted reproduction and in vitro fertilization, discussing their use in different clinical settings

Readership

Physicians practicing fertility care, gynecologists, biologists, endocrinologists, family physicians, reproductive endocrinologists, researchers focused on infertility. Students, trainees and residents

Table of contents

1. History and epidemiology of human fertility
Hassan Sallam

2. Setting up an ART unit: planning, design, and organization
Domenico Baldini, Giorgio Baldini and Isabella Cobuzzi

3. Building the laboratory
Bianca Bianco

4. Work-up of female infertility
Giovanni Buzzaccarini, Amerigo Vitagliano and Antonio Simone Laganà

5. Work-up of male infertility
Luca Boeri, Edoardo Pozzi and Andrea Salonia

6. Prothrombotic gene polymorphisms and adverse reproductive outcomes in ART
Milan Terzic and Gulzhanat Aimagambetova

7. Endocrinological causes of female infertility
María José España De Marco, Stella Lancuba, Marta Tesone and Marcos Thomson

8. Tubal factor
Antoine Watrelot

9. Uterine and cervical anomalies
Luis Alonso Pacheco

10. Uterine fibroids and infertility
Veronika Günther, Damaris Freytag and Ibrahim Alkatout

11. Endometriosis and infertility
Timur Gurgan

12. Endocrinological causes of male infertility
Alayman Hussein

13. Sperm DNA fragmentation: impact on ART outcome
Ashok Agarwal

14. Male accessory gland infection: diagnosis and treatment
Rossella Cannarella, Rosita A. Condorelli, Laura Cimino, Laura M. Mongioì, Michele Compagnone, Federica Barbagallo, Andrea Crafa, Aldo E. Calogero and Sandro La Vignera

15. Hormonal and non-hormonal treatment of male infertility
Rhianna Davies, Channa N. Jayasena and Suks Minhas

16. Surgical management of male infertility and sperm retrieval
Nicola Arrighi

17. How to choose the appropriate ART technique and counselling about reproductive outcomes
Michael Chapman

18. Preparation of the couple for the ART technique: necessary and unnecessary tests
Andrea Roberto Carosso, Alessandro Ruffa, Bernadette Evangelisti, Noemi Mercaldo, Andrea Garolla, Carlo Foresta, Chiara Benedetto and Alberto Revelli

19. Ovulation induction protocols
Omar Sefrioui

20. Ovarian Stimulation Protocols
Basil Tarlatzis and Konstantinos D. afopoulos

21. Oocyte retrieval
Nina Jančar and Helena Ban Frangez

22. Oocyte quality evaluation and cryopreservation
Pinar Ozcan, Bulut Varli, Necati Findikli, Murat Basar and Engin Oral

23. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Stefan Palomba

24. Sperm quality evaluation and cryopreservation
Rhianna Davies, Channa N. Jayasena and Suks Minhas

25. In vitro fertilization and embryo culture in time-lapse imaging
Alison Campbell, Amy Barrie and Rachel Smith

26. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
Gianpiero D. Palermo

27. Embryo transfer
Pieraldo Inaudi

28. Luteal phase support
Mariana Miguens, Sergio Papier and Andrea Coscia

29. Preimplantation Genetic Testing
Sandrine Chamayou

30. Embryo quality evaluation and cryopreservation
Livia Pellegrini and Mauro Cozzolino

31. Frozen–thawed embryo transfer
Erlisa Bardhi and Panagiotis Drakopoulos

32. Oocyte and sperm donation
Pascual Martin, Fernando Sanchez and Juan Tunon

33. Recurrent miscarriage
William H. Kutteh, Dalal Kojok and Ghina Ghazeeri

34. Repeated implantation failures
Michail Papapanou and Charalampos Siristatidis

35. Gestational carrier
Nikos Prapas and Stamatios Petousis

36. Female and male fertility preservation in oncology
Federico Ferrari, Martina Ratti, Anna Consoli, Filippo Alberto Ferrari, Enrico Sartori and Franco Odicino

37. Psychological impact of infertility and ART procedures
Helene Mitchell, Wendy Norton and Helene Mitchell

38. Risk, safety and outcome monitoring in the IVF Clinic
Rossana Di Paola, Angela Cuccarollo and Simone Garzon

39. Regulation, data management, informed consent and legal issues for ART
Ilaria Soave and Roberto Marci

40. Impact of Covid-19 on ART
Domenico Carone

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 23, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Antonio Simone Laganà

Antonio Simone Laganà is Deputy of the Special Interest Group for Endometriosis & Endometrial Disorders (SIGEED) of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and Ambassador of the World Endometriosis Society (WES). He was trained in obstetric/gynecological ultrasound at the Altamedica Main Centre in Rome (Italy), got the Master in “Gynecological Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery” at the University of Pisa (Italy), the Ph.D. in “Medical and Surgical Biotechnologies” at the University of Messina (Italy), and developed an intensive training in minimally invasive gynecological surgery (high-volume advanced laparoscopy, hysteroscopy) at the Univerzitetni Klinični Center Ljubljana (Slovenia), during the Subspecialist Training Programme (Fellowship) in Reproductive Medicine (according to the criteria of the European Society of Human Reproduction, ESHRE, and Embryology and European Board & College of Gynecology and Obstetrics, EBCOG). His research interests include endometriosis, reproductive immunology, infertility, gynaecological endocrinology, laparoscopy, and hysteroscopy. He is the author of more than 300 papers published in PubMed-indexed international peer-reviewed journals, and his presence is often requested as an invited speaker at international congresses. He is currently an editor of high-impact journals, including Scientific Reports, PLOS One, Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Journal of Ovarian Research, Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, and many others. He is habilitated as Associate Professor in Italy for Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Affiliations and expertise
Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, ARNAS "Civico – Di Cristina – Benfratelli", Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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Antonino Guglielmino

Antonino Guglielmino is President of the Italian Society of Human Reproduction and National Representative of Italy within the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. He is specialized in Gynecology and Obstetrics, holds a post-graduate diploma in clinical sexology from the International Institute of Sexology in Florence, a certificate of Bio-ethical Medicine from the Institute of Bio-ethics in Vatican City, and a Master's in Biology and Reproductive Medicine at University of Padua.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, HERA Fertlity Center, Catania, Italy

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