Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques: Two Volume Set

Description:

Already established as a classic comprehensive reference for the whole team at the IVF clinic, this new edition has been extensively revised, with the addition of several important new contributions on laboratory ( including advanced sperm selection techniques for ICSI, human embryo biopsy procedures, oocyte activation, managing an oocyte bank, artificial gametes, and epigenetics) as well as on clinical topics (including GnRH agonist triggering, segmentation of IVF treatment, uterus transplantation, and risk and safety management). As previously, methods, protocols, and techniques of choice are presented by eminent contributors internationally.

Table of Contents:

The beginnings of human in vitro fertilization

Robert G. Edwards and the thorny path to the birth of Louise Brown: A history of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

1 New guidelines for setting up an assisted reproduction technology laboratory

2 Quality control

3 The assisted reproduction technology laboratory

4 Evaluation of sperm

5 Sperm preparation techniques

6 Sperm chromatin assessment

7 Oocyte retrieval and selection

8 Preparation and evaluation of oocytes for intracytoplasmic sperm injection

9 Advanced sperm selection techniques for intracytoplasmic sperm injection

10 Use of in vitro maturation in a clinical setting

11 Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

12 Assisted hatching

13 Human embryo biopsy procedures

14 Assisted oocyte activation Current understanding, practice, and future perspectives

15 Analysis of fertilization

16 Culture systems for the human embryo

17 Evaluation of embryo quality Analysis of morphology and physiology

18 Evaluation of embryo quality: Time-lapse imaging to assess embryo morphokinesis

19 Evaluation of embryo quality: Proteomic strategies

20 The human oocyte: Controlled-rate cooling

21 The human oocyte: Vitrification

22 The human embryo: Slow freezing

23 The human embryo: Vitrification

24 Managing an oocyte bank

25 Severe male factor infertility: Genetic consequences and recommendations for genetic testing

26 Polar body biopsy and its clinical application

27 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for infertility

28 Genetic analysis of the embryo

29 Diagnosis of endometrial receptivity and the embryo-endometrial dialog

30 Artificial gametes The oocyte

31 Microfluidics in assisted reproduction technology: Towards automation of the in vitro fertilization laboratory

32 Epigenetic considerations in preimplantation mammalian embryos

33 Quality management in reproductive medicine

34 Lifestyle, periconception, and fertility

35 The environment and reproduction

36 Indications for in vitro fertilization treatment From diagnosis to prognosis

37 Initial investigation of the infertile couple

38 Prognostic testing for ovarian reserve

39 Drugs used for ovarian stimulation Clomiphene citrate, aromatase inhibitors, metformin, gonadotropins, gonadotropinreleasing hormone analogs, and recombinant gonadotropins

40 The role of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in ovarian stimulation Current concepts

41 Endocrine characteristics of assisted reproduction technology cycles

42 The use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists and the efficiency of in vitro fertilization

43 Gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists in ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization

44 Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist triggering

45 Segmentation of in vitro fertilization treatment

46 The use of ovarian reserve biomarkers to tailor ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization

47 Monitoring ovarian response in assisted reproduction (in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection)

48 Oocyte collection

49 Luteal-phase support in assisted reproduction technology

50 Treatment strategies in assisted reproduction for the poor-responder patient

51 Recurrent implantation failure

52 Ultrasonography in assisted reproduction

53 Sperm recovery techniques Clinical aspects

54 Processing and cryopreservation of testicular sperm

55 Embryo transfer technique

56 Cycle regimes for frozen–thawed embryo transfer

57 Anesthesia for in vitro fertilization

58 Medical considerations of single-embryotransfer

59 Endometriosis and assisted reproduction technology

60 Polycystic ovary syndrome and assisted reproduction

61 Management of hydrosalpinx

62 Fertility preservation strategies

63 Uterus transplantation

64 Viral disease and assisted reproduction technology

65 Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

66 Bleeding, severe pelvic infection,and ectopic pregnancy

67 Iatrogenic multiple pregnancies The risk of assisted reproduction technology

68 Egg and embryo donation

69 Gestational surrogacy

70 The evolving role of the assisted reproduction technology nurse A contemporary review

71 Patient support in the assisted reproduction technology program

72 The relationship between stress and in vitro fertilization outcome

73 The impact of legislation and socioeconomic factors in the access to and global practice of assisted reproductive techniques

74 Religious perspectives on human reproduction

75 Risk and safety management in assisted reproduction technology

Index