The Subfertility Handbook: A Clinician's Guide

✍ Scribed by Gab Kovacs (editor)

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 245
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The fully revised and updated second edition of this practical handbook provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of subfertility, including treatment and diagnosis. Each chapter is written by a recognized world expert in the field and, together, they aim to provide state of the art answers to all the problems of subfertility in a single volume. The introductory chapter provides a flow-chart approach to systematic diagnosis and treatment. Clearly written and easy to read, the subsequent chapters describe what questions to ask, how to investigate, and what each treatment requires. With an expanded international team of authors, this new edition also offers new chapters devoted to third party reproduction and in vitro maturation of oocytes. From medical students studying for examinations to consultant physicians, this volume is a 'must-have' reference for anyone dealing with couples who have fertility problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 10
1 - Subfertility -- a logical approach......Page 14
2 - Pre-pregnancy counseling and treatment......Page 18
3 - The first interview with a new couple......Page 32
4 - Investigation of the female patient......Page 46
5 - Assessment of the male partner......Page 56
6 - Ultrasound in the investigation of the subfertile female......Page 73
7 - Treatment options for male infertility......Page 89
8 - The management of anovulation (including PCOS)......Page 101
9 - The role of artificial insemination with partner semen in an ART program......Page 113
10 - Early pregnancy loss......Page 125
11 - In vitro fertilization: indications, stimulation and clinical techniques......Page 136
12 - In vitro maturation......Page 148
13 - The use of donor insemination......Page 161
14 - Using donor oocytes......Page 171
15 - Embryo donation: practice and ethical dilemmas......Page 179
16 - Endometriosis and its treatment......Page 189
17 - The role of surgery in female subfertility......Page 198
18 - Laboratory techniques in IVF......Page 206
19 - Infertility counseling......Page 223
Index......Page 237