The Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization: Advanced Methods and Novel Devices is a unique, accessible title that provides a complete review of the most well-established and current diagnostic and treatment techniques comprising in vitro fertilization. Throughout the chapters, a uniform structure is employed, including a brief abstract, a keyword glossary, a step-by-step protocol of the laboratory procedures, several pages of expert commentary, key issues of clinical concern.

This volume provides a comprehensive and technical presentation of numerous aspects of reproductive cell tissue cryopreservation, and presents readers with current procedures and detailed discussions of novel techniques and the latest innovations.

Regulatory agencies worldwide have issued directives or such requirements for air quality standards in embryology laboratories. This practical guide reviews the application of clean room technology or controlled environments specifically suited for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Units.

Bringing together the latest information on the organization, management and quality of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) units, this is the first true field guide for the clinician working in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Divided thematically into four main sections, part one discussed the establishment and organization of the IVF unit, including location, design and construction, practical considerations for batching IVF cycles, and regulations and risk management.

This concise, truncated version of Nagy, Varghese and Agarwal's Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization is comprised of select clinical chapters for a portable, affordable and up-to-date resource. Clinical Embryology covers a variety of topics.

This concise, truncated version of Nagy, Varghese and Agarwal's Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization brings together all the need-to-know information on IVF lab management. It covers set-up, equipment, licensing, and quality control.

This concise, truncated version of Nagy, Varghese and Agarwal's Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization is comprised of select clinical chapters for a portable, affordable and up-to-date resource. Gamete Assessment, Selection and Micromanipulation in ART covers a variety of topics.

A Practical Guide to Setting Up an IVF Lab, Embryo Culture Systems and Running the Unit.

Ultrasound in Subfertility: Routine Applications and Diagnostic.

Clinical Management of Pregnancies following ART

Most couples presenting with a fertility problem do not have absolute infertility (that is, no chance of conception), but rather relative subfertility with a reduced chance of conception because of one or more factors in either or both partners.

The intention of this issue of Best Practice is to improve management of this intriguing and elusive reproductive disorder. 

This is the 3rd, totally revised edition of a well-known textbook that continues to represent the gold standard in the literature on clinical andrology. It examines in depth all aspects of male reproductive health, encompassing the basic physiology of male reproductive function and a wide range of disorders. Each of the chapters is written by outstanding experts in the field.

This book will serve as a textbook for newcomers to andrology while also providing the experienced physician with a valuable reference manual. The aim of the book is to help in optimizing results and generate ART treatment of high quality.

This beautifully and comprehensively illustrated atlas provides the most important recent research on the diagnosis and management of endometriosis.

This book is about the development, biology and pathology of the oocyte, and new technologies to manipulate, enhance, and control fertility.

Based on the gold-standard procedures and protocols developed and used at Boston IVF, the Boston IVF Handbook of Infertility presents a coherent and structured approach to the infertile couple.

Provides concise yet comprehensive practical information on the modern-day approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.

This atlas is an illustrated guide intended to be read and used as a reference for students, technicians and practitioners in the diverse fields of andrology, urology, pathology, gynecology, IVF and other ART programs.

In a clear, user-friendly style enhanced by abundant illustrations, algorithms, and tables, the book provides a complete explanation of the female endocrine system and its disorders and offers practical guidance on evaluation and treatment of female endocrine problems and infertility.

This unique text offers detailed discussion on both the medical and surgical management of reproductive disorders, as well as coverage of associated imaging modalities.

This concise, clinically oriented handbook fills the gap between the standard textbooks of obstetrics and gynecology - which do no cover conservative infertility treatment - and the specialized textbooks on ART.

The first volume in the 2007 series of Best Practice. This edition covers Controversies in Assisted Reproductive Technologies.

This book will help to alleviate anxieties by removing the 'fear of the unknown' through a series of concise chapters covering the crucial clinical areas in reproductive healthcare. 

This book attempts to compile global, extensively researched, yet unbiased views of world authorities on the various aspects of donor egg IVF in a single edition.

In this outstanding new book, 92 international contributors have drawn upon their own clinical experience in the field of infertility to provide information on how best to improve implantation rates by refining the technique of embryo transfer. 

This book covers the disease from diagnosis to treatment in a succinct and clear text, with colour illustrations.

In this book, the authors have tried to compile the most up-to-date knowledge on endometriosis, from sociological and epidemiological point of view to future treatments, covering the theories on the pathogenesis, current and future diagnostic methods, therapeutic alternatives, and side fields such as fertility preservation, cancer possibilities and quality of life in these patients.

Focusing on exposures to environmental contaminants, particularly during critical periods in development and their potential effects on all aspects of future reproductive life-course, this book provides the first comprehensive source of information bringing together the arguments that are spread out among various scientific disciplines in environmental health, clinical and public health fields.

In this substantially revised and expanded edition of Fast Facts - Endometriosis, two experts focus on the diagnosis and management of a complex and increasingly prevalent disease.

This book aims to discuss the relevance of this science in modern-day Assisted Reproductive Technology and its practical application. 

This user-friendly, practical guide provides an excellent introduction to good clinical practice in the investigation and treatment of infertility, using the very latest assisted reproductive technologies.

The purpose of this book is to shed light on the ever-expanding techniques that are being employed and evaluated with regard to embryo selection.

The 48th RCOG Study Group, an international multidisciplinary expert forum, considered factors involved in preparation for implantation within the uterus, what makes a good egg and sperm and hence a good embryo.

This fully updated new edition of a successful and popular practical guide is an indispensable account of modern in-vitro fertilization practice. Initial chapters cover theoretical aspects of gametogenesis and embryo development at the cellular and molecular level, while the latter half of the book describes the requisites for a successful IVF laboratory and the basic technologies in ART. Advanced techniques, including pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, vitrification and stem-cell technology, are comprehensively covered, providing up-to-date analyses of these groundbreaking technologies.

Infertility, one of the first in the new Gynecology in Practice series, assists gynecologists and family practitioners to better care for their patients who have trouble conceiving. The authors provide a strong focus on effective diagnosis and management.

This groundbreaking textbook details the techniques and philosophies behind medical procedures of infertility and assisted reproduction.

Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, second edition, is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary textbook for all health professionals providing care for individuals facing reproductive health issues.

This new edition of a popular overview of the field contains the very latest advances in the thinking on and the management of polycystic ovary syndrome and on the emerging technologies used in ART, but it has of course been revised and updated extensively.

This mini atlas is dedicated to all aspects of infertility.

This book is a dedicated effort to broadly air the various causes of infertility, the investigations warranted in the diagnosis of the cause, and the therapeutic approaches required to try to find a solution to the problem.

This book covers management options for patients with a range of pre-existing diseases and conditions that can impact on risk and outcomes of IVF treatment. 

Although there are many books on infertility, few devote themselves wholly to the male partner. Male Infertility redresses this balance by increasing awareness of both the causes and management of infertility in the male.

This book educates and updates new and experienced practitioners with the most significant advances toward the improved overall understanding of male reproductive dysfunction and provides practical strategies for assessment and management. 

This revised edition is a succinct contemporary overview of infertility management.

This is a comprehensive account of how to set up and run a successful IUI program. The book addresses the practical aspects of treatments that will produce optimum results in terms of pregnancy outcome and safety, as well as the pharmacological and physiological reasons for their use.

This practical handbook provides an extremely comprehensive, highly illustrated and up-to-date guide to micromanipulation techniques in assisted conception in a clinical setting.

Written by an internationally recognized team of experts, this book covers the full range of surgical and medical interventions for diagnosing and treating endometriosis.

This text emphasizes the practice of treating infertility in the office setting, reflecting the current trend away from the hospital in the outpatient environment. The most current and advanced therapies are discussed by recognised experts in the field. 

Oncofertility has emerged as an interdisciplinary field bridging biomedical, social sciences and examines issues regarding an individual's fertility options, choice and goals in light of cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.

The author reviews in depth the important classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, complications and prediction, prevention and treatment options for this pathology.

Ovarian Stimulation covers all the basic and advanced aspects of ovarian stimulation for women undergoing ovulation induction and assisted reproduction.

This book is a concise, no-nonsense, accurate practical guide to complicated topics for all medical professionals, at whatever level of expertise or experience.

The Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Medicine & Family Planning provides practical, evidence-based information on the care and management of adolescents, reproductive age females, and to a lesser extent males.

This text has been written with the student in mind. Obstetrics and gynaecology students need to know about polycystic ovary syndrome and this book is an accessible comprehensive overview to the subject.

The book is a reference text for all clinicians with an interest in reproductive endocrinology, including gynaecologists, IVF specialists and obstetricians.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Guide to Clinical Management presents an overview of the syndrome, its etiology, and pathology, and the implications for effective medical management.

This handbook aims to provide state-of-the-art information on the multifaceted entity PCOS.

This book is comprehensive and replete with the latest in expert recommendations on PCOS.

This practical handbook covers the procedures that are undertaken in andrology and ART laboratories to analyze and assess male-factor subfertility, and to prepare spermatozoa for use in assisted conception therapy. The content is presented as brief, authoritative overviews of the relevant biological background for each area, plus detailed step-by-step descriptions of the relevant analytical procedures.

This book presents the current strategies of management for women whose infertility is caused by ovulatory disturbances. 

Practical Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis describes the experience of PGD, demonstrating the considerable progress made in this revolutionary procedure and describing its utility within different patient groups, the accuracy of the laboratory methods and prediction of the reproductive outcome.

The second edition of this leading textbook is a must for anyone interested in learning more about PGD. The new edition includes more detailed chapters on each stage of PGD, including three chapters on embryo biopsy and a new chapter on PGS. 

This text has been conceived with the aim of offering a comprehensive view of the state of the art of oocyte cryopreservation. It provides a complete overview of progress in this strategy in assisted reproduction.

The specialty of fertility preservation offers patients with cancer, who are rendered infertile by chemo- and radiotherapy, the opportunity to realize their reproductive potential. This gold-standard publication defines the specialty. The full range of techniques and scientific concepts is covered in detail, and the author team includes many of the world's leading experts in the field.

A guide for successfully managing the modern-day IVF clinic condenses the experiences of the authors in troubleshooting and implementing quality management in the IVF laboratory.

This volume gathers together a diverse but timely set of contributions in order to inform Members and Fellows of the RCOG, interested healthcare and research workers and the general public.

In Reproductive Endocrinology: A Molecular Approach, the basic biochemistry of nucleic acids and proteins are reviewed. Methodologies used to study signaling and gene regulation in the endocrine/reproductive system are also discussed. Topics include mechanisms of hormone action and several endocrine disorders affecting the reproductive system.

This book thoroughly examines every aspect of reproductive endocrinology and infertility from normal menstrual cycle and pubertal development, through to management of a full range of common pathologic conditions and the role of human sexuality in fertility management. 

Knowledge of normal endocrinology and the pathophysiology of endocrine disorders are important when dealing with disorders of reproduction. Reproductive Endocrinology for the MRCOG and Beyond aims to provide a comprehensive background for all gynaecologists.

The ability to identify genetic defects before implantation, to diagnose fetal abnormalities and to introduce screening programmes means that genetic testing now has a major role in preventive medicine. These topics are discussed in detail in the book.

The leading authorities in the field present concise, focused chapters on diagnosis and management of reproductive disorders and on all aspects of assisted reproduction.

Limiting the number of embryos to transfer is the only method available to decrease the incidence of multiple pregnancies. Single Embryo Transfer reviews the advantages and limitations of this approach to assisted reproduction.

This book examines the processes involved in banking sperm from sample production and storage, the subsequent treatment of the patient and the maintenance of the samples in storage, to the process of follow-up and the ultimate fate of frozen samples.

Provides a detailed overview of human sperm production, maturation and function, and looks at how these processes affect and influence fertility, infertility and ART.

This practical guide to sperm collection and processing methods demonstrates how successful these procedures are to overcome even severe infertility.

The second edition of this revolutionary text looks at the advances in stem cell science that may potentially impact on human reproductive medicine. From the first edition, scientist and clinician leaders in the field have been invited to update their work, while new authors have also been incorporated because of the relevance of their findings.

This ART book is written with the aim of simplifying this difficult topic.

This book attempts to roadmap the latest protocols in IUI and controlled ovarian stimulation, giving practical guidance, and also touching on the latest research work done in the field.

This book attempts to cover the etiopathogenesis, medical and surgical interventional technologies used for management of endometriosis.

This book attempts to show and explain the latest techniques in ovulation induction, defining their current relevance to treatment in a simplified, easy to follow manner for the practising infertility specialist. 

This book attempts to roadmap the latest therapies for the practising infertility specialist, defining their current relevance to diagnosis and treatment, by means of simplified, easy to follow protocols.

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. 

Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Technologies is a truly comprehensive manual for the whole team at the IVF clinic.

This major new textbook from respected international experts provides the first major and definitive collection of work in this area, and will be of value to all those working with or advising patients planning a pregnancy.

This definitive guide to the Fallopian tube and its disorders collates all these topics, with authoritative text covering the spectrum of clinically relevant topics in a digestible fashion. It will be of interest to gynecologists, specialists in reproductive medicine and infertility and family planning, and others with interest in this fascinating and underestimated organ of reproduction.

The third edition of The Infertility Manual has been updated to help in the endeavour of helping women to conceive and improve their lives personally and socially. With its clinical and laboratory focus, the book will be an invaluable asset for both clinicians and embryologists alike.

This authoritative book describes in depth the physiological background to reproduction, the causes of infertility and the pros and cons of currently available treatment options. It is not intended as a DIY substitute for specialist care but to be the 'smart' companion that any couple seeking help for possible infertility can turn to for advice about who and what will be most appropriate for them. 

This authoritative textbook encompasses the complete role of ultrasonography in the evaluation of infertility and assisted reproduction. Covering every indication for ultrasonography in assisted reproductive technology, this will prove an invaluable resource in the evaluation of the infertile patient and optimization of the outcome of treatment. The interpretation of images to improve fertility and reproductive success is emphasized throughout.

Twelve chapters have been put together which cover, in a highly up-to-date fashion, the current state of knowledge about fibroids, from the molecular basis of the racial disparity seen in the incidence of fibroids to different modalities of treatment and their effectiveness.

Thoroughly revised and now enhanced with color artwork, the new edition of this premier reference continues to offer the latest information on the diagnosis and management of reproductive endocrine disorders. International leaders from the field of reproductive endocrinology equip you with coverage that encompasses the full spectrum of reproductive pathophysiology and disorders, from pregnancy and birth to reproductive aging.