Biennial Review of Infertility, Vol. 1

About this book

Infertility is a widespread medical condition. As new technologies emerge, the rate at which our understanding of reproductive medicine grows can be overwhelming. The Biennial Review of Infertility provides the most up to date advances, ideas, and controversies together in one volume. Due to the distinctive nature of infertility, a panel of well-respected experts strives to present each chapter in a clear manner, specifically focused on evidence-based medicine. The Biennial Review of Infertility presents a balanced view of clinically relevant existing information for the evolving areas. Created to provide an ongoing appraisal of current knowledge, the Biennial Review of Infertility motivates communication amongst all those working to help couples resolve their infertility.

Written for:

Reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, andrologists, embryologists, laboratory technicians, gynecologists, clinicians and nurses

Keywords:

Female Infertility
Genetic Screening
Human Oocyte Abnormalities
Human Premplantation Embryos
In Vitro Fertilization
Infertility
Male Infertility
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Sperm Chromatin Abnormalities
Varicocelectomy
ymptomatic Uterine Myomas

Table of contents

Section 1 – Female Infertility

• Environmental Factors Affecting Female Infertility
  Victor Y. Fujimoto and Linda C. Giudice
• Metformin for the Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
  Satin S. Patel, Victor E. Beshay, and Bruce R. Carr
• Minimally Invasive Approaches to Treat Symptomatic Uterine Myomas
  Samantha M. Pfeifer
• Poor Response to Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation
  Amr A. Azim and Owen K. Davis
• Ectopic Pregnancy
  Stephan Krotz and Sandra Carson
• Recent Advances in Fertility Preservation for the Female
  Ozgur Oktem and Kutluk Oktay0

Section 2 – Male Infertility

• Effect of Advanced Age on Male Infertility
  Matthew Wosnitzer and Harry Fisch
• Genetic Variants in Male Infertility
  Mounia Tannour-Louet and Dolores J. Lamb
• Sperm Chromatin Abnormalities and Reproductive Outcome
  Peter N. Schlegel

Section 3 – Assisted Reproduction Techniques

• Selecting the Most Competent Embryo
  S. Temel Ceyhan, Katherine V. Jackson, and Catherine Racowsky
• Elective Single Embryo Transfer
  Jan Gerris and Petra De Sutter
• Obesity and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Outcomes
  Anuja Dokras
• Human Oocyte Abnormalities: Basic Analyses and Clinical Applications
  Vanessa Y. Rawe and Catherine M. H. Combelles
• In Vitro Maturation of Mammalian Oocytes
  John J. Broomfield, Katie L. Jones, and David F. Albertini
• The Use of Oocyte and Embryo Vitrification in Assisted Reproductive Technology
  Tetsunori Mukaida
• Imprinting Errors and IVF
  Victoria K. Cortessis

Section 4 – Evolving Controversies in Contemporary Reproductive Medicine

• Varicocelectomy or ART for Male Factor Infertility Due to A Varicocele?
• Discriminate Use of Varicocelectomy in Light of Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technologies
  John M. Csokmay and Alan H. DeCherney
• The Use of Varicocelectomy Surgery in the Treatment of the Infertile Male
  Joel L. Marmar
• Does Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) Improve IVF Outcome?
• The Role of Aneuploidy Screening in Human Premplantation Embryos
  Alan R. Handyside and Alan H. Thornhill
• Lack of Benefit of Pre-implantation Genetic Screening
  Glenn L. Schattman
• The Benefits of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Chromosomal Aneuploidy
  Anver Kuliev and Yury Verlinsky
• The Inefficiency of Preimplantation Genetic Screening
  Sebastiaan Mastenbroek, Fulco van der Veen, and Sjoerd Repping