Essential Ivf

by Van Blerkom, Jonathan; Gregory, Linda, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781402075513
• ISBN10: 1402075510
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The intent of Essential IVF is to present current issues in clinical IVF that encompass the varied activities of those engaged in this field. By integrating clinical, basic research and laboratory-related aspects of human reproduction, readers with diverse interests should obtain a more complete understanding of the impact, importance and relevance of each in the progress of infertility treatment and an appreciation of whether emerging technologies will or should contribute to this progress in the near future. The topics selected for this volume include research that has begun to explain the origins of different follicular, gamete, embryo and uterine competence as well as specific laboratory procedures and protocols that may have important clinical implications for the generation of developmentally viable embryos. Comprehensive reviews and discussions of past and contemporary studies in clinically-oriented chapters provide a biological and outcome-based context in which current practices and protocols in human IVF may need to be reconsidered.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xv
The Synthetic and Secretory Behaviors (Nonsteroidal) of Ovarian Follicular Granulosa Cells: Parallels to Cells of the Endothelial Cell Lineage	1	(42)
Michael Antczak
Oocyte-Granulosa Cell Interactions	43	(16)
David Albertini
Peri-Follicular Vascularity: A Marker of Follicular Heterogenety and Oocyte Competence and a Predictor of Implantation in Assisted Conception Cycles	59	(22)
Linda Gregory
Do Biochemical Predictors of IVF Outcome Exist?	81	(30)
Anthony Michael
Genetics of Male Infertility: Evolution of the X and Y Chromosome and Transmission of Male Infertility to Future Generations	111	(40)
Sherman Silber
Sperm Analysis and Preparation Update	151	(28)
Martine Nijs
Willem Ombelet
Preparation of Sperm Fractions and Individual Sperm with Low Levels of Chromosomal Aneuploidies for IVF and ICSI	179	(22)
Tamas Kovacs
Attila Jakab
Ertug Kovanci
Zoltan Zavaczki
Denny Sakkas
Gabor Huszar
Maternal Age and Oocyte Competence	201	(30)
Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter
Fengyun Sun
Genetic Diagnosis of Metaphase II Oocytes	231	(10)
Yury Verlinsky
Anver Kuliev
Oocyte Competence and in Vitro Maturation	241	(32)
Jennifer Cavilla
Geraldine Hartshorne
What is the Role of Mitochondria in Embryo Competency?	273	(18)
Carol Brenner
Fundamentals of the Design of Culture Media that Support Human Preimplantation Development	291	(42)
John Biggers
The Biological Basis of Oocyte and Embryo Competence: Morphodynamic Criteria for Embryo Selection in in-Vitro Fertilization	333	(44)
Lynette Scott
The Enigma of Fragmentation in Early Human Embryos: Possible Causes and Clinical Relevance	377	(46)
Jonathan Van Blerkom
Blastocyst Transfer Update: Pros and Cons	423	(18)
Anna Veiga
Jose Torello
Irene Boiso
Pedro Barri
Yves Menezo
Assisted Hatching in Clinical IVF	441	(24)
Graham Wright
Amy Jones
Prospects for Obtaining Viable Oocytes from Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissue	465	(20)
Helen Picton
Cryopreservation in Human Assisted Reproduction	485	(20)
Yves Menezo
Pierre Guerin
Reducing the Number of Embryos to Transfer After IVF/ICSI	505	(50)
Jan Gerris
Can and Should Human Embryos Be ``Rescued'' from Developmental Demise? Methods and Biological Basis	555	(22)
Jim Cummins
Determination of Endometrial Status and the Implantation Window	577	(34)
Markku Seppala
Bruce Lessey
Index	611