Art and Science of Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART)

by Allahbadia; Gautam N.

• ISBN13: 9781841844497
• ISBN10: 1841844497
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-12
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This multi-authored volume presents a detailed review of the evaluation and management of the infertile couple. Covering male and female infertility, medical and surgical strategies for improving reproductive success, techniques of assisted reproductive technology, and future possibilities in this fast-moving field, this extensive text is essential reading for a wide range of clinicians and scientists working in reproductive medicine and ART.

Table of Contents

Section 1 INTRODUCTION
Advent of Medically Assisted Reproductive Technologies (MART) in India	3	(3)
TC Anand Kumar
The Endocrinology of ART	6	(9)
Zeev Blumenfeld
Efficient Classification of Infertility	15	(6)
Vaclav Insler
Bruno Lunenfeld
Modern Work-up of Infertility	21	(8)
Krishnendu Gupta
Sajal Datta
Bijit Chowdhury
Section 2 STIMULATION STRATEGIES
Ovulation Induction with Tamoxifen Citrate	29	(5)
Padma Rekha Jirge
Acharya Umesh
Defining the Poor Ovarian Response before Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation	34	(13)
David W Schmidt
Claudio A Benadiva
Aromatase Inhibitors---Their Role in the Treatment of Infertility	47	(3)
Pankaj Shrivastav
Urinary Human FSH Versus Recombinant Human FSH	50	(5)
Eitan Lunenfeld
Tali Silberstein
Stimulation Strategies for Complex IVF Patients	55	(7)
Franco Lisi
Leonardo Rinaldi
Simon Fischel
Programming the Cycle with Oral Contraceptives Antecedent to the use of Antagonists	62	(4)
Nico Naumann
Hossein Gholami
Agonists Versus Antagonists: Physiology to Clinical Success	66	(7)
Ester Polak de Fried
Fernando Neuspiller
Gerardo Ardiles
Microdose GnRH for the Stimulation of Low Responders	73	(4)
CAM Jansen
KE Tucker
The Role of GnRH Antagonist in the Management of Poor Responders	77	(4)
Hossein Gholami
Nico Naumann
Antonio Barbaro
Alternative Approaches to Ovarian Stimulation and Triggering of Ovulation	81	(23)
Gautam N Allahbadia
Kaushal Kadam
Swati G Allahbadia
Avinash Phadnis
Role of LH in Stimulation Protocols for ART	104	(6)
Lars Grabow Westergaard
Claus Yding Andersen
Role of hMG-HP in Stimulated Cycles for ART	110	(10)
Gautam N Allahbadia
Kaushal Kadam
SPS Virk
Luteal Phase Support	120	(7)
Valery N Zaporozhan
Ruslan V Sobolev
Severe OHSS: A Critical Care Physician's Point of View	127	(3)
Sanjay Wagle
Ovulation Induction: Surgical Approach	130	(15)
Attila Vereczkey
Otto Kabdebo
Istvan Szabo
Section 3 POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: An Update	145	(7)
Jane M Nani
In Vitro Oocyte Maturation	152	(2)
Ved Prakash Singh
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Genetics and Health Consequences	154	(11)
Sudip Basu
Najar Amso
Jaydip Bhaumik
Section 4 ART PROCEDURES
Vaginal Oocyte Retrieval	165	(9)
Gautam N Allahbadia
Goral N Gandhi
Kaushal Kadam
Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT)	174	(6)
Andrea Borini
Luca Dal Prato
Zygote Intrafallopian Tube Transfer (ZIFT): Patient Selection is the Key to Beneficial Utilization	180	(4)
Daniel S Seidman
Fallopian Tube Sperm Perfusion	184	(5)
Gautam N Allahbadia
Swati G Allahbadia
Sonia Malik
Javaid Mugloo
Use of Lasers in ART: Clinical Applications and Potential Research Tools	189	(9)
Yona Tadir
Blastocyst Transfer: One Step Further in the Quest for the Magic Bullet	198	(7)
Jacob Levron
Micha Baum
Jehoshua Dor
Daniel S Seidman
Section 5 LABORATORY ISSUES
Semen Analysis for Clinical Interpretation	205	(8)
Elizabeth Puscheck
RS Jeyendran
Fundamentals of Sperm Processing Techniques	213	(5)
RS Jeyendran
Vida Acosta
Milica Ivanovic
Sperm Separation Techniques: Comparison and Evaluation of Gradient Products	218	(4)
KE Tucker
CAM Jansen
Prediction of ART Outcome in Male Factor Infertility Patients by a New Semen Quality Score	222	(13)
Ashok Agarwal
Rakesh K Sharma
Why Should We Assess Oocyte and Embryo Morphology?	235	(6)
KE Tucker
CAM Jansen
Benefits and Drawbacks of Extended Embryo Culture	241	(4)
CAM Jansen
PM Rijnders
KE Tucker
Really, Just How Important is the Level of Room Lighting in the IVF Laboratory on Embryo Development?	245	(4)
KE Tucker
CAM Jansen
The Mouse Embryo Bioassay: Is It the ``Gold Standard'' for Quality Control Testing in the IVF Laboratory?	249	(4)
KE Tucker
CAM Jansen
Human Oocyte and Embryo Cryopreservation	253	(8)
Michael J Tucker
In Vitro Maturation: Future Clinical Applications	261	(6)
Jin Ho Lim
Weon Young Son
San Hyun Yoon
Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in Human Sperm: The Cleveland Clinic Story	267	(15)
Ashok Agarwal
Ramadan Abdou Saleh
Quality Management in an Assisted Reproductive Therapy Environment	282	(7)
Malcolm Clarke
Section 6 CONTEMPORARY THOUGHTS
How to Improve Success Rates in IVF?	289	(4)
Anjali Malpani
Aniruddha Malpani
Current Immunological Assays: Are they Enough to Uncover the Supposed Immune Causes for Assisted Reproduction Failure?	293	(4)
Aygul Demirol
Erdal Aktan
Timur Gurgan
Endometriosis and ART	297	(4)
Ved Prakash Singh
Angela Beaten
Infertility: Is there Success after Forty?	301	(6)
Daniel B Williams
Anil B Pinto
Inheritance of Infertility	307	(6)
Mirudhubashini Govindarajan
MS Lakshmi
Sperm Separation	313	(7)
Mandakini Parihar
Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation in Cancerous Patients: State of the Art	320	(13)
Zeev Blumenfeld
Molecular Biology Applied to ART	333	(5)
Silvio Cuneo
Alexandra Bermudez
Alfredo Gongora
Beatriz Xoconostle
Alfonso Najar Gutierrez
Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Sero-discordant Couples: Practice, Prognosis and Future Prospects	338	(7)
Richard A Ajayi
Nwora A Melie
Section 7 THIRD PARTY REPRODUCTION
Gestational Surrogacy	345	(7)
Anil B Pinto
Nona Morgan Swank
Oocyte Donation	352	(5)
Siya S Sharma
Sucheta Jindal
Oocyte-Sharing Programs	357	(7)
Gautam N Allahbadia
Goral N Gandhi
Prashant L Kharche
Shashank R Karekar
Avinash Phadnis
Germinal Stem Cells: Culture and Replication	364	(8)
Jayant G Mehta
Thankam R Varma
Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Transfer: New Life for an Old Egg?	372	(9)
Hugh C Hensleigh
Samuel S Thatcher
Section 8 IMPLANTATION
The Endometrium and Implantation	381	(7)
Anil B Pinto
Daniel B Williams
Odem R Randall
Modulators of Endometrial Receptivity: A Molecular Symphony	388	(8)
Rafael C Haciski
Endometrial Preparation for Patients Undergoing Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer Cycles	396	(4)
Raoul Orvieto
Benjamin Fisch
Dov Feldberg
Pathophysiology of Implantation Failure in IVF	400	(8)
Jayant G Mehta
Thankam R Varma
Recurrent Implantation Failures: The Preferred Therapeutic Approach	408	(7)
Sonia Malik
Repeated Pregnancy Loss (RPL): Is Investigation Important?	415	(3)
Asha Baxi
Antiphospholipid Antibodies in ART	418	(11)
Gautam N Allahbadia
Sonia Malik
SPS Virk
Section 9 CRYOPRESERVATION
Cryopreservation of Oocytes and Embryos	429	(6)
Foad Azem
Ben Yosef Dalit
Joseph B Lessing
Cryopreservation of Human Spermatozoa	435	(8)
Frank M Kohn
Wolf B Schill
Section 10 ENDOSCOPY AND ART
Fertility Following Laparoscopic Surgery and Hysteroscopic Surgery	443	(8)
B Ramesh
Nirmala Sadasivam
The Role of Hysteroscopy in the Management of Infertility	451	(9)
Carlo De Angelis
Monica Antinori
Modern Management of the Ischemic Black-Blue Twisted Adenexa	460	(4)
Roy Mashiach
Shlomo Mashiach
Daniel S Seidman
Fertiloscopy: A New Technique and an Alternative to Conventional Laparoscopy in Infertility	464	(9)
Radha Syed
Hysteroscopic Assessment of Selective Tubal Pressures and Tubal Cannulation by Air Bubble Stents	473	(3)
Atul Kumar
Alka Kumar
Intrauterine Adhesions	476	(9)
Rakesh Sinha
Section 11 ULTRASONOGRAPHY
Update on Ultrasound Guided Embryo Transfer	485	(8)
Vishvanath C Karande
Cervical Mucus Evaluation by Transvaginal Ultrasonography: A Novel Approach	493	(4)
Ran Keidar
Ariel Jaffa
Igal Wolman
MultiFetal Pregnancy Reduction	497	(6)
Ashok Khurana
Reeti Sahni
Sonia Malik
Kuldeep Singh
Section 12 THE MALE FACTOR
Non-obstructive Azoospermia: Predictive Criteria for Sperm Retrieval	503	(4)
Vijay Kulkarni
Epididymal and Testicular Sperm Retrieval	507	(5)
Rupin Shah
Microdeletions in the Y-Chromosome and Male Infertility	512	(4)
Vida Acosta
Michael Spitz
RS Jeyendran
Isolated Teratozoospermia---ICSI or IUI	516	(5)
Kemal Ozgur
Caner Sonmez
Hormone Substitution in Male Infertility	521	(6)
Frank M Kohn
Wolf B Schill
Section 13 PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS (PGD)
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in Cases with Abnormal Gamete Cell Morphology	527	(5)
Semra Kahraman
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) for Sex Selection	532	(5)
Aniruddha Malpani
Anjali Malpani
Alan Thornhill
Deepak Modi
Section 14 PRESENT AND FUTURE OF INFERTILITY
Present and Future of Infertility Therapy	537	(8)
Bruno Lunenfeld
Patient Support in the ART Program	545	(9)
Rubina Merchant
Politics, Partnerships and IVF	554	(6)
Sandra K Dill
IVF Success from a Clinician's Viewpoint: How to Get it, How to Keep it?	560	(7)
Sarah L Keller
Anil B Pinto
Daniel B Williams
Bandwagon IVF: All for One and One for All	567	(8)
KE Tucker
CAM Jansen
Index	575