Cambridge Guide to Infertility Management and Assisted Reproduction

A concise, comprehensive, practical guide to the modern-day approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.

Godwin I. Meniru (Author), Alvin Langer (Foreword by)

9780521010719, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 4 October 2001

292 pages, 121 b/w illus. 6 tables
24.8 x 17.6 x 2 cm, 0.7 kg

'Reading this book is akin to reading patient information leaflets … it can help in acquiring a quick and general view of the subject in a short period of time … it may enable the doctor to address many issues with patients in a language they would find easy to understand.' The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

This well-illustrated publication provides concise yet comprehensive practical information on the modern-day approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. It starts from basic principles of reproductive physiology, before moving on to the medical causes of infertility, and then describes and explains the full armory of techniques from IVF to ICSI and even newer technologies used to treat infertility in all its manifestations. The aim throughout is to explain issues clearly, simply and directly in such a way that will be understood by doctors, scientists and nurses alike. By combining basic science and medical aspects, along with 'how it is done' descriptions of techniques and medical interventions, this book offers an unsurpassed introductory account of this fast moving area and is highly suitable for the full range of personnel involved in looking after the infertile patient, including trainees in medicine and nursing, clinical embryologists, andrologists, ultrasonographers and counsellors.

Foreword
Preface
1. The male reproductive system
2. The female reproductive system
3. Fertilisation, implantation and early development
4. Male factor problems
5. Female factor problems
6. Evaluation of the infertile couple
7. Medical and surgical treatment of infertility
8. Conventional in-vitro fertilisation
9. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
10. Surgical sperm retrieval
11. Intratubal replacement of gametes and embryos (GIFT, ZIFT)
12. Intrauterine insemination
13. Cryopreservation of gametes, ovarian tissue, testicular tissue and embryos
frozen embryo replacement
14. Assisted hatching
15. Preimplantation diagnosis of genetic disease
16. Acronyms in assisted reproduction technology
Index.

Subject Areas: Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT], Embryology [MFKC3], Reproductive medicine [MFKC], Human reproduction, growth & development [MFK]