Infertility Is Defined As The Inability To Become Pregnannt (In A Woman) Or Cause A Pregnancy (In A Male). The Purpose Of This Book Is To Provide A Stepwise Approach To The Diagnosis And Treatment Of An Infertile Couple. It Describes The Detailed Workup, Such As Hormonal Evaluation And Transvaginal Sonography, That Is Essential For Accurate Diagnosis. The Various Options Available To The Clinician, From Ovulation Induction To Ovum Donation And Cryopresevation, Are Also Explained. The Possible Complications As Well As Failures Are Also Described. It Is Important To Actively Suggest Adoption As An Alternative When Treatment Fails. The Clinician Should Always Offer This Option To Prospective Parents.

Practical Tips for Infertility Management is a concise collection of tips for identifying the causes of infertility, necessary examinations, and procedures for its management. Divided into three sections, the book begins with an introduction to infertility, followed by a section which explains evaluation workup criteria with tables, charts and illustrations, as well as providing protocols for active management of infertility. The final section contains nearly 100 frequently asked questions with answers, to provide further succinct tips. With 90 colour images and illustrations in this compact book, Practical Tips for Infertility Management is a perfect day-to-day reference book for postgraduate medical students, and for practising gynaecologists, and ART and infertility practitioners. Key Points Concise, pocket-sized book of tips for infertility management Nearly 100 FAQs and answers 90 colour images and illustrations

The field of infertility research and practice is one of continuous innovation and change, but alongside the increasing sophistication of assisted reproductive techniques there is as strong a need as ever for clinical experience and expertise and common practical sense to inform diagnosis and clinical decision making. Now in its fourth edition, Inf

Part of a new series on reproductive medicine, this book is a complete guide to the diagnosis and management of infertility. Beginning with an overview of infertility in both women and men, the next chapters discuss assessment and ultrasound. The following chapters cover numerous causes of infertility, and their diagnosis and treatment, examining both medical and lifestyle issues. The book presents the latest advances in the field and each chapter includes key points and references for further reading. Clinical photographs, diagrams and tables further enhance the comprehensive text. Other titles in the series include: Practical Guide in Reproductive Surgery, Practical Guide in Assisted Reproductive Technology and Practical Guide in Andrology and Embryology. Key points Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of infertility Part of new series on reproductive medicine Covers numerous causes of infertility, and their diagnosis and treatment Chapters include key points and detailed references for further reading

The different chapters in the book cover a wide range of reproductive medicine and science. They represent the cutting-edges of each discipline and are written by acknowledged experts in the field. The editors have endeavored to select contributors who are at the forefront of their disciplines, thereby ensuring the freshness of each chapter. This book is divided into seven sections: Infertility management, ART, embryology, endoscopy, male factor, USG in infertility and advances in infertility management. The book was written with the aim of providing current and practical approaches for patient management.

This text will provide doctors both in training and in practice with useful advice on managing women and men who are having trouble conceiving and couples with infertility and related disorders. Its combination of scientific information and practical advice for tackling problematic cases make this an accessible handy reference in outpatient clinics or in revision for professional exams, as well as a fully referenced information resource. Contents: Glossary of terms * Problems with puberty and its onset * Understanding infertility * Investigations in infertility * Influencing the sperm count * Helping women to ovulate * Damage to the uterus, the fallopian tubes and the ovaries * What to do if nothing wrong can be found and how to answer when a couple asks 'what can we do to improve our fertility?' *Assisted conception * Preserving fertility * Global perspectives on reproductive medicine * Reproductive biology in one other great ape (the gorilla) * Research questions still unanswered - And further reading

The practice of clinical reproductive medicine has practice in the era of managed care and coordinat gradually moved from its initial 1980-90 hospital ing ancillary offsite medical personnel. base to its present (circa 2001) office site of oper The objective of this text is to assist in this ongo ation. With this transition have been improvements ing endeavor by presenting in a clear, concise man in efficiency of practice often in response to ner many of the topics relevant to contemporary increased pressure to provide the most patient sat office-based infertility practice. The initial half of isfaction. An added challenge of office-based prac this text addresses topics which focus upon general tice has been taking on many of the responsibili concepts of infertility evaluation and practice. The ties of what had been traditionally the hospital's latter half is a practical approach to the execution domain. Some of these new responsibilities have of specific office-based infertility procedures. We included the ordering of operative supplies and hope this book will assist all medical personnel who equipment, the establishment of quality control dedicate their clinical effort in achieving what is programs, construction and maintenance of special most coveted by our patients, the birth of a healthy laboratory spaces, redesigning efficient methods of newborn. DAVID B. SEIFER, M. D. UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ROBERT L. COLLINS, M. D. The Reproductive Center, Youngstown, Ohio October 2001 vii Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Evaluation of the Female for Infertility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bryan D.