Main description:

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.

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 inAssisted 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