Description
Now in its revised and expanded second edition - including over 20 new chapters - this comprehensive textbook
remains a unique and accessible dex_x_scription of the current and developing diagnostic and treatment techniques
and technologies comprising in vitro fertilization (IVF). Arranged thematically in sections, each chapter covers
a key topic in IVF in a sensible presentation.
Parts one and two describe the planning, design and organization of an ART unit and IVF laboratory and equipment
and systems, respectively. The sections that follow provide detailed dex_x_scriptions of IVF techniques, embryo
culture methods, sperm processing and selection, insemination procedures, micromanipulation, embryo evaluation,
cryopreservation, and embryo transfer.
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Concluding sections address issues of management and regulation of ART labs across the globe, as well as special
topics and emerging techniques and devices. Chapter authors, all experts in the field, contribute their expertise
from around the world.
With the addition of learning key points and review questions at the beginning and end of each chapter, this new
edition of In Vitro Fertilization is a readily accessible, high quality instructional resource for reproductive
medicine trainees at all levels. Practicing reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, and embryologists also will
find value in the book, as will infertility researchers
I. Setting Up an ART Unit: Planning, Design and Organization
II. IVF Laboratory Equipment and Culture Systems
III. Oocyte Preparation for IVF/ICSI
IV. Embryo Culture Methods
V. Sperm Assessment, Processing and Selection
VI. Insemination Procedures
VII. Micromanipulators and Micromanipulation
VIII. Embryo Evaluation, Grading, and Assisted Hatching
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IX. Biopsy Procedures on Oocytes and Embryos
X. Cryopreservation
XI. Embryo Transfer and Advanced Treatment Options
XII. Management and Regulation in the ART Laboratory
XIII. Innovations, Risks and Safety in ART
XIV. Molecular Reproduction