Cambridge Guide to Infertility Management and Assisted Reproduction

Informationen zum Autor After qualifying in medicine, Dr Godwin Meniru has specialised and worked extensively in the area of reproductive medicine, including studies for Master of Medical Sciences degree in Assisted Reproduction Technology at Nottingham University, followed by Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine at the London Gynaecology and Fertility Centre in London. Subsequent training and practice was undertaken in Brunei, and more recently at the Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio, where he is presently based. He is also known as the principal author of A Handbook of Intrauterine Insemination published by Cambridge University Press in 1997 (ISBN 0521 58676 3) Klappentext This well-illustrated new 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. Zusammenfassung This well-illustrated publication provides concise yet comprehensive practical information on the modern-day approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. The aim throughout is to explain issues clearly! simply and directly in such a way that will be readily understood by doctors! scientists and nurses alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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....

Klappentext

This well-illustrated new 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.

Zusammenfassung
This well-illustrated publication provides concise yet comprehensive practical information on the modern-day approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. The aim throughout is to explain issues clearly, simply and directly in such a way that will be readily understood by doctors, scientists and nurses alike.

Inhalt

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.