The subfertility handbook
Subtitle: a clinician's guide
By: edited by Gab Kovacs
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Cambridge medicine; Cambridge medicine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780511918735; 9780511919244; 9780521147842
Subjects: Infertility; Therapy; HEALTH & FITNESS; Handbooks, manuals; Diagnosis
Other titles: Cambridge books online.
Description: "The fully revised and updated second edition of this practical handbook provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of subfertility, including treatment and diagnosis. Each chapter is written by a recognized world expert in the field and, together, they aim to provide state of the art answers to all the problems of subfertility in a single volume. The introductory chapter provides a flow-chart approach to systematic diagnosis and treatment. Clearly written and easy to read, the subsequent chapters describe what questions to ask, how to investigate, and what each treatment requires. With an expanded international team of authors, this new edition also offers new chapters devoted to third party reproduction and in vitro maturation of oocytes. From medical students studying for examinations to consultant physicians, this volume is a 'must-have' reference for anyone dealing with couples who have fertility problems"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword; 1. Sub-fertility; title: a logical approach Gab Kovacs; 2. Pre-pregnancy counselling and treatment Vicki Nisenblat and Robert J. Norman; 3. The first interview with the new couple Majed Al Hudhud and Geoffrey Trew; 4. Investigation of the female patient Anna Smirnova and Gab Kovacs; 5. Assessment of the male partner Wayland Hsaio and Peter Schlegel; 6. Ultrasound in the investigation of the subfertile female Marion Dewailly, Edouard Poncelet and Didier Dewailly; 7. Treatment options for male infertility Robert I. McLachlan and Gab Kovacs; 8. The management of anovulation, including PCOS Anthony J. Rutherford; 9. The role of artificial insemination with partner semen in an ART program W. Ombelet; 10. Early pregnancy loss Joe Leigh Simpson; 11. In-vitro fertilization: indications, stimulation and clinical techniques Cheng Toh Yeong and P.C. Wong; 12. In-vitro maturation Baris Ata, Shauna Reinblatt and Seang Lin Tan; 13. The use of donor insemination Christopher L.R. Barratt and Vanessa J. Kay; 14. Using donor oocytes Pedro N. Barri and Elisabet Clua; 15. Embryo donation: practice and ethical dilemmas F. Shenfield; 16. Endometriosis and its treatment G. David Adamson and Wendy B. Shelly; 17. The role of surgery in female subfertility B. Hedon, H. Dechaud and C. Dechanet; 18. Laboratory techniques in IVF George A. Thomas and David K. Gardner; 19. Infertility counselling Linda Hammer Burns; Index.