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The Subfertility Handbook

The Subfertility Handbook

The Subfertility Handbook

A Clinician's Guide
Gabor T. Kovacs, Monash University, Victoria
April 2011
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    This helpful and practical handbook will be an essential resource for all clinicians dealing with problems of subfertility. It provides a comprehensive approach to infertility from the initial history to diagnostic techniques of ultrasound, diagnostic surgery, as well as all forms of therapy, including ovulation induction, infertility surgery, andrology, donor insemination and reproductive technologies. The authors are experienced members of the Monash University-affiliated Reproductive Medicine Clinic--one of the world's pioneering centers in IVF technology. The authors have distilled a wealth of expertise and "hands on" experience in this area to provide an invaluable guide for all those involved in the treatment of infertility.

    • Practical, user-friendly approach will appeal to the busy clinician
    • Covers essential first steps in diagnosing the cause of infertility
    • Describes and explains the full modern armoury of treatments to overcome infertility

    Reviews & endorsements

    "...the book can be highly recommended to newcomers as a clear guide to practice and knowledge." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

    "...a useful first guide for those embarking on the field of infertility management." Human Fertility

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    Product details

    April 2011
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9780511891069
    0 pages
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    11 b/w illus. 22 tables
    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Introduction J. Tsaltas
    • 2. The first interview with a subfertile couple N. Lolatgis
    • 3. Assessment of the female B. Downing
    • 4. Assessment of the male partner P. Fuller and H. Burger
    • 5. Treatment options for male subfertility H. W. G. Baker and D. M. de Kretser
    • 6. Management of the woman with chronic anovulation A. S. Lawrence and D. L. Healey
    • 7. Cervical factor, unexplained subfertility and artificial insemination with husband sperm (AIH) G. Kovacs and B. Vollenhoven
    • 8. In vitro fertilisation indications, stimulation and clinical techniques J. McK. Talbot and M. Lawrence
    • 9. The role of gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) C. Wood
    • 10. The use of ART for the treatment of male infertility R. McLachlan
    • 11. The use of donor insemination G. Kovacs
    • 12. The donor egg programme J. Leeton
    • 13. Endometriosis J. Tsaltas and D. Healy
    • 14. The role of ultrasound in subfertility V. Hurley and M. Leoni
    • 15. The role of surgery in infertility C. Wood
    • 16. Laboratory techniques for IVF/GIFT P. Jackson and J. Burden
    • 17. The results of ART V. Maclachlan
    • 18. Infertility counselling J. Anderson and R. Alesi
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • J. Tsaltas, N. Lolatgis, B. Downing, P. Fuller, H. Burger, H. W. G. Baker, D. M. de Kretser, A. S. Lawrence, D. L. Healey, G. Kovacs, B. Vollenhoven, J. McK. Talbot, M. Lawrence, C. Wood, R. McLachlan, J. Leeton, V. Hurley, M. Leoni, P. Jackson, J. Burden, V. Maclachlan, J. Anderson, R. Alesi

    • Editor
    • Gabor T. Kovacs , Monash University, Victoria