Infertility Management Series: Basic Laboratory Procedure in ART

Part of the recognised Infertility Management Series, this handbook is a complete guide to basic laboratory procedures in assisted reproductive technology (ART).

The book guides clinicians step by step through the processes, beginning with discussion on semen analysis, cryopreservation of semen samples, and semen selection, to embryo culture, selection and transfer, and oocyte and embryo vitrification.

The final chapters cover time-lapse imaging - a new technology for embryo development, design and equipment for the laboratory, and future developments in ART laboratory procedures, including the development of gametes from stem cells.

Compiled by a recognised team of editors and contributors, the text is enhanced by clinical photographs, illustrations and tables.

Other titles in the series include: Investigating Infertility, Intrauterine Insemination, Practical Management of Male Infertility, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Handbook of Ovarian Stimulation, and Abnormalities of the Pelvis.

Key points

• Part of Infertility Management Series providing complete guide to basic laboratory procedures in ART
• Guides clinicians step by step through the various processes
• Highly illustrated with photographs, diagrams and tables
• Edited by recognised team of experts in reproductive medicine

1. Semen Analysis and Sperm Preparation
2. Cryopreservation of Semen Samples
3. New Techniques for Sperm Selection in the Andrology Laboratory
4. From the Gamete to the Zygote
5. Embryo Culture
6. Embryo Selection and Transfer
7. Oocyte and Embryo Vitrification
8. Embryo Biopsy and Tubing
9. Time-lapse Imaging: A New Technology for Embryo Development
10. Design, Equipment and Personnel Management
11. Future Perspectives: Developing Gametes from Stem Cells

Index

Juan A Garcia-Velasco MD PhD
Director IVI Madrid, Madrid, Spain; IVI Director, Nova IVI Fertility, India and GCC, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain

Manish Banker MD DGO
Director, Nova IVI Fertility and Pulse Women’s Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Irene Rubio Palacios PhD
Co-Head, IVF Department, NIF India; Medical Affairs, IVI-RMA Global, Spain

Javier Herrero Zapata PhD
Co-Head, IVF Department, NIF India; Medical Affairs, IVI-RMA Global, Spain