Annotation
"...an enlarged, updated, color-illustrated new edition of the definitive clinical reference on the subject...
written by top-ranked, international specialists...includes bibliographic references and an index.
" Appropriate for: Fertility Specialists, Reproductive Medicine Specialists.
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From Booknews
This textbook is based on material from courses held at Bourn Hall, Cambridge, and is dedicated to the
memory of one of the two founders of Bourn Hall Clinic, Patrick C. Steptoe. Topics of the 33 contributions
include investigation of the infertile couple for assisted conception; therapeutic options for infertile men;
the use of GnRH agonists; superovulation strategies; the new gonadotropins; polycystic ovaries and
their relevance to assisted conception; ultrasound; oocyte recovery and embryo transfer techniques for
fertilization; laboratory techniques; embryo cryopreservation; current status of intracytoplasmic sperm
injection; alternative techniques; intrauterine insemination; ectopic pregnancy; oocyte and embryo donation;
surrogacy; nursing care; ethical aspects; and regulation of assisted reproductive technology in the UK, Australia,
France, Germany, the US, and in Nordic countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

List of Contributors

Foreword
1

Preface
3

1
An introduction to Bourn Hall
5

2
Investigation of the infertile couple for assisted conception
13

3
The investigation and therapeutic options for infertile men presenting in assisted conception units
27

4
Laboratory investigation of the infertile male
53

5
The use of GnRH agonists and antagonists in infertility
83

6
Superovulation strategies in assisted conception
91

7
Superovulation for assisted conception: the new gonadotropins
103

8
Polycystic ovaries and their relevance to assisted conception
109

9
Classification, pathophysiology and management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
131

10
Ultrasound in assisted conception
157

11
Oocyte recovery and embryo transfer techniques for in vitro fertilization
171

12
Laboratory techniques: oocyte collection and embryo culture
185

13
Laboratory techniques: sperm preparation for assisted conception
203

14
Embryo cryopreservation
211

15
Assisted reproduction techniques for male factor infertility: current status of intracytoplasmic sperm injection
219

16
Transport and satellite assisted reproductive technology
237

17
Alternative assisted conception techniques
243

18
Intrauterine insemination
257

19
Local regulators of embryo-endometrial interactions at implantation
267

20
Optimizing implantation: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations
275

21
Current scientific developments in assisted conception
285

22
Cryopreservation of human oocytes and ovarian tissue
303

23
The outcome of assisted reproductive technology
311

24
Ectopic pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology
333

25
Oocyte donation
343

26
Embryo donation
355

27
Surrogacy
361

28
Medical informatics in assisted reproduction
369

29
The role of meta-analysis in clinical decision-making to optimize outcome
383

30
Nursing care in an assisted conception unit
391

31
The distress of infertility: impressions from 15 years of infertility counselling
401

32
Ethical aspects of assisted conception and the law
407

33
Regulation of assisted reproductive technology
415

The UK experience
415

The Australian experience
424

The French experience
428

The German experience
431

The Nordic experience
435

The USA experience
441

App. I
References and publications from Bourn Hall Clinic
447

App. II
Procedures, protocols and information sheets from Bourn Hall
457

Index
557