Main description:

This new volume in the Reproductive Medicine for Clinicians series focuses on the practical clinical impact of problems linked to infertility, discussing topics such as luteal support in ART cycles, ovulation induction using pulsatile administration of GnRH, how to deal with the metabolic changes in PCOS, treatment to restore fertility in endometriosis and how to improve implantation, which are common aspects of daily clinical practice.

It also addresses significant novel areas like the biological clock in human reproduction, reproduction at advanced parental age and medical and social egg freezing, offering valuable insights for patients and their doctors. Further, the book covers various areas of growing importance, such as how to access the uterine cavity; the future of imaging in reproduction; non-invasive prenatal testing; ART and male infertility; as well as breast cancer and fertility preservation.

Last but not least, it examines the medical, ethical and legal aspects of a number of challenges for current and future reproductive medicine, including uterine transplantation and human genetic modification.

Bringing together updates on some of the most important problems in reproductive medicine and also covering ethical and legal bases, this book offers an overview of potential treatments for infertility. As such, it is a valuable resource for gynecologists, obstetricians, endocrinologists and all specialists dealing with reproductive health.

Contents:

Part 1. Ethical Issues in Human Reproduction.- Chapter 1. Human Reproduction - Religious Perspectives.- Chapter 2. Ethics in Clinical and Imaging Practice in Reproductive Medicine.- Chapter 3. Reproduction at Advanced Parental Age.- Chapter 4. Cross Border Reproductive Care: Current State of the Art.- Chapter 5. Uterine Transplantation.- Part 2. Clinical Challenges: Patients and Therapies.- Chapter 6. Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Physiology and Pathology.- Chapter 7. Biological Clock in Human Reproduction.- Chapter 8. "Ovulation induction by pulsatile administration of GnRH: State of the art".- Chapter 9. Pathogenesis of PCOS: from metabolic and neuroendocrine implications to the choice of the therapeutic strategy.- Chapter 10. Mysteries of the Uterine Cavity.- Chapter 11. Endometriosis: therapeutic approach.- Chapter 12. ART and Male Infertility.- Chapter 13. Laparoscopy and Gynecological Cancers.- Part 3. Fertility Preservation and Cryopreservation.- Chapter 14. Breast cancer and Fertility preservation.- Chapter 15. Fertility Preservation using cryopreserved stored ovarian tissue. Where are we today?.- Chapter 16. Elective Oocyte Cryopreservation.- Chapter 17. Medical and Elective (Social) Egg Freezing: Key Insights from Women's Perspectives.- Part 4. Prenatal Testing.- Chapter 18. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) - Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 19. Kurjak Antenatal Neurodevelopmental Test (Kanet Test) - A Useful Tool for Fetal Neurodevelopmental Assessment.- Part 5. Recurrent Implantation Failure and Pregnancy Loss.- Chapter 20. Recurrent implantation failure.- Chapter 21. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.