In Vitro Fertilization

Now in its revised and expanded second edition - including over 20 new chapters - this comprehensive textbookremains a unique and accessible description of the current and developing diagnostic and treatment techniques and technologies comprising in vitro fertilization (IVF). Arranged thematically in sections, each chapter covers a key topic in IVF in a sensible presentation. Parts one and two describe the planning, design andorganizationof an ART unit and IVF laboratory and equipment and systems, respectively. The sections that follow provide detailed descriptions of IVF techniques, embryo culture methods, sperm processing and selection, insemination procedures, micromanipulation, embryo evaluation, cryopreservation, and embryo transfer. Concluding sections address issues of management and regulation of ART labs across the globe, as well as special topics and emerging techniques and devices. Chapter authors, all experts in the field, contribute their expertise from around the world. With the addition oflearning key points and review questions at the beginning and end of each chapter, this new edition ofIn Vitro Fertilizationis a readily accessible, high quality instructional resource for reproductive medicine trainees at all levels. Practicingreproductive endocrinologists, urologists, and embryologists also will find value in the book, as willinfertility researchers.