Reproductive medicine

This SpringerBrief analyzes varicocele from a novel approach, and provides the reader with a comprehensive view of its scientific and clinical significance.

Now in a completely newly revised and expanded second edition, this comprehensive text presents the current state of the art in our understanding and management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the most common hormonal disorder of reproductive aged women.

Making a Good Life takes a timely look at the ideas and values that inform how people think about reproduction and assisted reproductive technologies.

Comprehensive expert review of factors affecting the preparation of oocytes and embryos for successful IVF.

Now in its revised and expanded second edition - including over 20 new chapters - this comprehensive textbook remains a unique and accessible description of the current and developing diagnostic and treatment techniques and technologies comprising in vitro fertilization (IVF).

This is a brand new, fully updated edition of the natural history classic first published in the New Naturalist series in 1973 as The Pollination of Flowers.

This book provides a comprehensive review of CT Virtual Hysterosalpingography, a new non-invasive diagnostic technique that allows the evaluation of the entire gynecologic tract in a single study, by combining the benefits of hysterosalpingography (HSG) with multidetector Computed Tomography (CT).

This book focuses on placental bed disorders and the role they play in normal and complicated pregnancies.

This book considers the growing popularity of solo motherhood via gamete donation and how this type of "e;cyborg conception"e; is narrated in medicine, bioethics, fiction, and memoir.

This book addresses various aspects of testicular autoimmunity.

This book provides readers up-to-date information on various aspects affecting assisted reproduction laboratories and corresponding management approaches, based on latest literatures, clinical practice, and international consensus.

In spite of the fact that almost eighty percent of all IVF cycles are unsuccessful, the dominant representations of the technology are of its success.

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The new edition of this text admirably fills the need for a primer on the central topics involved in Human In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

Israel is the only country in the world that offers free fertility treatments to nearly any woman who requires medical assistance.

With the advent of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, our understanding of the reproductive system in both men and women has progressed in an exponential manner.

This practical handbook provides detailed guidelines on prescribing drugs in all classes and for a wide variety of diseases and disorders during pregnancy, with numerous boxes and tables to assist understanding.

This book on fibroid uterus focuses on surgical challenges in minimal access surgery that a surgeon faces while treating this condition.

Understanding immunology is increasingly important in obstetrics and gynecology.

First published in 1919 as 'Diseases of Women', Gynaecology by Ten Teachers is well established as a concise, yet comprehensive, guide within its field.

Uterine fibroids are a painful condition that may also create serious limitations on a patient's reproductive options.

This one-stop practical guide will show you how to maximise your chances of having a baby and prepare week-by-week during your pregnancy for a relaxed and confident birth.

Following on from the success of their previous standard textbook on Multiple Pregnancy, the authors have refocused their attention on prenatal assessment in multiple pregnancy and come up with condensed and revised material in a free-standing text.

A new subspecialty is growing at the interface of reproductive medicine and perinatology: infertility.

This new volume in the Reproductive Medicine for Clinicians series of the International Academy of Human Reproduction (IAHR) focuses on current hot topics in the field, their ethical and legal aspects and their impact on society.

Presenting an overview of the current understanding of the pathophysiology of PCOS and a paradigm for the clinical evaluation and management of the disorder, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is written in an easy to digest, concise format that, with bulleted key points introducing each chapter, is suitable for the trainee and the busy clinician.

This book covers the latest research on male infertility.

An updated and comprehensive book of case studies exploring the unique challenges of reproductive patient care in fertility counselling.

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Now in a completely revised and expanded third edition, including six new chapters, this user-friendly textbook offers a succinct overview of both the medical and surgical management of reproductive disorders, as well as coverage of associated imaging modalities.

Central to this book are Gbigbil women's experiences with different "e;reproductive interruptions"e;: miscarriages, stillbirths, child deaths, induced abortions, and infertility.

A groundbreaking contribution to the literature now in its revised and expanded second edition, this textbook offers a comprehensive review of diagnostic and treatment techniques for male infertility.

The most common abnormal growth of the female reproductive system, fibroids, are thought to affect the majority of women at some point during their reproductive years.

Waiting in Hope gives women an uplifting, accessible resource to comfort, guide, and strengthen them through the journey of infertility.

This comprehensive volume covers all aspects of the revolution in prenatal diagnosis brought about by the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which primarily relies on the detection of free fetal DNA circulating in maternal blood from the early stages of pregnancy.

In recent years, infertility has become a medical phenomenon that affects more and more adults of reproductive age.

Help your patients through the maze of infertility treatments Infertility is suffered by around 1 in 7 couples and can be a source of confusion for both partners, providing high stress on relationships.

In the vast majority of books discussing reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI), the contents are organized and classified by organs and systems.

The fourth edition of Human Reproductive Biology-winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association-emphasizes the biological and biomedical aspects of human reproduction, explains advances in reproductive science and discusses the choices and concerns of today.

A comprehensive book that provides evidence-based information needed to address the complex issues of cancer in pregnancy.

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Research on testosterone is increasing in many senses; however there is still much controversy regarding its physiology and clinical use.

This ambitious sourcebook surveys both the traditional basis for and the present  state of indigenous women's reproductive health in Mexico and Central America.

Advanced textbook that uses physics to analyze stages and components of the biological development process.

This manual will provide embryologists and clinicians with a clear, informative overview of the tools to assist in embryo selection.

Proposes that the human embryo in vitro is in a unique ''legal stasis'' between potential person and useful research artefact.