MINIMAL STIMULATION AND NATURAL CYCLE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Highlights thesignificance of cryopreservation technology, a useful adjunct to minimalstimulation protocols

Explains how naturalcycle IVF can lead to a milder, safer and moreeffective approach to ART?Reviewssignificance of cryopreservation technology, with its manifold futureadvantages

Written by leadingexperts in this field

Thiscontributed volume regenerates the significance of and respect for naturalphenomenon in the background of the risks and complications seen in ART such asovarian hyperstimulation and multiple pregnancies. Balancingthe clinical practice between the beneficial natural physiology and theprolific use of stimulation drugs for ART may help eliminate risks that mayprove clinically, financially and psychologically expensive. It underscores thefact that greater is not always synonymous with better with regard to the oocyte yield. While highlighting the risks involved withthe use of high-dose gonadotropins, the book presentsa stratification of patients who might benefit from the soft minimal andnatural cycle IVF stimulation protocols that may beused. Additionally, clinicians can understand the significance ofcryopreservation technology, now a useful adjunct to minimal stimulationprotocols, with its manifold future advantages. Written by an internationalteam of experts, this handbook emphasizes how minimal stimulation and naturalcycle IVF can lead to a milder, safer and moreeffective approach to ART.

ContentLevel » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Budget IVF - Monofollicularstimulation - Ovarian insufficiency - Ovarian stimulation - Vitrification
Related subjects » Gynecology - Internal Medicine

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTstimulation in the next decade an overview .-Natural cycle IVF without medication.-The use of letrozolin minimal stimulation IVF.-Use of clomiphene and prostaglandin inhibitors in natural cycle IVF.-The role of GnRH analoguetriggering in natural cycle and minimal stimulation IVF.-Naturalcycle IVF in patients with ovarian insufficiencyusing luteal phase stimulation.-Ovarian stimulationin patients with ovarian insufficiency.-Monofollicularstimulation for IVF in PCOSpatients.-Budget IVF using clomiphene,hMG & antagonists.-Vitrificationis the keystone to minimal stimulation IVF.-Minimalstimulation IVF the 2-step procedure.

AUTHORS & EDITORS

Dr. Gautam Allahbadia, is medical director of Rotunda-The CenterFor Human Reproduction, Bandra, Mumbai and Deccan FertilityClinic & KeyholeSurgery Center,ShivajiPark, Mumbai, India. He isalso visting lecturer at Department of Obstetrics& Gynecology, TelAvivUniversity,Sackler Faulty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel. He haspublished numerous papers in both national and international journals. He hasedited and contributed chapters to more than 10 books. Few of his publicationsare: 1.Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Editor: Gautam N Allahbadia, Rina Agrawal. Editorial Assistant: RubinaMerchant AnshanPublishing,UK, First Edition: 20072.Embryo Transfer Editor: Gautam N Allahbadia, Editorial Assistant: RubinaMerchant Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi. First Edition:2008 3.The Fallopian Tube Editors: Gautam N Allahbadia, Ertan Saridogan, Ovrang Djahanbakhch; Associate Editor: RubinaMerchant AnshanPublishing,UK, 2008 4.Donor Egg IVF Editor: Gautam N Allahbadia, Editorial Assistant: RubinaMerchant Jaypee Brothers MedicalPublishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi.First Edition: 2009 5.Textbook of Minimal Stimulation IVFMilder, Mildest or Back to Nature. Editors: Gautam NAllahbadia, Alejandro Chávez-Badiola;Assistant Editor: Rubina Merchant JaypeeBrothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi. First Edition:2011