Multiple pregnancies are the most frequent and serious complication of assisted reproduction. Both high-order multiple and twin pregnancies entail a number of medical and economic outcomes that affect the children, the mother, the parents, the families, and society as a whole. Limiting the number of embryos to transfer is the only method available to decrease the incidence of multiple pregnancies. Single Embryo Transfer reviews the advantages and limitations of this approach to assisted reproduction. The crucial issue of selecting the best embryo will be reviewed in detail. All clinical issues involved in setting up and running an SET programme will be covered, including important topics such as cryopreservation of embryos, embryo donation, and patient counselling. The final chapters on future SET trends in Europe and North America are written by leading figures in the IVF world. The book is of interest to physicians, embryologists, nurses, insurers, politicians, ethicists and patients.
Single Embryo Transfer provides data on patient and embryo selection and focuses on all clinical and technical aspects involved.
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Review of the hardback: 'I enjoyed reading through the book - it is authoritative and up to date - a worthwhile contribution to the field. Thank you for this.' William L. Ledger, University of Sheffield Review of the hardback: 'The chapter on patient selection for IVF is brilliant and suggests the best strategy for selecting patients for eSET without reducing pregnancy rates unnecessarily I would recommend the book for all clinicians and embryologists as well as our commissioners and legislators ' The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
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Commended for BMA Book Awards 2009.This book provides data on patient and embryo selection and focuses on all clinical and technical aspects involved.
Preface Jan Gerris; Part I. Preliminaries:
1. The risks associated with
multiple pregnancies Ulla-Britt Wennerholm;
2. An overview of determinants of
oocyte and embryo developmental competence: specificity, accuracy and
applicability in clinical IVF Jonathan Van Blerkom; Part II. Clinical
Aspects:
3. Single embryo transfer - concepts and definitions Jan Gerris and
Petra De Sutter;
4. Patient selection for single embryo transfer Ofer Fainaru
and Mark D. Hornstein;
5. Perinatal outcome after single embryo transfer
Petra De Sutter and Jan Gerris;
6. Single embryo transfer as a model for
early conception and implantation Anja Pinborg and Anne Loft;
7. Ovarian
stimulation, blastocyst culture and preimplantation genetic screening for
elective single embryo transfer Steven J. McArthur and Robert Jansen;
8.
Sequential embryo selection for single embryo transfer Lynette Scott; 9A.
Cryo-augmentation after single embryo transfer: the European experience Aila
Tiitinen; 9B. Cryo-augmentation after single embryo transfer: the American
experience Marius Meintjes; 10A. Single embryo transfer in recipients of
donated oocytes Viveca Söderström-Anttilla; 10B. The impact of single embryo
transfer on embryo donation Jeffrey A. Keenan and Reginald Finger; 10C.
Single embryo transfer in unique clinical situations: single women, lesbians
Karen Purcell; 10D. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and single embryo
transfer Willem Verpoest;
11. Counselling patients for single embryo transfer
Sharon N. Covington;
12. Stress-reduction techniques to reduce patient
dropout rates during elective single embryo transfer Janetti Marotta;
13.
Barriers for elective single embryo transfer implementation A. M. van
Peperstraten, J. A. M. Kremer and D. D. M. Braat;
14. Single embryo transfer
- the Swedish experience Christina Bergh, P. O. Karlström and Ann
Thurin-Kjellberg;
15. Single embryo transfer - the Dutch experience Aafke P.
A. van Montfoort;
16. Philosophical and ethical considerations on single
embryo transfer Guido Pennings; Part III. Controversies:
17. What is the
optimum day of transfer for single embryo transfer? Success rates,
monozygotic twinning and epigenetic issues Christine C. Skiadas and Catherine
Racowsky;
18. Cost-effectiveness of single embryo transfer in assisted
reproduction cycles John Collins;
19. Defining success in assisted
reproduction Siladitya Bhattacharya;
20. Should sperm parameters be
considered in patient selection for single embryo transfer? Denny Sakkas,
Hasan M. El-Fakahany and Emre Seli;
21. Does self-regulation work for
implementation of single embryo transfer? G. David Adamson;
22. How should we
proceed? The American experience John M. Norian, Eric D. Levens, Alan H.
DeCherney and G. David Adamson;
23. How should we proceed? The European
experience André Van Steirteghem; Index.
Jan Gerris is Professor of Gynecology and Sector Chairman of the Sector Man-Woman-Child at University Hospital Ghent, Belgium. Petra De Sutter is Professor in Reproductive Medicine and Head of Clinic and IVF Research Lab, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium. G. David Adamson is Adjunct Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and Associate Clinical Professor at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, USA. Catherine Racowsky is Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA.
