I-25: Changing Attitudes in Infertility Management

I-25: Management of Hydrosalpinx in ART

Hydrosalpinx, is one of the severe manifestations of tubal disease, is associated with significantly lower implantation and pregnancy rates, increased spontaneous abortion and ectopic pregnancy.This condition is usually due to PID but may also result from peritonitis of any cause or tubal damage from previous surgery.The mechanism for poor outcome in patients undergoing IVF is not yet clear. Ma...

I-29: Surgical Management of Endometriosis Related Infertility

The precise relationship between endometriosis and infertility is debated. Surgery is considered to play a role within the framework of the therapeutic options to cure infertile women with the disease even though its effectiveness is generally modest. In fact, there is unquestionably the need to improve surgical techniques in this area. Specifically, two main aspects require optimization: 1. pr...

I-39: Myoma in Infertility

Changing Attitudes

I-25: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss; Updates in Etiologies, Diagnosis and Management

Background -Recurrent pregnancy loss defined as two or more miscarriage before 20 weeks of pregnancy affecting 1-5 % or women in reproductive age .There are many etiologies have been suggested, like Genetic, Immunologic, Thrombophila, Endocrine and Anatomic; but in 50% of cases, the exact etiology remains uncertain. Endometrium acts as biosensor of embryo quality and endometrium itself contribu...

I-6: Azoospermia Factor in Male Infertility

Background The human Y chromosome is essential for human sex determination and male germ cell development and maintenance. In 1996, Vogt et al. identified three recurrently deleted regions in Yq11 termed the azoospermia factor (AZF). The AZF region is subdivided into three non-overlapping sub-regions called AZFa, AZFb and AZFc and microdeletion in these regions is the most important etiology of...