BACKGROUND Infertility is highly prevalent in Nigeria and most infertile couples in southeast Nigeria are offered conventional forms of treatment, which consist mainly of ovulation induction and tubal surgery, due to limited availability and high cost of endoscopic and assisted reproductive technologies like laparoscopy and in vitro fertilization. The aim of this study was to determine the prev...

Cryopreservation of human spermatozoa-introduced in the 1960's-has been recognized as an efficient procedure for management of male fertility before therapy for malignant diseases, vasectomy or surgical infertility treatments, to store donor and partner spermatozoa before assisted reproduction treatments and to ensure the recovery of a small number of spermatozoa in severe male factor infertili...

Biological technology used for purposes of human reproduction has generated a number of issues involving contract law, genetic parenthood, and public policy. One such issue arises from disagreements about the fate of frozen embryos. This issue presents special challenges to the judicial process even though historically courts have had experience in applying reason to the most emotional of issue...

Suction-Based Technologies • Liposuction or Suction-Assisted Lipoplasty (SAL) • Power-Assisted Lipoplasty (PAL) Ultrasound-Based Technologies • Internal Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty (IUAL) • VASER-Assisted Lipoplasty (VAL) • External Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty (EUAL) • Transdermal Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty (TUAL) Laser-Based Technologies • External Laser-Assisted Lipoplasty (ELAL) • ...

background: approximately one percent of current live births of the world are conceived via assisted reproductive technologies (art). objective:  the purpose of this study was to compare the developmental status of children born through assisted and natural conceptions at the age of five years. materials and methods:  in a retrospective cohort study, developmental status of 5 years old children...

BACKGROUND Findings are presented of the second phase of a European longitudinal study of families created by assisted reproduction. The present investigation reports on data obtained during the child's transition to adolescence. METHODS A total of 102 IVF families, 94 donor insemination (DI) families, 102 adoptive families, and 102 families with a naturally conceived child were compared on s...