Single Embryo Transfer (Paperback)

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 Soderstrom-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. Karlstrom 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 Andre Van Steirteghem; Index.