Sandro C Esteves

This is an updated comprehensive guide about the latest developments in the field of ART. Eminent international experts have contributed their knowledge and practice protocols. Every chapter has been carefully written by respective authors who are paramount in the concerned subjects. This book endeavors to provide an in-depth insight into every aspect of reprodcutive technology. With a compilation of the most recent advances of infertility, the book stimulates its reader for future scientific research. The contributors involved are acknowledged pioneer in their respective fields. Includes experience-based treatment protocols. Take home messages provide the gist of the topics of each chapter. Ready resource for all practicing infertility experts, clinicians, embryologists and postdoctoral fellows, etc.

This SpringerBrief analyzes varicocele from a novel approach, and provides the reader with a comprehensive view of its scientific and clinical significance. The Brief covers all the important aspects of varicocele related to infertility, from epidemiology to assisted reproduction techniques, contemplating pathophysiology, semen analysis, specialized sperm function tests, and clinical management including all available treatment options form three distinct perspectives, i.e., current concepts, consensus and controversies. Each topic is addressed using the same template, offering the best information from all angles to readers. This SpringerBrief is aimed at both clinicians and scientists involved in the study and care of male and female fertility, and is written by a team of three internationally recognized authors with expertise in andrology and male infertility. The text is the first of its kind, and presents an invaluable tool both for the basic scientists with an interest in reproductive medicine and for clinicians working in the field of infertility.