Ultrasonography in Reproductive Medicine and Infertility

Nowhere has the impact of ultrasonography been more dramatic than in reproductive medicine, particularly in the diagnosis of female and male infertility, the management of assisted reproductive procedures and the monitoring of early pregnancy. This authoritative textbook encompasses the complete role of ultrasonography in the evaluation of infertility and assisted reproduction. Covering every indication for ultrasonography in assisted reproductive technology, this will prove an invaluable resource in the evaluation of the infertile patient and optimization of the outcome of treatment. The interpretation of images to improve fertility and reproductive success is emphasized throughout. Ultrasonography in Reproductive Medicine and Infertility is essential reading for clinicians working both in IVF clinics and in office practice. It will be particularly useful to gynecologists, infertility specialists, ultrasonographers and radiologists working in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, assisted reproductive technology, ultrasonography and radiology.   - Covers every indication for ultrasonography in assisted reproductive technology, assisting in the evaluation of the IVF patient and helping to optimize the outcome of treatment - Addresses each step from simple infertility evaluation to the most advanced procedures in assisted reproductive practice - the reader will understand the utilization of ultrasonography in monitoring patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology, oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer - Content includes male infertility and topics such as the physics and ethics of ultrasonography Contents Foreword Stuart Campbell; Part I. Imaging Techniques: 1. The future of imaging and assisted reproduction Alan H. DeCherney and Micah Hill; 2. Ultrasonography: physics and principles Osama M. Azmy and Karim El-Nahas; 3. Hysterosalpingography Shawky Badawy, Stuart J. Singer and Amr Etman; 4. Fertiloscopy Antoine Watrelot; 5. Sonohysterography William W. Brown; 6. Diagnostic hysteroscopy Tony Bazi and Tony G. Zreik; 7. Ethics of ultrasonography Osama M. Azmy and Kareem El-Nahhas; Part II. Ultrasonography in Fertility: 8. 3D ultrasonography and infertility Jose M. Puente and Juan A. Garcia-Velasco; 9. Ultrasonography diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Manubai Nagamani and Rebecca Chilvers; 10. Ultrasonography monitoring of infertility in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Carolyn J. Alexander; 11. Ultrasonography of uterine fibroids Angela Clough and Yakoub Khalaf; 12. Ultrasonography of the endometrium Richard Palmer Dickey; 13. Ultrasonography of the cervix Mona Aboulghar and Botros Rizk; 14. Color Doppler imaging of ovulation induction Osama Azmy and Alaa El-Ebrashy; 15. Ultrasonography of pelvic endometriosis Juan A. Garcia-Velasco, Maria Cerrillo and Lia Ornat; 16. Adenomyosis Edward A. Lyons; 17. Congenital uterine malformations Mona Aboulghar; 18. Uterine septum Mohamed Mitwally and Mostafa Abuzeid; 19. Utrasonography and incidental ovarian pathology Dimitrios Siassakos, Valentine Akande and Luciano G. Nardo; 20. Scrotal ultrasonography in male infertility Nabil Aziz and Iwan Lewis-Jones; 21. Transrectal ultrasonography in male infertility Levent Gurkan, Andrew C. Harbin and Wayne J. G. Hellstrom; 22. Ultrasonography evaluation of acute pelvic pain Aimee Eyvazzadeh and Deborah Levine; 23. Ultrasonography evaluation of chronic pelvic pain Nicole Brooks and Moshood Olatinwo; Part III. Ultrasonography in Assisted Reproduction: 24. Ultrasonography and IVF Luciano G. Nardo and Tarek A. Gelbaya; 25. Ultrasonography and hydrosalpinges in IVF Annicka Strandell and Seth Granberg; 26. Ultrasonography evaluation of ovarian reserve Timur Gurgan, Aygul Demirol and Suleyman Guven; 27. Ultrasonography in oocyte retrieval for IVF Matts Wikland and Lars Hamberger; 28. Ultrasonography guided embryo transfer: evidence based practice Gautam N. Allahbadia; 29. Ultrasonography guided embryo transfer: clinical experience Mostafa Abuzeid and Botros Rizk; Part IV. Early Pregnancy Following Infertility Treatment: 30. First trimester pregnancy failure William W. Brown; 31. Ectopic pregnancy Botros Rizk, Mostafa Abuzeid, Christine B. Rizk, Sheri Owens and Youssef Simaika; 32. Heterotopic pregnancy and assisted reproduction Samuel F. Marcus, Essam S. Dimitry, Maria Dimitry, Diana M. Marcus and Botros Rizk; 33. Cervical pregnancy Nicole Brooks, Botros Rizk, Brad Steffler, Hany F. Moustafa, Susan L. Baker and Elizabeth Puscheck; 34. Congenital anomalies and assisted reproductive technology Mona Aboulghar; 35. Multiple pregnancy following IVF James Hole, Kathy B. Porter, Robin Brown, Vicki Arguello, Tiffany Driver and Willie Cotten; 36. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome Botros Rizk, Christopher B. Rizk, Mary G. Nawar, Elizabeth Puscheck, Juan A. Garcia-Velasco and Hassan N. Sallam. Contributors Stuart Campbell, Alan H. DeCherney, Micah Hill, Osama M. Azmy, Karim El-Nahas, Shawky Badawy, Stuart J. Singer, Amr Etman, Antoine Watrelot, William W. Brown, Tony Bazi, Tony G. Zreik, Kareem El-Nahhas, Jose M. Puente, Juan A. Garcia-Velasco, Manubai Nagamani, Rebecca Chilvers, Carolyn J. Alexander, Angela Clough, Yakoub Khalaf, Richard Palmer Dickey, Mona Aboulghar, Botros Rizk, Alaa El-Ebrashy, Juan A. Garcia-Velasco, Maria Cerrillo, Lia Ornat, Edward A. Lyons, Mohamed Mitwally, Mostafa Abuzeid, Dimitrios Siassakos, Valentine Akande, Luciano G. Nardo, Nabil Aziz, Iwan Lewis-Jones, Levent Gurkan, Andrew C. Harbin, Wayne J. G. Hellstrom, Aimee Eyvazzadeh, Deborah Levine, Nicole Brooks, Moshood Olatinwo, Tarek A. Gelbaya, Annicka Strandell, Seth Granberg, Timur Gurgan, Aygul Demirol, Suleyman Guven, Matts Wikland, Lars Hamberger, Gautam N. Allahbadia, Mostafa Abuzeid, William W. Brown, Mostafa Abuzeid, Sheri Owens, Youssef Simaika, Samuel F. Marcus, Essam S. Dimitry, Maria Dimitry, Diana M. Marcus, Nicole Brooks, Brad Steffler, Hany F. Moustafa, Susan L. Baker, Elizabeth Puscheck, James Hole, Kathy B. Porter, Robin Brown, Vicki Arguello, Tiffany Driver, Willie Cotten, Christopher B. Rizk, Mary G. Nawar, Elizabeth Puscheck, Juan A. Garcia-Velasco, Hassan N. Sallam