Infertility and Contraception: A Textbook for Clinical Practice by Otto Rodriguez-Armas (Editor), Bernard Hedon (Editor), Salim Daya (Editor), O. Rodreguez-Armas Purchase at:  Amazon.com  Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 238pp. ISBN: 1850700567 Publisher: CRC Press, LLC Pub. Date: October 1998

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Advanced reference text describing in detail the clinical practices concerning infertility and contraception recommended as the standard of care for all patients. Written by a team of highly placed specialists in reproductive medicine and reviewed by a separate team of experts under the auspices of the International Federation of Fertility Societies, the book reflects an international consensus on the way infertility should be treated and contraception managed by the end of this century. The volume contains 29 chapters, including an introduction, on the epidemiology of infertility, the infertility work-up, different types of infertility conditions and appropriate therapeutic choices, exploration and imaging techniques, therapeutic techniques, and contraception. The book is handsomely bound in hardcover and contains illustrations, bibliographic references, and a comprehensive index.

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(The International Federation of Fertility Societies) Text describing clinical practices concerning infertility and contraception to establish a standard of care. Written by clinical specialists in reproductive medicine. Halftone illustrations. DNLM: Infertility--therapy.

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"...an advanced reference detailing clinical practices that are recommended as the standard of care...written by specialists in the field & reviewed under the auspices of the International Federation of Fertility Societies." Appropriate for: General Practitioners, Family Practice Physicians.

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Advanced reference text describing in detail the clinical practices concerning infertility and contraception recommended as the standard of care for all patients. Written by a team of highly placed specialists in reproductive medicine and reviewed by a separate team of experts under the auspices of the International Federation of Fertility Societies, the book reflects an international consensus on the way infertility should be treated and contraception managed by the end of this century. The volume contains 29 chapters, including an introduction, on the epidemiology of infertility, the infertility work-up, different types of infertility conditions and appropriate therapeutic choices, exploration and imaging techniques, therapeutic techniques, and contraception. The book is handsomely bound in hardcover and contains illustrations, bibliographic references, and a comprehensive index.

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Reviewer: Stephen R. Lincoln, MD (University of Tennessee at Memphis College of Medicine)

Description: This is a collection of brief chapters on the evaluation and treatment of two principal elements of gynecological care.

Purpose: The purpose of this publication is to present a standard of care that could be made for all patients. Although this is a worthy objective, the book falls far short of the stated objective.

Audience: It is intended for general practitioners who care for women of reproductive age, according to the editors. In my judgement, it is appropriate only for medical students or residents.

Features: Although the title indicates that both infertility and conception will be discussed, fully 80 percent of the book is devoted to the subject of infertility. Many chapters have overlapping subjects. For example, hysterosalpingography is described in at least three separate chapters and yet none of the brief sections illustrates a normal or abnormal example.

Assessment: I believe this book is of little value to general practitioners or to subspecialists in the field. It attempts to cover all areas of reproduction, but each section provides only a cursory review of the subject matter. The reference sections vary widely in the depth and breadth of their content. This book could have been better organized to alleviate overlap of redundant material.

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Provides guidance to clinicians on the assessment and management of infertility and on modern contraceptive practice. Subjects covered include the epidemiology of infertility, the diagnosis of different infertility conditions and appropriate therapeutic choices, contraception, and family planning counselling. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents

List of principal contributors
Foreword

Sect. 1 Introduction
1 Infertility: the problem and its prevention

Sect. 2 Epidemiology of infertility
2 Definitions and factors affecting infertility

Sect. 3 Infertility work-up
3 Examination of the man and evaluation of sperm
4 Examination of the infertile woman: evaluation of ovulation, tubal patency and other functions

Sect. 4 Different types of infertility conditions and appropriate therapeutic choices
5 Infertility due to defective ovulation
6 Tubal infertility
7 Male infertility
8 Cervical infertility
9 Uterine infertility
10 The management of endometriosis
11 Unexplained infertility

Sect. 5 Exploration techniques - imaging techniques
12 Ultrasound in the investigation and management of infertility
13 Radiology of infertility
14 Endoscopy
15 Evaluation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis

Sect. 6 Therapeutic techniques
16 Ovulation induction and ovarian stimulation
17 Laparoscopic surgery of tubal infertility
18 Microsurgery
19 Artificial insemination
20 Assisted procreation
21 Microinjection

Sect. 7 Contraception
22 Counselling in family planning
23 Natural contraception
24 Barrier methods of contraception
25 Intrauterine devices
26 Hormonal contraception
27 Emergency contraception: the Cinderella of family planning
28 Definitive contraception
29 Difficult contraception

Index