Reproductive Surgery in Assisted Conception

To many patients and indeed health care professionals, IVF is the ultimate treatment for infertility. However in many cases IVF is not feasible and may not be indicated. Furthermore, IVF remains a largely inefficient procedure that often does not succeed in a achieving a pregnancy. There therefore remains a strong place for other fertility interventions, many of them surgical in nature. Surgical interventions can be used as a stand-alone fertility treatment or as an adjuvant treatment used in conjunction with other assisted conception treatments. Despite the continuing use of such techniques by reproductive surgeons there remains a clear gap in§the literature regarding resources to supplement formal training in the field or to provide a reference for established and aspiring practitioners.§Reproductive Surgery in the Age of Assisted Conception examines the role of reproductive surgery in the current age of IVF and in modern medical practice. In addition, it provides a detailed insight into the surgical techniques and where such practices stand relative to other fertility treatments such as assisted conception techniques. This book should be useful as a reference for currently practicing reproductive surgeons as well as those training in the field. It will also be invaluable to other fertility practitioners wishing to gain more insight into how and when surgical intervention may be used as either a standalone fertility treatment or§to improve success rates of other fertility treatments.