The goal of the treatment of infertility is to apply therapeutic techniques to patients in a safe manner and at the same time increase the chances for conceiving and delivering healthy babies: basic and clinical research is more and more finalized directed to these goals. The conference "Advances in Infertility Treatment" held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 24-26, 2002 covered many clinical and research aspects of this important therapeutic area. Important discussed issues included the impact of age, lifestyle, and the genetic set-up of patients in the pathogenesis and development of infertility-causing disorders such as male reproductive dysfunction, polycystic ovary syndrome, and ovarian failure. New ovulation induction regimens that may optimize, reduce complications, and lower costs of ovarian stimulation procedures and of assisted reproduction in general were presented. This was the 5th Ferring Pharmaceuticals Conference in the area of reproductive medicine held in Florida.
Infertility/therapy , Abortion, Spontaneous/prevention & control , Costs and Cost Analysis , Female , Florida , Humans , Infertility, Female/etiology , Infertility, Female/therapy , Infertility, Male/therapy , Luteinizing Hormone/administration & dosage , Male , Menotropins , Oocytes/physiology , Ovulation Induction/economics , Ovulation Induction/methods , Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/complications , Pregnancy , Preimplantation Diagnosis , Reproductive Techniques, Assisted , Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic
50 cases of non obstructive azoospermia required testicular sperm extraction and ICSI. Results are promising but ability to find spermatozoa remains questionable. Further studies are necessary to improve success of the method. Genetic research also need to be developed for better understanding the process.
Cryopreservation , Fertilization in Vitro/methods , Oligospermia , Semen Preservation , Spermatozoa/transplantation , Humans , Insemination, Artificial , Male
