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Chapter 13 - Sonographic Assessment of Complications Related to Assisted Reproductive Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2020

Kanna Jayaprakasan ,
Lukasz Polanski  and
Kamal Ojha
By
Miriam Baumgarten  and
Lukasz Polanski
Kanna Jayaprakasan
Affiliation:
Department of Maternity and Gynaecology, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby
Lukasz Polanski
Affiliation:
Assisted Conception Unit, Guy’s Hospital, London
Kamal Ojha
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St George's University Hospital, London
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Summary

Assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs) are the only hope for biologically own progeny for couples that fail to conceive naturally. In the developed world, up to 4.0 per cent of all children born are the result of assisted conception, be it in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The treatment-associated interventions, though well established, are not without complications to which the couples are often oblivious, as the hope of having a child may diminish one of the most significant and basic human instincts of self-preservation.

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Gynaecological Ultrasound Scanning
Tips and Tricks
 , pp. 176 - 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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