Biennial Review of Infertility

Peter N. Schlegel, MD, Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA Douglas T. Carrell, PhD, HCLD, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Bart C. Fauser, MD, PhD, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Catherine Racowsky, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

PART I: MALE INFERTILITY.- Supplements to enhance male fertility.- Poor quality ejaculate sperm: do the data support the use of testis sperm?.- The aging male and impact on offspring.- Testosterone replacement therapy in men: effects on fertility and health.- PART II: FEMALE INFERTILITY.- A practical approach to recent advances in ovarian reserve testing.- Maternal age and oocyte aneuploidy: lessons learned from trisomy 21.- Fertility preservation for cancer patients.- Reproductive surgery and computer-assisted laparoscopy: the new age of subspecialty surgery is here.- PART III: ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.- Advances in systems for embryo culture.- Patient tailored approaches to ovarian stimulation in ART.- Cryopreserved oocyte banking: its prospects and promise.- Reproductive tourism.- PART IV: EVOLVING CONTROVERSIES IN CONTEMPORARY REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE.- Intrauterine insemination: an ineffective treatment.- IUI is a valuable and cost-effective therapy for most couples.- Vitrification of human oocytes and embryos: an overview.- Should we eliminate fresh embryo transfer from ART?.- ICSI is a revolutionary treatment of male infertility that should be employed discriminately and further studied.- The need for long-term follow-up of children conceived through ICSI.- Popularity of ICSI.- PART IV: CLINICAL RESEARCH DESIGN.- Cohort designs: critical considerations for reproductive health.