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Assisted reproductive techniques

Australia

• Department of Health and Ageing
  • Report of the Independent Review of Assisted Reproductive Technologies [2006]

Canada

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Elective single embryo transfer following in vitro fertilization. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2010]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Elective Single Embryo Transfer Following In Vitro Fertilization [2010]
  • Guidelines for the number of embryos to transfer following in vitro fertilization [2006]

Europe

• European Society of Human Genetics
  • The need for interaction between assisted reproduction technology and genetics [2006]

• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
  • The Istanbul consensus workshop on embryo assessment: proceedings of an expert meeting [2011]
  • Good Clinical Treatment in Assisted Reproduction - An ESHRE position paper [2008]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Ultrasound versus 'clinical touch' for catheter guidance during embryo transfer in women
  • Techniques for preparation prior to embryo transfer
  • Surgical treatment for tubal disease in women due to undergo in vitro fertilisation
  • Post-embryo transfer interventions for in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection patients
  • In vitro fertilisation versus tubal reanastomosis (sterilisation reversal) for subfertility after tubal sterilisation
  • In vitro fertilisation for unexplained subfertility
  • Day three versus day two embryo transfer following in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection
  • Cleavage stage versus blastocyst stage embryo transfer in assisted conception
  • Brief co-incubation of sperm and oocytes for in vitro fertilization techniques
  • Assisted hatching on assisted conception (IVF and ICSI)
  • Aspirin for in vitro fertilisation
  • Acupuncture and assisted conception

Switzerland

• Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Assisted reproductive medicine in Switzerland [2012]

United Kingdom

• British Fertility Society
  • Psychosocial aspects of infertility [2005]

• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
  • Human Fertilsation and Embryology Authority

• Royal College of Nursing
  • Performing ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval. RCN guidance for fertility nurses [2005]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Reproductive trends and assisted reproduction technologies [2008]

United States of America

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Effectiveness of Assisted Reproductive Technology [2008]

• CDC Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
  • CDC Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance — United States, 2009 [2012]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • The International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Revised Glossary on ART Terminology, 2009 [2009]

Articles in journals

• Asian Journal of Andrology
  • Sperm preparation: state-of-the-art--physiological aspects and application of advanced sperm preparation methods [2012]

• Australian Family Physician
  • Assisted reproductive technology - What’s new and what’s important? [2012]

• British Medical Journal
  • Emotional distress in infertile women and failure of assisted reproductive technologies: meta-analysis of prospective psychosocial studies [2011]
  • Clinical effectiveness of elective single versus double embryo transfer: meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials [2010]
  • Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis [2008]
  • Assisted conception. I—General principles [2003]

• Current Medicinal Chemistry
  • Pertinence of apoptosis markers for the improvement of in vitro fertilization (IVF) [2009]

• Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Effects of low-dose aspirin in in-vitro fertilization [2009]

• Fertility and Sterility
  • Selecting a control in IVF and acupuncture RCTs: How sham controls may unnecessarily complicate the RCT evidence base [2011]

• Human Reproduction
  • Risk of contamination of germplasm during cryopreservation and cryobanking in IVF units [2009]
  • Live birth rates after transfer of equal number of blastocysts or cleavage-stage embryos in IVF. A systematic review and meta-analysis [2008]
  • Should fertilization treatment start with reducing stress? [2006]
  • Investigation and treatment of repeated implantation failure following IVF-ET [2006]
  • What is the 'ideal' duration of progesterone supplementation before the transfer of cryopreserved-thawed embryos in estrogen/progesterone replacement protocols? [2005]
  • Soft versus firm embryo transfer catheters for assisted reproduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2005]
  • Single embryo transfer: a mini-review [2005]
  • Resolving methodological and clinical issues in the design of efficacy trials in assisted reproductive technologies: a mini-review [2005]
  • Oocyte number per live birth in IVF: were Steptoe and Edwards less wasteful? [2005]
  • Life table (survival) analysis to generate cumulative pregnancy rates in assisted reproduction: are we overestimating our success rates? [2005]
  • Laboratory safety during assisted reproduction in patients with blood-borne viruses [2005]
  • The impact of assisted hatching on live birth rates and outcomes of assisted conception: a systematic review [2003]

• Human Reproduction Update
  • Global variations in the uptake of single embryo transfer [2011]
  • Gamete competence assessment by polarizing optics in assisted reproduction [2011]
  • Effects of advanced selection methods on sperm quality and ART outcome: a systematic review [2011]
  • Assisted hatching of human embryos: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [2011]
  • Systematic review of oocyte donation: investigating attitudes, motivations and experiences [2009]
  • Prediction models in reproductive medicine: a critical appraisal [2009]
  • Oocyte aging: cellular and molecular changes, developmental potential and reversal possibility [2009]
  • Cell volume regulation in oocytes and early embryos: connecting physiology to successful culture media [2009]
  • Women's emotional adjustment to IVF: a systematic review of 25 years of research [2007]
  • The impact of lifestyle factors on reproductive performance in the general population and those undergoing infertility treatment: a review [2007]
  • Economic evaluations of single- versus double-embryo transfer in IVF [2007]
  • Spermatozoal nuclear determinants of reproductive outcome: implications for ART [2005]
  • Female and male lifestyle habits and IVF: what is known and unknown [2005]
  • The biological basis of non-invasive strategies for selection of human oocytes and embryos [2003]
  • Selection based on morphological assessment of oocytes and embryos at different stages of preimplantation development: a review [2003]
  • Rethinking gamete/embryo isolation and culture with microfluidics [2003]
  • Oocyte freezing: here to stay? [2003]
  • Effects of in-vivo and in-vitro environments on the metabolism of the cumulus-oocyte complex and its influence on oocyte developmental capacity [2003]

• International Journal of Developmental Biology
  • Triploidy - the breakdown of monogamy between sperm and egg [2008]

• Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
  • Is sperm DNA damage associated with IVF embryo quality? A systematic review [2011]
  • Assisted hatching in assisted reproduction: a state of the art [2011]

• Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology: Techniques and Limitations [2008]

• Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Portrait of an oocyte: our obscure origin [2010]

• Journal of Reproduction and Development
  • How to repair the oocyte and zygote? [2009]
  • Application of in vitro maturation to assisted reproductive technology [2009]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Y chromosome microdeletions: implications for assisted conception [2006]

• Medicina
  • Morphological criteria of oocyte quality [2009]

• Molecular Human Reproduction
  • The role of proteomics in defining the human embryonic secretome [2009]

• Reproduction
  • From egg to embryo: a peripatetic journey [2005]

• Reproductive Biology
  • Role of oocyte quality in meiotic maturation and embryonic development [2010]

• Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
  • Follicular fluid content and oocyte quality: from single biochemical markers to metabolomics [2009]
  • Factors affecting the outcome of human blastocyst vitrification [2009]
  • Sperm preparation for ART [2003]

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