Fibroids and Reproduction

Fibroids and Reproduction 1st Edition:

The most common abnormal growth of the female reproductive system, fibroids, are thought to affect the majority of women at some point during their reproductive years. This text from leading fibroid experts looks at the latest evidence on how the problem impinges on reproduction and the most up-to-date management and treatment options available to help patients with fibroids hoping to conceive.
Print versions of this book also include access to the eBook version with links to procedural videos.

Contents

Preface
List of Contributors
1. Fibroids and Reproduction: A Bird’s Eye View
Botros R.M.B. Rizk, Candice P. Holliday, and Yakoub Khalaf
2. Fibroids and ART
Eman A Elgindy
3. Fibroids and Endometrial Receptivity/Embryo Implantation
Kamaria C. Cayton Vaught, Maria Facadio Antero, Jacqueline Y. Maher, and Chantel I. Cross
4. Uterine fibroids and recurrent pregnancy loss
NK Simula and Mohamed A. Bedaiwy
5. Fibroid in Pregnancy
Magdi Hanafi
6. Medical options for uterine fibroids in the context of reproduction
Hoda Elkafas, Mona AlHelou, Qiwei Yang, and Ayman Al-Hendy
7. Preoperative Imaging: Ultrasound
Nicole Catherine Michel, Shima Albasha, and Botros Rizk
8. Fibroid Preoperative Imaging – MRI
Linda C. Chu, Mounes Aliyari Ghasebeh, and Ihab R. Kamel
9. Interventional Procedures
Kristin Patzkowsky
10. Hysteroscopic Myomectomy
Anja Frost and Mostafa A. Borahay
11. Laparoscopic and Robotic Assisted Myomectomy
Harold Wu, Anja Frost, and Mostafa A. Borahay
Index

About the Authors

Botros R.M.B. Rizk MD, MA, FRCOG, FRCS, HCLD, FACOG, FACS is Medical Director, Elite IVF, Houston, Texas; Medical Director, Advanced Fertility Centers, Odessa Fertility Lab Director, Odessa, Texas; President, Middle East Fertility Society; Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University Medical School, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kasr El Eini Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; Formerly Professor and Head, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

Yakoub Khalaf MBBCh, MSc, MD, FRCOG, MFFP is Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College London, and Head of Fertility Services and Director of the Assisted Conception Unit and Centre for Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

Mostafa A. Borahay MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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