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Res Rep Gynaecol Obstet 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 4
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November 02-03, 2017 | Chicago, USA
Embryology and In vitro Fertilization
World Congress on
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Today,invitrofertilization (IVF) hasbecomemoresuccessful
than ever, in regards to implantation rate and live birth
rate, since its introduction in 1978. A part of this is due to
improvements in culture systems and culture media, but also
due to improved training and proficiency of embryologists.
During the pioneering years of IVF in humans, overall
pregnancy rates per treatment cycle were low. Therefore, to
increase the success rate of an IVF cycle, it has become an
accepted practice to transfer two or even more embryos per
patient, regardless of age or embryo quality, to the uterus.
As a result, high-order multiples including twin pregnancies
were on the rise. Multiple pregnancies are associated with
the increased risk of certain congenital abnormalities and
other potential complications, which are attributed to an
increase in maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity,
family stress, and increased costs for all parties involved.
Patient education is vital for encouraging patients to take
an eSET as the only truly effective means to avoid multiple
gestations. Support in their decision-making can include
being made aware of a successful cryopreservation program
of supernumerary embryos, which will help to maintain
high pregnancy rates while improving the health of the
resulting live births when performing eSET in good prognosis
patients. In this presentation, the author will discuss ways to
implement elective single embryo transfer in a clinical setting
and demonstrate our more recent data on this matter.
Speaker Biography
Juergen Liebermann is Certified as a High-complexity Clinical Laboratory Director
through the American Board of Bioanalysis. He has been working in the field of IVF
since 1995. Since 2004 he is the Laboratory Director for Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI)
Chicago/River North Embryology, Andrology and the Endocrinology Lab. He received his
Doctoral degree from the Technical University Munich in Bavaria/Germany in 1995 and
his Post-doctoral thesis in 2004 qualified him as a University Lecturer in Experimental
Reproductive Medicine at the Bavarian University of Wuerzburg, Germany. He has
authored numerous papers and contributed more than 15 book chapters in the area
of reproductive science. In 2007, he co-authored a book with Michael Tucker titled
Vitrification in Human Assisted Reproduction. He is a Member of the American Society
for Reproductive Medicine, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology,
Society for the Study of Reproduction, and the American Board of Bioanalysis. He
serves also as an Ad Hoc for Fertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction, Reproductive
Biomedicine Online, Reproduction, European Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics and
Reproductive Biology, and Cryobiology.
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Juergen Liebermann
Fertility Centers of Illinois, USA
Measurement of success in ART: Single, term and normal birth weight infants born