Management of Infertility

Antonio Simone Laganà is Deputy of the Special Interest Group for Endometriosis & Endometrial Disorders (SIGEED) of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and Ambassador of the World Endometriosis Society (WES). He was trained in obstetric/gynecological ultrasound at the Altamedica Main Centre in Rome (Italy), got the Master in “Gynecological Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery” at the University of Pisa (Italy), the Ph.D. in “Medical and Surgical Biotechnologies” at the University of Messina (Italy), and developed an intensive training in minimally invasive gynecological surgery (high-volume advanced laparoscopy, hysteroscopy) at the Univerzitetni Klinični Center Ljubljana (Slovenia), during the Subspecialist Training Programme (Fellowship) in Reproductive Medicine (according to the criteria of the European Society of Human Reproduction, ESHRE, and Embryology and European Board & College of Gynecology and Obstetrics, EBCOG).His research interests include endometriosis, reproductive immunology, infertility, gynaecological endocrinology, laparoscopy, and hysteroscopy. He is the author of more than 300 papers published in PubMed-indexed international peer-reviewed journals, and his presence is often requested as an invited speaker at international congresses. He is currently an editor of high-impact journals, including Scientific Reports, PLOS One, Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Journal of Ovarian Research, Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, and many others.He is habilitated as Associate Professor in Italy for Gynecology and Obstetrics. Antonino Guglielmino is President of the Italian Society of Human Reproduction and National Representative of Italy within the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. He is specialized in Gynecology and Obstetrics, holds a post-graduate diploma in clinical sexology from the International Institute of Sexology in Florence, a certificate of Bio-ethical Medicine from the Institute of Bio-ethics in Vatican City, and a Master's in Biology and Reproductive Medicine at University of Padua.

• 1. History and epidemiology of human fertilityHassan Sallam2. Setting up an ART unit: planning, design, and organizationDomenico Baldini, Giorgio Baldini and Isabella Cobuzzi3. Building the laboratoryBianca Bianco4. Work-up of female infertilityGiovanni Buzzaccarini, Amerigo Vitagliano and Antonio Simone Laganà5. Work-up of male infertilityLuca Boeri, Edoardo Pozzi and Andrea Salonia6. Prothrombotic gene polymorphisms and adverse reproductive outcomes in ARTMilan Terzic and Gulzhanat Aimagambetova7. Endocrinological causes of female infertilityMaría José España De Marco, Stella Lancuba, Marta Tesone and Marcos Thomson8. Tubal factorAntoine Watrelot9. Uterine and cervical anomaliesLuis Alonso Pacheco10. Uterine fibroids and infertilityVeronika Günther, Damaris Freytag and Ibrahim Alkatout11. Endometriosis and infertilityTimur Gurgan12. Endocrinological causes of male infertilityAlayman Hussein13. Sperm DNA fragmentation: impact on ART outcomeAshok Agarwal14. Male accessory gland infection: diagnosis and treatmentRossella Cannarella, Rosita A. Condorelli, Laura Cimino, Laura M. Mongioì, Michele Compagnone, Federica Barbagallo, Andrea Crafa, Aldo E. Calogero and Sandro La Vignera15. Hormonal and non-hormonal treatment of male infertilityRhianna Davies, Channa N. Jayasena and Suks Minhas16. Surgical management of male infertility and sperm retrievalNicola Arrighi17. How to choose the appropriate ART technique and counselling about reproductive outcomesMichael Chapman18. Preparation of the couple for the ART technique: necessary and unnecessary testsAndrea Roberto Carosso, Alessandro Ruffa, Bernadette Evangelisti, Noemi Mercaldo, Andrea Garolla, Carlo Foresta, Chiara Benedetto and Alberto Revelli19. Ovulation induction protocolsOmar Sefrioui20. Ovarian Stimulation ProtocolsBasil Tarlatzis and Konstantinos D. afopoulos21. Oocyte retrievalNina Jančar and Helena Ban Frangez22. Oocyte quality evaluation and cryopreservationPinar Ozcan, Bulut Varli, Necati Findikli, Murat Basar and Engin Oral 23. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndromeStefan Palomba24. Sperm quality evaluation and cryopreservationRhianna Davies, Channa N. Jayasena and Suks Minhas25. In vitro fertilization and embryo culture in time-lapse imagingAlison Campbell, Amy Barrie and Rachel Smith26. Intracytoplasmic Sperm InjectionGianpiero D. Palermo27. Embryo transferPieraldo Inaudi28. Luteal phase supportMariana Miguens, Sergio Papier and Andrea Coscia29. Preimplantation Genetic TestingSandrine Chamayou30. Embryo quality evaluation and cryopreservationLivia Pellegrini and Mauro Cozzolino31. Frozen–thawed embryo transferErlisa Bardhi and Panagiotis Drakopoulos32. Oocyte and sperm donationPascual Martin, Fernando Sanchez and Juan Tunon33. Recurrent miscarriageWilliam H. Kutteh, Dalal Kojok and Ghina Ghazeeri34. Repeated implantation failuresMichail Papapanou and Charalampos Siristatidis35. Gestational carrierNikos Prapas and Stamatios Petousis36. Female and male fertility preservation in oncologyFederico Ferrari, Martina Ratti, Anna Consoli, Filippo Alberto Ferrari, Enrico Sartori and Franco Odicino37. Psychological impact of infertility and ART proceduresHelene Mitchell, Wendy Norton and Helene Mitchell38. Risk, safety and outcome monitoring in the IVF ClinicRossana Di Paola, Angela Cuccarollo and Simone Garzon39. Regulation, data management, informed consent and legal issues for ARTIlaria Soave and Roberto Marci40. Impact of Covid-19 on ARTDomenico Carone