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Abstract
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is by definition any
treatment or procedure that includes the handling of oocytes and
sperm or embryos outside the body for the purpose of
establishing a pregnancy.
IVF was initially designed to overcome the problem of tubal
infertility but is now widely held to represent the treatment of
choice for unexplained infertility, male factor, endometriosis,
and ovarian dysfunction resistant to ovulation induction.
ICSI is the ultimate option to treat these cases of severe malefactor
infertility.
In 1990, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was
introduced as an experimental procedure to genetically screen
human embryos during an IVF cycle. More than a decade later,
PGD has become an established clinical procedure in ART.
The main vantages of this technique include storage for future
use without repeating ovarian stimulation, chance of fertility for
neoplastic patients who are going to receive chemotherapy, low
risk of multiple pregnancies by reducing the number of fresh
embryos transferred, and low risk, without canceling the cycle,
of developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
Keywords:
In Vitro Fertilization, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection, Oocyte
Retrieval, Assisted Hatching, Embryo Transfer, Preimplantation
Genetic Diagnosis and Embryo Cryopreservation.