The fallopian tube in infertility and IVF practice / edited by William L. Ledger, Seang Lin Tan, Adil O.S. Bahathiq. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2010. - viii, 130 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. - Cambridge medicine . - Cambridge medicine. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical background and functional anatomy / Adil O.S. Bahathiq & William L. Ledger -- Coculture and assisted reproduction / William S.B. Yeung, Yin-Lau Lee & Kai-Fai Lee -- Physiology and pathophysiology of tubal transport : ciliary beat and muscular contractility, relevance to tubal infertility, recent research, and future directions / Ovrang Djahanbakhch, Mohammad Ezzati & Ertan Saridogan -- Infections and inflammatory causes of tubal infertility / Adrian R. Eley & Ying C. Cheong -- Management of proximal tubal occlusion / Nadia Kabli & Togas Tulandi -- Ectopic pregnancy / Bassem Refaat & William L. Ledger -- Fallopian tube patency testing / Stephen R. Killick -- Principles of open and laparoscopic surgery for tubal infertility / Myvanwy McIlveen & Tin-Chiu Li -- IVF and tubal disease / Chun Y. Ng & Geoffrey H. Trew -- Tubal sterilization / Hany Lashen.

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Fallopian tubes--Diseases.
Infertility--Pathophysiology.
Fertilization in vitro.

618.12 / FAL 2010