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Routine ultrasound examination is an established part of antenatal care if resources are available and access possible. In general, the main goal of a fetal ultrasound scan is to provide accurate information which will facilitate the delivery of optimized antenatal care with the best possible outcomes for mother and fetus. The presence of a new life healthily growing inside you is monitored via an early pregnancy scan also called the viability or dating scan.

Purpose of early pregnancy ultrasound scan?

Early pregnancy scans are done to confirm a pregnancy and is performed between 6-11 weeks

Ultrasound is a reliable first‐line imaging modality for the assessment of patients with gynaecological concerns. In patients with suspected endometriosis, ultrasound serves three purposes. First, it is used to evaluate the aetiology of the patient’s symptoms. Second, it has the potential to map the disease location. Lastly, it can ascertain the extent of disease.

From a clinical perspective, these products of ultrasound may benefit patients by ensuring a thorough understanding of disease by both the patient, who needs to provide informed consent to treatment options, and the physician, who

Male Infertility is a complex, multifactorial, and heterogeneous condition. In _15% of couples, infertility results from an identifiable genetic defect. However, in 40% of couples, male infertility is likely to be caused by an unknown genetic abnormality. Consequently, many men evaluated for infertility may not ultimately be diagnosed beyond the phenotype of their infertility, such as azoospermia or maturation arrest. Emerging research into the mechanisms underlying idiopathic male infertility promises new opportunities to provide these men with more specific diagnoses. Although semen analysis

Unexplained infertility usually refers to a diagnosis (or lack of diagnosis) made in couples in whom all the standard investigations such as tests of ovulation, tubal patency and semen analysis are normal.

Incidence 10-30% (ASRM 2006)

For the infertile couple, a ‘diagnosis’ of unexplained infertility may be very frustrating and is often interpreted by them as meaning that if there is no explanation for the cause of infertility, there is, therefore, no effective treatment.

The basic evaluation should provide evidence of ovulation, adequate sperm production and patency of fallopian tubes.{asrm2006}

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“Three Parent IVF” or the “Mitochondrial donation” is the latest technology that is gaining popularity as it could prevent the transfer of a life threatening disease from the mother to the offspring. The defective genes from the maternal mitochondria could be prevented being transferred to the offspring using this technology.

Its estimated that 1 in 200 people carry a genetic mutation that may cause mitochondrial disease in some form. Mitochondria being the ‘powerhouse’ of the cells, their impaired functioning could affect the functioning of the vital organs. It’s often difficult to predict

Ovarian Rejuvenation

What Is Ovarian Rejuvenation?

Ovarian rejuvenation is a procedure that may create new eggs in the ovaries of women who are unable to conceive because of early menopause, advanced maternal age or low oocyte (egg) reserve, yet who wish to have their own biological child. These individuals are either unable or unwilling, for their own personal reasons, to use donor eggs or to adopt a child. New eggs do not develop in the ovaries under normal circumstances, and, according to the current scientific understanding of ovarian physiology, a woman is born with all the eggs that

Poor ovarian reserve is a clinical condition in which the ovaries contain less number of oocytes (eggs) as expected for that particular age of a woman. Women are born with 1 to 2 million oocytes in their ovaries which rapidly declines, reaching 5 lakh oocytes at puberty. Out of these, only about 400 oocytes ovulate and are potential of giving a pregnancy. Rest of the oocytes regress and are lost.

The rate of loss is genetically predetermined. Most women will experience a significant decline in the quantity of their oocytes in their forties, while others may experience this much earlier. Those

The application of molecular genetic tests like fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been extended to detect embryos with major sporadic chromosomal or age-related aneuploidies that may result in failure of implantation or spontaneous miscarriage and to remove them from the cohort available for transfer. This technique is called preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) according to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG). PGS was renamed Preimplantation genetic Testing for aneuploidy

Following are the workshop highlights:

-Understanding the process of IUI
-Latest developments in IUI
-Identifying ways to optimize the outcome of IUI
-Best ways to handle challenging cases of IUI

Courses Info
GGIRHR certificate course in Embryology is a one-stop, comprehensive training source for embryology education. We are committed to maintaining highest standards of competence in practice of Clinical Embryology and Andrology through training, and professional development. This training course provides an opportunity for both scientists and clinicians, to gain theoretical and practical knowledge in Clinical Embryology, Assisted Reproduction Technology and infertility, including the intricate processes of human reproduction that are relevant to manipulation of fertility and new ways