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Ongoing Developments in ART and Pregnancy Outcome

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Clinical Management of Pregnancies following ART

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IVF is now almost synonymous with all ART. Over the years the practice of IVF has become increasingly common as the treatment option for subfertility. In this field there is no lack of innovative ideas and techniques in exploring new frontiers, largely with the aim to improve pregnancy outcome. New technologies and skills researched by academic and commercial organisations have also significantly widened the scope of ART application; the discovery of ovarian tissue preservation, and the improvement in egg freezing technique have enabled many women to consider fertility preservation in certain circumstances. While these may seem promising in short term, data on long term outcomes of these techniques are limited and take time to accumulate. As more and more data are emerging, their safety for long term health of offspring born have also been questioned. In this chapter we review the evidence of laboratorial, surgical and clinical developments in ART and their impact on pregnancy outcomes as is available now and future directions.

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Teoh, J.P., Maheshwari, A. (2017). Ongoing Developments in ART and Pregnancy Outcome. In: Jayaprakasan, K., Kean, L. (eds) Clinical Management of Pregnancies following ART. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42858-1_14

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