**Meet the editor**

Dr. Atef M.M. Darwish graduated from Assiut School of Medicine in 1985 with an excellent grade and first class honors. He completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assiut and Ain-Shams universities in 1986-1989. He got his Master degree in 1989 with Excellent degree. Between 1992-1994, he spent 2 years at the Endoscopic

Unit of Ulm University, Germany. Thereafter, he received his Medical Doctorate in 1995 through a combined program between the University of Ulm, Germany and the University of Assiut, Egypt with Excellent degree. In 2009, he got a PhD degree in the reproductive medicine at the University of Utrichet, The Netherlands. Currently, he is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University. Moreover, he is a consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology in three hospitals and he is the moderator and lecturer of many endoscopic societies. He authored an internationally registered undergraduate book (Practical Obstetrics and Gynecology) and edited two InTech multi-author books. He presented more than 70 presentations in national and international meetings, and published more than 45 papers in international medical journals, and 7 papers in national journals. His special interest has been in the area of gynecologic laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, reproductive medicine, and assisted reproduction. He published some innovative procedures in the field of endoscopic surgery and drug therapy of hyperprolactinemia.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

Atef Darwish

Chapter 1 **The Role of Endoscopy in Management of Infertility 1** 

Chapter 3 **The Use of rLH, HMG and hCG in Controlled Ovarian** 

Chapter 4 **The Means of Progress in Improving the Results of** 

**Stimulation for Assisted Reproductive Technologies 53** 

*in vitro* **Fertilization Based on the Identification and Correction of the Pathology of Hemostasis 77**  Andrey Momot, Inna Lydina, Lyudmila Tsyvkina,

Chapter 6 **SubEndometrial Embryo Delivery (SEED) with Egg Donation** 

**– Mechanical Embryo Implantation 145** 

Mohamad E. Ghanem and Laila A. Al-Boghdady

Jozsef Daru and Attila Kereszturi

Chapter 2 **Endoscopy versus IVF: The Way to Go 27** 

Micah J. Hill and Anthony M. Propst

Oksana Borisova and Galina Serdyuk

**Factors Affecting Fertilization 117**  Murid Javed and Essam Michael

Chapter 7 **Luteal Phase Support in ART: An Update 155** 

Chapter 5 **Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection –** 

Michael Kamrava and Mei Yin
