Authors
K Jayakrishnan, Senior Consultant Gynecologist, KJK Hospital, Nalanchira, Trivandrum.
Abstract
Infertility can be defined as the failure to achieve a pregnancy within 1 year of regular unprotected intercourse; Advances in our understanding of the causes of infertility and ART have facilitated the development of increasingly complex diagnostic tools, prognostic models and treatment options.
Personalized management strategies, based on individual patient characteristics, have been proposed and the further development of these strategies may represent real progress towards individually tailored fertility treatment.
The uses of hysteroscopy and Ultrasonography in the assessment of infertile women id discussed. The role of ovarian stimulation is controversial but often needed.
Keywords: Infertility, Semen analysis, Ultrasonography, ART, Ovarian stimulation.