Reproductive surgery and in vitro fertilization: the future reevaluated

Marika Raff; Alan DeCherney

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.06.010

Reproductive surgery and in vitro fertilization: the future reevaluated

Fertil Steril. 2019 Aug;112(2):197-202. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.06.010.

Authors

Marika Raff¹, Alan DeCherney²

Affiliations

¹ Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31352958
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.06.010

Abstract

A crisis is occurring in that reproductive endocrinologists are not doing the surgeries that are a part of their discipline. We list those procedures as a blueprint for training reproductive endocrinologists.

Keywords: Reproductive surgery; reproductive endocrinologist; surgical treatment versus ART.

MeSH terms

Education, Medical, Continuing / trends
Endocrinologists / education
Endocrinologists / trends
Endocrinology / education
Endocrinology / methods
Endocrinology / trends*
Female
Fertilization in Vitro / methods
Fertilization in Vitro / trends*
Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / methods
Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / trends
Humans
Infertility / surgery*
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / trends*