INFERTILITY:

Inability to achieve a pregnancy after having sex regularly without using contraception for a year.
The study at 6 months of sexual relations without pregnancy is indicated in the following cases:

➢ Woman over 35 years of age
➢ Oligo / amenorrhea (Irregular menstruation or with long periods without menstruation)
➢ Uterine and / or salpingery disease
➢ Endometriosis
➢ History of pelvic surgery

DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION:

Simultaneously for both members of the couple
• Interrogation
• Physical exam
• Request complementary studies
• Start preconceptional counseling
• Orient about an initial reproductive prognosis

INFERTILITY TREATMENTS:

➢ MEDICAL (Ovulation-inducing drugs)
➢ SURGICAL (Laparotomy, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy)
➢ TECHNIQUES OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION (Artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, etc.)

LOW COMPLEXITY TECHNIQUES

➢ Consists of controlled ovarian stimulation with ovulation-inducing drugs
➢ Follow up of follicular growth by ultrasound
➢ Scheduled sexual intercourse
➢ Artificial Insemination

HIGH COMPLEXITY TECHNIQUES

➢ Encourage the manipulation of gametes (ova and sperm) and embryos in specialized laboratories of human reproduction
➢ In vitro fertilization (IVF)
➢ Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
➢ Morphological selection (IMSI) and physiological (PICSI) sperm
➢ Culture for embryonic development and embryo transfer (ET)

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