Reproductive surgery: revisiting its origins and role in the modern management of fertility

  • Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic a... ROR
  • Harvard University ROR
  • Cornell University ROR
  • Shady Grove Fertility Center ROR

Fertility and Sterility, 120(3 Pt 1), 539-550

DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.02.031 PMID 36870592

Abstract

For years, reproductive surgery was the mainstay of reproductive care. With the evolution and ultimate success of in vitro fertilization (IVF), reproductive surgery became an adjuvant therapy, indicated mainly for severe symptoms or to enhance success rates with assisted reproductive technologies. As success rates for IVF have plateaued, and emerging data rekindles the enormous benefits of surgically correcting reproductive pathologies, there is renewed interest among reproductive surgeons in reviving research and surgical expertise in this area. In addition, new instrumentation and surgical techniques to preserve fertility have gained traction and will solidify the need to have skilled reproductive endocrinology and infertility surgeons in our practice.

Topics

reproductive surgery modern role fertility management, surgical correction reproductive pathology vs IVF, reproductive surgery history evolution assisted reproduction, fertility preservation surgical techniques new instrumentation, reproductive endocrinology infertility surgeon training surgical expertise, Bortoletto Petrozza Pfeifer reproductive surgery review, surgical treatment infertility adjuvant IVF therapy, myomectomy tubal surgery fertility outcomes vs ART, reproductive surgery resurgence IVF success plateau, minimally invasive reproductive surgery fertility enhancement
PMID 36870592 36870592 DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.02.031 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.02.031

Cite this article

Bortoletto, P., Romanski, P. A., Petrozza, J. C., & Pfeifer, S. M. (2023). Reproductive surgery: revisiting its origins and role in the modern management of fertility. *Fertility and sterility*, *120*(3 Pt 1), 539-550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.02.031

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