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Could we increase success in IVF - unsolved issues in ART

Precongress Course 15


MSRM organized by MRSM (Mediterranean Society for Reproductive Medicine


Course co-ordinator(s)

Tatjana Motrenko Simic (Montenegro), Antonis Makrigianakis (Greece), Hassan Sallem (Egypt)

 

Course type

Basic and advanced


Course description
Assisted reproduction techniques are widely applied with an increasing global trend. Clinical and basic research contributed to evidence based practice aiming to maximize reproductive outcomes. In that view, both physicians and embryologists are required to update their standard of care. Despite the wide applicability of ART, several issues are considered as hot topics mainly due conflicting result of research’s or lack of evidence needed to support changes in everyday practice. This course aims to discuss these topics, providing the most recent evidence, passing all stages of IVF process and helping clinicians and embryologist to improve IVF treatment. The main goal of the course is to highlight such unsolved issues, aiming to trigger discussion and proposals for future clinical and laboratory research.


Educational needs and expected outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

  • Summarize the evidence base of important issues in ART
  • Understand the discrepancies in management of different ART interventions
  • Describe potential research goals in the field of ART

 

Target audience

Clinicians - reproductive endocrinologist, fertility specialist, embryologists, scientist.


Programme


Saturday 26 June 2021

Session 1
Chairs
Timur Gürgan, Turkey
Laura Francesca Rienzi, Italy
09:00 - 09:30
Measuring the quality of the clinic and clinicians personal skills - why do we need Clinical Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
Veljko Vlaisavljevic, Slovenia
09:30 - 09:45
Discussion
09:45 - 10:15
Laboratory KPI’s - are we optimizing lab performance?
Basak Balaban, Turkey
10:15 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Session 2
Hassan N. Sallam, Egypt
Veljko Vlaisavljevic, Slovenia
11:00 - 11:20
Does one protocol fit for all – did we forget the art of stimulation in ART
Dinka Pavicic Baldani, Croatia
11:20 - 11:30
Discussion
11:30 - 11:50
GnRH analogues in COH - could we replace them with other drugs with same result?
Ioannis Messinis, Greece
11:50 - 12:00
Discussion
12:00 - 12:20
Is there any benefit in dual triggering?
Omar Sefrioui, Morocco
12:20 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break