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Add-ons and other debated interventions in the IVF lab

Precongress Course 2

SIG Embryology Special Interest Group Embryology


Course coordinators
Ioannis Sfontouris (Greece), Giovanni Coticchio (Italy), Debbie Montjean (France), Gemma Arroyo (Spain), Agnieszka Nowak (Poland), Roger Sturmey (United Kingdom), Dean Morbeck (New Zealand)

 

Course type
Advanced


Course description
The aim of this course is to review current evidence on the efficacy and safety of adds-on treatments and other controversial interventions used in the IVF laboratory.

   

Target audience
Clinical embryologists, laboratory technologists, clinicians

 

Educational needs and expected outcomes

  • Describe and analyze the different adds-on that are available on IVF lab practice
  • Identify the cases that can benefit from the IVF adds-ons.
  • Integrate knowledge of clinical evidence, basic science, and technology governing the application of these technologies in routine laboratory practice.

By completing this course, participants should be able to better weigh the risks and benefits of the techniques presented and identify the cases that may benefit from them.


Programme



Saturday 26 June 2021

Chairs
Gemma Arroyo Cardona, Spain
Thomas Ebner, Austria
09:00 - 09:30
In vitro oocyte maturation: Current state and future prospects
Giovanni Coticchio, Italy
09:30 - 10:00
Freezing borderline/poor quality blastocysts: is there a point?
Dean Morbeck, U.S.A.
10:00 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
Dean Morbeck, U.S.A.
Agnieszka Nowak, Poland
11:00 - 11:30
Artificial oocyte activation
Thomas Ebner, Austria
11:30 - 12:00
Time-lapse embryo-culture: limits and profits
Thomas Freour, France
12:00 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break