Long Term Safety of Assisted Reproduction

A much-needed overview of the available information now accumulating to indicate that assisted reproductive technologies are generally safe for both babies and mothers. However, the literature abounds with reports of a higher risk of obstetric and perinatal complications; regarding the long term outcomes for both women and children, the data are still scarce. The chapters summarized in this book review the current knowledge on long term safety of assisted reproduction and indicate the need for continued research to cover the lack of data in some specific patient groups and for recently developed treatments that only have a short period of follow-up.

Arianna D’Angelo, MD, Associate MRCOG is Clinical Lead and Consultant in Reproductive Medicine, Wales Fertility Institute, Swansea Bay University Health Board; Senior Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Kenny A. Rodriguez-Wallberg MD, PhD is Professor and Clinical Head, Programme for Fertility Preservation, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet; Laboratory of Translational Fertility Preservation, BioClinicum; Head of the Subspecialist Training Program in Reproductive Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Daniela Nogueira, PhD is Scientific Director, Groupe Inovie Fertilité; Co-Head, Centre AMP de la Clinique Croix du Sud, Toulouse, France