Pre-congress course 14
SIG Early Pregnancy
Course co-ordinator
Ole B. Christiansen (Denmark)
Course description
There is uncertainly whether low quality of spermatozoa and low sperm count as well as low oocyte number and quality reflected in markers for ovarian reserve is predictive for an increased risk of biochemical pregnancies and miscarriages in subsequent pregnancies conceived with and without the use of ART.The course will review the current knowledge about whether such associations exist and whether some of the markers for sperm and oocyte quality can be helpful in clinical practice.
Target audience
Reproductive physicians and biologists
Course programme
Chair: Mariette Goddijn (The Netherlands)
09.00 - 09.10
Introduction – Ole B. Christiansen (Denmark), Siobhan Quenby (United Kingdom) and Mariette Goddijn (The Netherlands)
09:10 - 09:40
Subfertility, mode of conception and their effect on miscarriage rate – Monique Brandes (The Netherlands)
09.40 - 09.50
Discussion
09.50 - 10.20
Transmission electron microscopy and FISH studies of sperm in couples with recurrent miscarriage – GaiaTerzuoli (Italy)
10.20 - 10.30
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
Chair: Siobhan Quenby (United Kingdom)
11.00 - 11.30
Markers of sperm quality and miscarriage rate – Nicolas Garrido (Spain)
11.30 - 11.40
11.40 - 12.10
Sperm DNA damage and its effect on miscarriage after IVF/ICSI – Armand Zini (Canada)
12.10 - 12.30
Panel discussion with Nicolas Garrido, Gaia Terzuoli, Armand Zini, and delegates on the role of sperm factors in post-conception reproductive failure and its clinical implications
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch
Chairs: Siobhan Quenby (United Kingdom) and Roy Farquharson (United Kingdom)
13.30 - 14.00
Are ovarian reserve tests predictive of miscarriage in women undergoing ART? – Jayaprakasan Kannamannadiar (United Kingdom)
14.00 - 14.10
14.10 - 14.40
Ovarian reserve and early pregnancy – Maaike Haadsma (The Netherlands)
14.40 – 14.50
15.00 - 15.30
Chair: Ole B. Christiansen (Denmark)
15.30 - 16.00
Anti-Müllerian hormone levels and miscarriage rates after IUI – Kelton Tremellen (Australia)
16.00 – 16.30
Anti-Mullerian hormone levels in women with recurrent miscarriage and their value in predicting another miscarriage – Elisabeth Clare Larsen (Denmark)
16.30 - 17.00
Panel discussion with Banchhita Sahu, Maaike Haadsma, Kelton Tremellen, Elisabeth Clare Larsen and delegates on the role of ovarian reserve tests in miscarriage and their clinical importance
Registrations for this course will be limited to 305 participants