Sperm: hot topics, cost-effectiveness and
evidence-based decisions

Precongress Course 1

SIG Andrology Special Interest Group Andrology


Course coordinators
Jackson Kirkman-Brown (United Kingdom), Nicolas Garrido (Spain) 


Course type
Advanced ánd basic

 

Course description
In this course we aim to provide and discuss the best evidence available for key current topics in male fertility and Andrology in order to assist in the clinical decision-making process and patient care.

 

Target audience
All clinicians, biologists, scientists, IVF laboratory technicians and paramedicals interested in male infertility

 

Educational needs and expected outcomes 

The course aims to provide you with:
  • An insight in the most important clinical behaviours and strategies to detect male infertility causes and improve reproductive results
  • An update on the pros and cons of the most controversial topics and strategies currently applied in ART centers
  • An update on the value of sperm function tests and genetic screening in an ART programmes
  • An overview of the current information available on recently introduced and established techniques under the prism of evidence-based medicine

Programme


Sunday 23 June 2019

Chairs
Jackson Kirkman-Brown, United Kingdom
Nathalie Rives, France
Sperm DNA damage: test everyone? and how should we act?
09:00 - 09:30
Every male attending an ART unit
Sheena E. M. Lewis, United Kingdom
09:30 - 10:00
Only in specific situations
Sandro Esteves, Brazil
10:00 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Ellen Goossens, Belgium
Raul Eduardo Pina-Aguilar, Mexico
Treating the man, the sperm, or none in the infertile couple?
11:00 - 11:20
At home: Vitamins, diet and lifestyle
Hervé Lejeune, France
11:20 - 11:40
In the lab: IMSI, PICSI, MACS, etc
Nathalie Rives, France
11:40 - 12:00
Not at all: Only with good knowledge
Ben W. Mol, Australia
12:00 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
Jackson Kirkman-Brown, United Kingdom
Mina Mincheva, United Kingdom
An ICSI strategy too far?
13:30 - 14:00
Testicular or ejaculated sperm (when both are available in oligozoospermia and ICSI failure)
Sandro Esteves, Brazil
14:00 - 14:30
Health of ICSI children in the future, can we balance the risks?
Maryse Bonduelle, Belgium
14:30 - 15:00
Discussion
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
Raul Eduardo Pina-Aguilar, Mexico
Ellen Goossens, Belgium
Genetics of the next generation
15:30 - 16:30
DEBATE: Should we be using pre-conceptional genetic tests in our sperm donation programs?
15:30 - 16:00
Yes, under conditions
Wybo J. Dondorp, The Netherlands
16:00 - 16:30
No, except for very common mutations
Heidi Mertes, Belgium
16:30 - 17:00
Discussion of all content of day / Round table