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Informationen zum Autor William Leigh Ledger MA DPhil FRCOG is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK and Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jessop Wing, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield. Adil O. S. Bahathiq PhD is Associate Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Um-Alqura University Medical College, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Seang Lin Tan MD MBBS FRCOG FRCSC FACOG MMed (O and G) MBA is James Edmund Dodds Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, and Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Klappentext This definitive guide to the Fallopian tube and its disorders will be of interest to both gynecologists and specialists. Zusammenfassung This definitive guide to the previously neglected! but fundamentally important Fallopian tube covers topics on diseases of the tube and their effects on fertility! tubal surgery! and female sterilization. It offers a fascinating and informative read to gynecologists and specialists in reproductive medicine and family planning. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Historical background and functional anatomy; 2. Coculture and assisted reproduction; 3. Physiology and pathophysiology of tubal transport: ciliary beat and muscular contractility! relevance to tubal infertility! recent research and future directions; 4. Infections and inflammatory causes of tubal infertility; 5. Management of proximal tubal occlusion; 6. Ectopic pregnancy; 7. Fallopian tube patency testing; 8. Principles of open and laparoscopic surgery for tubal infertility; 9. IVF and tubal disease; 10. Tubal sterilization.