Medically Assisted Procreation (PMA)

The Medically Assisted Procreation (PMA) relates to all the techniques designed to help unfertile couples to conceive outside the natural union and obtain a successful pregnancy. These techniques refer to a terminology and to acronyms, of which a non-exhaustive list is shown below (see Glossary)

IVF:in vitro fertilization

IUI:intrauterine insemination with the husband’s sperm

AID:artificial insemination with a donor sperm

ICSI:Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

MESA:microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration

TESE:testicular sperm extraction

DEC/TEC:frozen-thawed embryo transfer