Academic Activity

31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Lisbon, 6/2015

31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Lisbon, 6/2015

The largest reproductive medicine event in Europe — the 31st annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology — took place in Lisbon in mid-June 2015, with more than 10,000 delegates.

Our team from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki had a strong presence with five scientific presentations.

Cytoskeletal analysis by confocal laser scanning microscopy, ultrastructure assessment by transmission electron microscopy and sister chromatid exchange rate in vitrified and fresh human embryos

K. Chatzimeletiou, E. Kolibianakis, Z. Oikonomou, A. Sioga, L. Oikonomou, E. Papadopoulou, Z. Kritsi, P. Vanderzwalmen, B. C. Tarlatzis.

Similar implantation and pregnancy rates using a single medium versus sequential media for embryo culture: a randomized controlled trial I. A. Sfontouris, E. M. Kolibianakis, G. T. Lainas, I. Z. Zorzovilis, G. K. Petsas, T. G. Lainas

Decreased healthcare resource utilization among women undergoing IVF/ICSI treated with GnRH antagonist protocols as compared to GnRH agonist protocols

W. Ledger, S. Crespi, Hu, H2, E. M. Kolibianakis, G. Griesinger

Transdermal testosterone pre-treatment in poor responders undergoing ICSI: a randomized clinical trial

J. K. Bosdou, E. M. Kolibianakis, C. A. Venetis, K. Dafopoulos, L. Zepiridis, K. Chatzimeletiou, A. Makedos, G. Anifandis, C. I. Messini, A. Daniilidis, A. Mitsoli, D. Savvaidou, I. E. Messinis, B. C. Tarlatzis.

The optimal dose of triptorelin for triggering final oocyte maturation in patients at high-risk for OHSS: a randomized clinical trial

G. T. Lainas, J. K. Bosdou, C. A. Venetis, I. A. Sfontouris, K. Chatzimeletiou, L. Zepiridis, A. Makedos, A. Daniilidis, A. Mitsoli, D. Savvaidou, T. G. Lainas, B. C. Tarlatzis, E. M. Kolibianakis

We also organised the precongress course titled:

When IVF fails: optimal management of recurrent implantation failure.

This precongress event drew the highest attendance of any precongress course, with 551 reproductive medicine specialists.

Invited lecture:

How important is the peri-ovulatory hormonal environment (estradiol, progesterone, luteinizing hormone) for embryo implantation?