Desire for children - the highly individual status determination #3

GYN & PERINATAL ZURICH > Desire for children - the highly individual status determination #3

Andrea Rinderknecht with Prof. Dr. med. Christian Breymann about the importance of a detailed diagnosis to substantiate infertility. Only when it has been determined exactly which small building blocks of anatomical and hormonal reasons are responsible for the unfulfilled desire to have children in total, can specific fertility treatments or alternative fertilisation methods be discussed.

Prof. Dr. med. Christian Breymann on the variety of methods and possible approaches - from surgical interventions to high-dose mineral or vitamin administration in men and women - to optimise the status of natural fertility.

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