Society guideline links: Female infertility

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Primary ovarian insufficiency".)

International

●Recommendations from the international evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome (2023)

●International Society for Fertility Preservation (ISFP): Recommendations for fertility preservation in patients with lymphoma, leukemia, and breast cancer (2012)

Canada

●Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS): Clinical practice guideline on recurrent implantation failure in IVF (2020)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: CFAS – Five tests and treatments to question (updated 2020)

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Committee opinion on thyroid disease and infertility (2020)

●CFAS: A clinical practice guideline for the management of thin endometrium in assisted reproduction (2019)

●CFAS: An evidence-based guideline for the management of unexplained infertility (2019)

●CFAS: Recommendations on obesity and reproduction (2018)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on egg freezing for age-related fertility decline (2018)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome (2018)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on advanced reproductive age and fertility (2017)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (2011, reaffirmed 2017)

●SOGC: Guidelines on delayed child-bearing (2017)

●CFAS: Practice guideline on fertility preservation in reproductive-age women facing gonadotoxic treatments (2015)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline for the management of uterine fibroids in women with otherwise unexplained infertility (2015)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on perinatal risks associated with assisted reproductive technology (2016, reaffirmed 2020)

●ACOG: Technology assessment on sonohysterography (2016, reaffirmed 2020)

●ACOG and American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Committee opinion on female age-related fertility decline (2014, reaffirmed 2020)

●American College of Radiology (ACR)-ACOG-American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)-Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU): Practice parameter for the performance of sonohysterography and hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography (HyCoSy) (revised 2020)

●American College of Rheumatology (ACR): Guideline for the management of reproductive health in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (2020)

●ASRM: Definitions of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss – A committee opinion (2020)

●ASRM: Evidence-based treatments for couples with unexplained infertility – A guideline (2020)

●ASRM: Testing and interpreting measures of ovarian reserve – A committee opinion (2020)

●ASRM and Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART): Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for non-male factor indications – A committee opinion (2020)

●ASRM, Society for Reproductive Biologists and Technologists (SRBT), and SART: Cryostorage of reproductive tissues in the in vitro fertilization laboratory – A committee opinion (2020)

●ASRM and Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI): Use of exogenous gonadotropins for ovulation induction in anovulatory women – A committee opinion (2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on family building through gestational surrogacy (2016, reaffirmed 2019)

●ACOG and ASRM: Committee opinion on infertility workup for the women's health specialist (2019)

●ACOG and ASRM: Committee opinion on prepregnancy counseling (2019)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on female infertility (revised 2019)

●AIUM: Practice parameter for the performance of a focused ultrasound examination in reproductive endocrinology and female infertility (2019)

●ASRM: Fertility preservation in patients undergoing gonadotoxic therapy or gonadectomy – A committee opinion (2019)

●ASRM: Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile – An Ethics Committee opinion (2019)

●Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) and ASRM: Evidence-based review of reproductive and hormonal considerations in women at increased risk for hereditary gynecologic cancers (2019)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on gynecologic issues in children and adolescent cancer patients and survivors (2018)

●American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): Clinical practice guideline on fertility preservation in patients with cancer, update (2018)

●ASRM: Comparison of pregnancy rates for poor responders using IVF with mild ovarian stimulation versus conventional IVF – A guideline (2018)

●ASRM: Consideration of the gestational carrier – An Ethics Committee opinion (2018)

●ASRM: Current recommendations for vaccines for female infertility patients – A committee opinion (2018)

●ASRM: Fertility preservation and reproduction in patients facing gonadotoxic therapies – An Ethics Committee opinion (2018)

●ASRM: Planned oocyte cryopreservation for women seeking to preserve future reproductive potential – An Ethics Committee opinion (2018)

●ASRM: Position statement on uterus transplantation – A committee opinion (2018)

●ASRM: Posthumous retrieval and use of gametes or embryos – An Ethics Committee opinion (2018)

●ASRM: Smoking and infertility – A committee opinion (2018)

●ASRM: The role of immunotherapy in in vitro fertilization – A guideline (2018)

●ASRM and SART: Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinically assisted reproduction – A committee opinion (2018)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): Practice parameter for the performance of hysterosalpingography (2001, revised 2017)

●ASRM: Performing the embryo transfer – A guideline (2017)

●ASRM: Removal of myomas in asymptomatic patients to improve fertility and/or reduce miscarriage rate – A guideline (2017)

●ASRM: Role of metformin for ovulation induction in infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – A guideline (2017)

●ASRM: Standard embryo transfer protocol template – A committee opinion (2017)

●ASRM: Using family members as gamete donors or gestational carriers (2017)

●ASRM and SART: Guidance on the limits to the number of embryos to transfer − A committee opinion (2017)

●ASRM and SART: Recommendations for practices utilizing gestational carriers − A committee opinion (2017)

●ASRM and SREI: Optimizing natural fertility – A committee opinion (2017)

●Fertility preservation in women with Turner syndrome – A comprehensive review and practical guidelines (2016)

●ASRM: Fertility drugs and cancer − A guideline (2016)

●ASRM: Oocyte or embryo donation to women of advanced reproductive age – An Ethics Committee opinion (2016)

●ASRM: Prevention and treatment of moderate and severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome − A guideline (2016)

●ASRM: Provision of fertility services for women at increased risk of complications during fertility treatment or pregnancy − An Ethics Committee opinion (2016)

●ASRM: Diagnostic evaluation of the infertile female − A committee opinion (2015)

●ASRM: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and infertility treatment – A committee opinion (2015)

●ASRM: Obesity and reproduction – A committee opinion (2015)

●ASRM: Role of tubal surgery in the era of assisted reproductive technology – A committee opinion (2015)

●ASRM: Subclinical hypothyroidism in the infertile female population − A guideline (2015)

●ASRM: Use of reproductive technology for sex selection for nonmedical reasons (2015)

●ASRM: Ovarian tissue cryopreservation – A committee opinion (2014)

●ASRM and SART: Role of assisted hatching in in vitro fertilization – A guideline (2014)

●North American Menopause Society (NAMS): Recommendations for clinical care of midlife women (2014)

●ASRM and SART: In vitro maturation – A committee opinion (2013)

●ASRM and SART: Mature oocyte cryopreservation – A guideline (2013)

●European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and ASRM: Consensus on infertility treatment related to polycystic ovary syndrome (2008)

Europe

●European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE): Good practice recommendations for the use of time-lapse technology (2020)

●ESHRE: Guideline on female fertility preservation (2020)

●European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO): Clinical practice guidelines on fertility preservation and post-treatment pregnancies in post-pubertal cancer patients (2020)

●EUropean REcommendations for female FERtility preservation (EU-REFER) – A joint collaboration between oncologists and fertility specialists (2019)

●ESHRE: Guideline on ovarian stimulation for IVF/ICSI (2019)

●ESHRE: Recommendations for good practice in ultrasound – Oocyte pick up (2019)

●European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR): Recommendations for women's health and the management of family planning, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and menopause in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or antiphospholipid syndrome (2017)

●ESHRE: Revised guidelines for good practice in IVF laboratories (2015)

●European Society of Endocrinology (ESE): A position statement on the polycystic ovarian syndrome (2014)

●ESHRE: Guideline for the management of women with endometriosis (2013)

●ESHRE: Sex selection for non-medical reasons (2013)

●ESHRE and American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Consensus on infertility treatment related to polycystic ovary syndrome (2008)

●ESHRE: Posthumous assisted reproduction (2006)

United Kingdom

●British Fertility Society (BFS): Policy and practice guideline on fertility preservation for medical reasons in girls and women (2018)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on fertility problems − Assessment and treatment (2013, updated 2017)

●BFS: Adjuvants in IVF − Evidence for good clinical practice (2015)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on hysteroscopic metroplasty of a uterine septum for primary infertility (2015)

●NICE: Quality standard on fertility problems (2014)

●BFS: Guidelines for practice on ovulation induction in WHO Type 1 anovulation (2013)

●BFS: Management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome guidelines (2013)

India

●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): National guidelines for accreditation, supervision and regulation of ART clinics in India (2005)

•Code of practice, ethical considerations and legal issues

•Introduction, brief history of ART and requirements of ART clinics

•Screening of patients for ART – Selection criteria and possible complications

Australia–New Zealand

●Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA): Guidelines for fertility preservation for people with cancer (2022)

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Fibroids in infertility (2018)

●RANZCOG: Progesterone support of the luteal phase and in the first trimester (2018)

●RANZCOG: Position on assisted reproductive treatment for women of advanced maternal age (2017)

●RANZCOG: Surrogacy in Australia and New Zealand (2017)

●RANZCOG: Ovarian stimulation in assisted reproduction (2014)

●Australasian CREI Consensus Expert Panel on Trial Evidence (ACCEPT): A consensus statement on endometriosis and infertility (2012)

Japan

●[In English] Japan Society of Reproductive Medicine (JSRM): Guideline for cryopreservation of unfertilized eggs and ovarian tissues (2019)

●[In Japanese] JSRM: Guidelines for freezing and preserving unfertilized eggs and ovarian tissues (2018)

●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Clinical Oncology (JSCO): Clinical guidelines for preservation of fertility in pediatric, adolescent and young cancer patients (2017)

●[In English] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG): Management of secondary infertility following cesarean section (2015)