Grupo EMB was present in the 32nd National Congress of the Spanish Fertility Society (SEF) which took place on May 16-18, 2018 in the Municipal Conference Center located in the Campo de las Naciones in Madrid.

In this new edition of the National Congress of the SEF, the reproduction centers of the city of Madrid participated with the support of the most significant local and regional institutions.

The Congress promoted the participation of all the attendees, paying special attention to the diffusion of the scientific activity. Grupo EMB was pleased to host all the participants visiting us (stand 24 of the meeting center).

Hospital Dexeus in Barcelona has applied for the first time in Spain to apply a new and less aggressive technology for endometriosis surgery that provides a better preservation of the patients’ ovarian function.

Dr. Pere Barri, coordinator of the Surgical Section and responsible for the Endometriosis Unit of Dexeus Mujer and the Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction Department of the Hospital Dexeus, explained that the new technique is based on the use of an inert gas that destroys pathological tissues vaporizing them, without damaging the adjacent structures.

According to Dr. Barri, “the surgery of this type of endometriosis is one of the major surgical challenges of gynecology, since organs of the digestive, urinary or even nervous system are often affected, and when it affects the ovaries it can reduce its reproductive function”.

The new technology allows to be more respectful with the healthy ovary as said by Dr. Barri, "which is key in these cases, given that most of those affected are women under 40 years of age".

In fact, between 30% and 50% of women with endometriosis experience fertility problems, a figure that increases with the delay of the age of motherhood.

In addition, it is estimated that currently in Spain there are one million women affected by this pathology and more than 200 million worldwide.

The new PlasmaJet technology, developed by Plasma Surgical, Inc., is a system exclusively distributed by Grupo EMB in Spain and Portugal and, as stated by Dr. Barri, “it has shown to be safer and more versatile than lasers and other electrosurgical technologies, in addition to be able to guarantee a lower recurrence rate".

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Grupo EMB participated in the XXXVI International Conference on Reproduction Medicine in Portugal organized by the Portuguese Society of Reproductive Medicine (SPMR). The event took place on May 4-5 at the Eurostars Oasis Plaza Hotel in Figueira da Foz (Coimbra).

During the meeting, Grupo EMB was pleased to host all the participants visiting its stand, where the latest and most innovative Time Lapse System, the Embryoscope Plus, was made available to the public for demonstration, along with other products distributed by Grupo EMB in the field of Human Assisted Reproduction.

Grupo EMB was present in the theoretical-practical course organized by ASEBIR and focused on the practices of "Cultivation, classification, biopsy, vitrification and devitrification of human blastocysts". The workshop took place in Valencia at the Hospital General Universitario on April 19, 2018.

The course included a theoretical part consisting of several lectures given by qualified speakers and a practical workshop where participants, in various rotating groups, practiced on different embryo vitrification and devitrification techniques.