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Dr. Roque Devesa Hermida

Dr. Roque Devesa Hermida
Fertility Specialty
A Coruña


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Fertility Specialty
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Dr. Roque Devesa is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Assisted Reproduction. Formed in the best national centers, it has been successively responsible Head of Unit and Head of Service at different hospitals, while has published over one hundred articles in journals of his specialty.

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 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Hospital Universitario Marques de Santander Valdecilla
• University Institute Dexeus in Barcelona ( where he was Head of Unit)
• Maternal Child Center Our Lady of Belen in A Coruna. Responsible Unit Reproducing Unit and Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis
• Founding member of Ron and Associates Services Gynecology and Obstetrics (Team Ron ) in A Coruna Chiron Hospital
• Responsible for Human Reproduction Unit of Ron Equipment - Hospital Chiron A Coruna, also Unit Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis

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 Positions in public associations

• Board of Obstetrics and Sociedade Galega Xinecologia
• Board of the Spanish Association of Prenatal Diagnosis

 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Santiago de Compostela
• Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Cantabria
• Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Marques de Santander Valdecilla
• Diploma in Hospital Management from ESADE ( Barcelona). Centre for Management Development
• Scholarships and awards for work in his specialty
• Organization and member of organizing committee of more than 30 meetings and conferences in their specialty

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 Publications and conferences

• It has over one hundred publications in specialized journals and has given more than sixty presentations at national and international conferences
• More than 30 chapters in books in his field
• Co - author of two books in his field

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 Professional membership

• Member of the Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics ( SEGO ) and its section Ecografia ( SESEGO )
• Member of the Spanish Fertility Society (SEF )
• Member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE )
• Full member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ( ISUOG )
• Member of the Spanish Association of Prenatal Diagnosis ( AEDP )
• Member of the Society of Obstetricians and Galega Xiinecologia
• Member of Healthcare Ethics Committee. Hospital Chiron A Coruna

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Languages spoken

  • Spanish
  • English

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Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Artificial insemination

  Artificial insemination is a method of insemination in which sperm is deposited in the vagina of women through mechanical means that replace copu ...

Frozen Embryo Transfer

Embryo transfer is the introduction of one or more embryos into the woman's uterus through the cervix. It is the culmination of a technique of in vit ...

In vitro fertilization (IVF)

  In vitro fertilization (IVF) is the union of egg and sperm artificially in the laboratory in order to obtain a suitable number of embryos to tran ...

Oocytes freezing

Freezing oocytes (immature ova ) is a technique used in assisted reproduction that serves to preserve, ie, to maintain their structures in latent form ...

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is a technique used in IVF treatments for selecting embryos to avoid genetic and chromosomal diseases. Under Spanish law, this technique is authorized for the detection of serious hereditary diseases, early onset and for which there is still no cure. In these cases, preimplantation diagnosis can select from eggs fertilized embryo gene that free of the disease before being transferred to the uterus. The diagnosis is made based on the analysis of single cell embryo to determine whether or not carrying a particular gene mutation, and select or dismiss it for implantation. Thus, it improves the chances of success of IVF treatments and the risk of abortion is reduced.   ...

4D ultrasound

The 4D ultrasound consists in obtaining four-dimensional images per second. This will get to see the baby and moving in real time. Best 4D ultrasounds are obtained between 24 and 30 weeks gestation. Thanks to the proportion of amniotic fluid and intermediate size baby enable optimal viewing. ...

Assisted reproductive technologies

Assisted reproduction techniques are useful to help a woman become pregnant. Some of these techniques include artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization (IVF). ...

Egg donation

Egg donation, egg donation also called, is the process of delivering anonymous, altruistic and selfless egg in order to help women who wish to have a child and can not process for different reasons. The requirements are to contribute between 18 and 34, have health conditions healthy without having any sexually or inheritance and have legal authority to grant permission. Before performing this procedure, the patient must pass a medical examination to assess the state of physical health with a medical review that takes into account family history and a gynecological examination, and psychological. ...

Embryo Adoption

The adoption of embryos refers to the realization of a treatment to achieve pregnancy with embryos that have lost their destiny by their biological parents. When a woman is subjected to a treatment of assisted reproduction, there is usually implement all embryos. The law establishes what is the fate of surplus embryos, which must be properly frozen and stored. The options are: implantarselos the same woman (if a posteriori wants to try to get pregnant ), destroy them, donate them for research or donated to other patients. If a woman decides to donate their embryos to other couples problems playing MAY BE GRANTED. In such cases, physicians and anonymous donors often look similar physically to future recipients parents. ...

Embryology

Embryology is a science that studies the prenatal development of organisms.

Fertility Study

The fertility testing is a medical protocol that aims to diagnose the causes of infertility in order to find the necessary help to get pregnant, within which can be seen assisted reproduction techniques. The study is conducted to the two partners, if they take at least a year trying to conceive a child without contraception without success. Studies generally last between one and two months, they are relatively simple and consist in finding out if the man has a sperm of normal characteristics, if the sperm reach the uterus after intercourse, if the woman has a right ovulation or the uterus and the fallopian tubes are normal. To do this, the fertility study may include tests such as transvaginal ultrasound, bacteriologías, hormonal study and hysterosalpingography, in the case of women; in the case of men, sperm count and sperm capacitation test. ...

Infertility

  Infertility is the inability to father children after a period of 12 months or more keeping unprotected sex. This term should be distinguished from sterility, which is the absolute inability to achieve pregnancy. According to the World Health Organization, infertility affects 15% of couples. In approximately 40% of cases, it is male infertility; in another 40%, the problem comes from the woman, and the remaining 20% ​​either of the two, or unspecified causes. The causes may be varied: genetics, immune, endocrine, toxic, infectious, etc. So both partners must undergo medical tests. Treatment may include techniques such as in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, transfer of zygotes to the fallopian tubes, intracytoplasmic sperm injection. ...

Male Infertility

Infertility is the inability to father children after a period of 12 months or more keeping unprotected sex. This term should be distinguished from sterility, which is the absolute inability to achieve pregnancy. According to the World Health Organization, infertility affects 15% of couples. In approximately 40% of cases, it is male infertility; in another 40%, the problem comes from the woman, and the remaining 20% either of the two, or unspecified causes. The causes may be varied: genetics, immune, endocrine, toxic, infectious, etc. So both partners must undergo medical tests. Treatment may include techniques such as in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, transfer of zygotes to the fallopian tubes, intracytoplasmic sperm injection. ...

Partner ova reception treatment

Receiving eggs from the couple (CLOTHING) is an assisted reproduction treatment aimed at gay couples formed by women. It is a technique of in vitro fertilization in which one of the women of the couple undergoes ovarian stimulation to produce mature eggs, which are extracted through an ovarian puncture. Subsequently, an egg is removed and fertilized with sperm from a donor. The resulting embryos are transferred into the uterus of another partner, which is being conducted Dead pregnancy, using the same procedures used in conventional treatment. Receiving eggs of the couple is a new technique from the social point of view, but medically not mean any changes in laboratory routines. ...

Repeat Abortion

The abortion of repetition is the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies before 20 weeks of gestation. Each case must be individualized, age of the woman, the circumstances surrounding the lost or anxiety partners should be aspects to consider. ...

Sperm Bank

A sperm bank is a department with assisted reproduction clinics this intended for freezing and storing sperm for later use in fertilization of ovules in assisted reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilization. It uses a sperm bank when the woman has no partner, when couples have infertility problems by male end factor, or when there is a high risk of transmission of paternal hereditary disease, among other cases. Frozen sperm is also useful in the case of men who are about to undergo chemotherapy or radiotherapy, because these treatments could jeopardize their future fertility. Besides, donor semen anonymously must meet the requirements indicated in the applicable law and subject to some controls to donate the sperm bank. The quality of the frozen samples does not deteriorate over time, but patients are required by law to report periodically to the bank's desire to continue keeping them. ...

Sperm DNA fragmentation

Sperm DNA fragmentation, fragmentation or sperm refers to injuries, damages or breakages in the sperm genetic material, and is a major cause of infertility in man. The causes of this fragmentation of DNA may be intrinsic (by improper maturation of sperm abnormalities or genetic type) or external (for damage induced by radiation or chemotherapy treatments for episodes of high fever, acute or chronic inflammatory disease , among others). The technical study of DNA fragmentation of sperm improves the chances of success in IVF treatments. Besides, in some cases, the oocyte can repair spermatic fragmentation, depending on the type and severity of the injury and oocyte quality. ...

Spermiogenesis

Spermatogenesis is the name given to the last phase of the formation of sperm. During this stage of maturation, cells are spermatids causing an increase in queue size and decreasing the sperm head. This series of complex transformations leading to the final end of sperm constitution which male cells are specialized in transferring the oocyte DNA. The mature sperm is released through the seminiferous tubules, which are small tubes that are within the testes, responsible for producing sperm and the hormone testosterone. The approximate duration of this process is two and a half months. ...

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