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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">akusherstvo</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Акушерство, Гинекология и Репродукция</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2313-7347</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2500-3194</issn><publisher><publisher-name>IRBIS LLC</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17749/2313-7347/ob.gyn.rep.2025.636</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">akusherstvo-2497</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>FROM HISTORY</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ИЗ ИСТОРИИ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Patrick Christopher Steptoe: the surgeon without which there would be no IVF</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Патрик Кристофер Стептоу: хирург, без которого не было бы ЭКО</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4983-2621</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гасанов</surname><given-names>М. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Gasanov</surname><given-names>M. G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Гасанов Мурсал Ганиевич</p><p>119048 Москва, ул. Трубецкая, д. 8, стр. 2</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Mursal G. Gasanov</p><p>8 bldg. 2, Trubetskaya Str., Moscow 119048</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7129-7355</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тугушева</surname><given-names>Р. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Tuguscheva</surname><given-names>R. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Тугушева Рената Аркадьевна</p><p>603000 Нижний Новгород, площадь Минина и Пожарского, д. 10/1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Renata A. Tuguscheva</p><p>10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod 603005</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2174-6045</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Карапетян</surname><given-names>М. У.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Karapetyan</surname><given-names>M. U.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Карапетян Мария Унановна</p><p>603000 Нижний Новгород, площадь Минина и Пожарского, д. 10/1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Mariya U. Karapetyan</p><p>10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod 603005</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4509-9281</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Воробьев</surname><given-names>А. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Vorobev</surname><given-names>A. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Воробьев Александр Викторович - к.м.н. Scopus Author ID: 57191966265. Wos ResearcherID: F-8804-2017. eLibrary SPIN-code: 5806-7062.</p><p>119048 Москва, ул. Трубецкая, д. 8, стр. 2</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Alexander V. Vorobev - MD, PhD. Scopus Author ID: 57191966265. Wos ResearcherID: F-8804-2017. eLibrary SPIN-code: 5806-7062.</p><p>8 bldg. 2, Trubetskaya Str., Moscow 119048</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">alvorobev@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГАОУ ВО Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет имени И.М. Сеченова Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации (Сеченовский Университет)</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Sechenov University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБОУ ВО «Приволжский исследовательский медицинский университет» Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>06</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>19</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>453</fpage><lpage>457</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Gasanov M.G., Tuguscheva R.A., Karapetyan M.U., Vorobev A.V., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гасанов М.Г., Тугушева Р.А., Карапетян М.У., Воробьев А.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gasanov M.G., Tuguscheva R.A., Karapetyan M.U., Vorobev A.V.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.gynecology.su/jour/article/view/2497">https://www.gynecology.su/jour/article/view/2497</self-uri><abstract><p>This article highlights key stages in the life and career of the British surgeon Patrick Christopher Steptoe, who played a key role in the development of assisted reproductive technologies. Having started his career as a laparoscopy specialist, Dr. Steptoe developed minimally invasive methods for retrieving oocytes, which became critical to the success of in vitro fertilization. In collaboration with Robert Edwards, Dr. Steptoe performed the first successful IVF procedure, which in 1978 resulted in the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby. Innovative surgical techniques proposed by Dr. Steptoe laid the foundation for current IVF protocols.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье освещаются ключевые этапы жизни и профессиональной деятельности британского хирурга Патрика Кристофера Стептоу, сыгравшего ключевую роль в развитии вспомогательных репродуктивных технологий. Начав карьеру как специалист по лапароскопии, он разработал малоинвазивные методы забора ооцитов, что стало критически важным для успеха экстракорпорального оплодотворения (ЭКО). Стептоу в сотрудничестве с Робертом Эдвардсом провел первую успешную процедуру ЭКО, результатом которой в 1978 г. стало рождение Луизы Браун – первого в мире ребенка «из пробирки». Новаторские хирургические техники Стептоу заложили основу современных протоколов ЭКО.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>история медицины</kwd><kwd>Патрик Кристофер Стептоу</kwd><kwd>лапароскопия</kwd><kwd>экстракорпоральное оплодотворение</kwd><kwd>ЭКО</kwd><kwd>бесплодие</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>history of medicine</kwd><kwd>Patrick Christopher Steptoe</kwd><kwd>laparoscopy</kwd><kwd>in vitro fertilization</kwd><kwd>IVF</kwd><kwd>infertlity</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Авторы заявляют об отсутствии финансовой поддержки</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The authors declare no funding</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Human Fertility, Brinsden P.R., Brinsden P.R. Thirty years of IVF: the legacy of Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. 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