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Fertility treatment shows high success rate,
Germany.
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| Article Type: | Brief article |
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Fertilization in vitro
(Patient outcomes) Fertilization in vitro (Economic aspects) Fertilization in vitro (Reports) |
| Pub Date: | 11/01/2011 |
| Publication: | Name: Reproductive Health Matters Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers Audience: General Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Family and marriage; Health; Women's issues/gender studies Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2011 Reproductive Health Matters ISSN: 0968-8080 |
| Issue: | Date: Nov, 2011 Source Volume: 19 Source Issue: 38 |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: Germany Geographic Code: 4EUGE Germany |
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| Accession Number: | 276275729 |
| Full Text: |
A ten-year cohort study of patients undergoing their first assisted
reproduction cycle was conducted to measure success of in vitro
fertilisation. The study included all IVF, ICSI and cryo-cycles with
embryos derived from frozen oocytes, and followed all enrolled patients
until live birth or discontinuation of treatment. A total of 3,011 women
treated between 1998 and 2007 were included, to whom 2,068 children were
born. The cumulative live birth rate was 52% after three cycles (the
median number of cycles per patient), 72% after six cycles and 85% after
12 cycles. The study shows that assisted reproductive technologies can
reach natural fertility rates, (1) but questions of cost, affordability
and accessibility if so many cycles are required remain. (1.) Gnoth C, Maxrath B, Skonieczny T, et al. Final ART success rates: a 10 years survey. Human Reproduction 2011;26(8):2239-46. (Abstract only) DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(11)38591-6 |
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