Single embryo IVF can increase chances of success without risky multiple births
(cz) According to a new research that studied hazardous multiple births, women undergoing IVF (In vitro fertilization) could be treated with single embryo without reducing their chances of having a child.
The researchers found that moving one embryo at a time to the womb can marginally raise success rates. The study, led by Yacoub Khalaf, of Guy’s Hospital, London, may increase pressure on fertility clinics to adopt similar methods to reduce multiple births.
The program at Guy’s has shown that one embryo can be transferred successfully in women under 35 who generate at least four good-quality embryos.
In the study, that analyzed patients under 35: the procedure raised chances from 35 per cent to 41 per cent. Multiple pregnancy rates decreased by almost half the percentage, from 37 to 19 per cent.
The high success rate with single embryos was made possible by keeping embryos in culture for five days, rather than the practiced three days, before its transfer to the womb. more…
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