Patients' Attitudes towards the Surplus Frozen Embryos in China

Patients' Attitudes towards the Surplus Frozen Embryos in China

BACKGROUND Assisted reproductive techniques have been used in China for more than 20 years. This study investigates the attitudes of surplus embryo holders towards embryos storage and donation for medical research. METHODS A total of 363 couples who had completed in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment and had already had biological children but who still had frozen embryos in storage were inv...

Attitudes towards embryo donation among infertile couples with frozen embryos.

STUDY QUESTION What are the attitudes towards different aspects of embryo donation among Swedish infertile couples who have surplus cryopreserved embryos? SUMMARY ANSWER Nearly three-quarters of infertile couples with surplus embryos were in favour of embryo donation. A majority of respondents were also in favour of embryos being donated for research. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Currently, embryo...

Patients' attitudes towards donation of surplus cryopreserved embryos for treatment or research.

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was 2-fold: first, to investigate couples' reasons for not using cryopreserved embryos within the maximum storage period; second, to study their attitudes towards potential embryo donation for specific purposes. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to 284 IVF/ICSI couples who experienced destruction of their cryopreserved embryos (n=1180) because the cryopreservati...

Attitudes of couples towards the destination of surplus embryos: results among couples with cryopreserved embryos in Switzerland.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes towards the donation of surplus embryos among couples with cryopreserved embryos/zygotes, and to identify correlates associated with attitudes toward the destinations of surplus embryos/zygotes. METHODS Eleven of 19 Swiss in vitro fertilization (IVF) centers in existence in 2004 participated in the survey. Questionnaires were s...

Frozen embryos: towards an equitable solution.