Euro Observer, Autumn 2006, Vol 8, No.4
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At some point during their reproductive lives, approximately one quarter of all couples experience a period of infertility lasting over one year, leading many to seek council from an infertility specialist.1 For those who need some form of intervention to assist with conception, there are a range of available treatment options, including lifestyle modification, medication, surgery, and a variety of Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART), which cover in vitro fertilization (IVF), intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), frozen embryo replacement (FER), egg donation (ED), preimplantation genetic diagnosis/ screening (PGD/PGS) and in vitro maturation (IVM), see ‘Jargon buster’ on page 6. While success rates typically range between only 9% and 28%, ART offers the best chance for conception for many subfertile individuals.2 To date, ART treatments have enabled the birth of over one million babies worldwide.3
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