BACKGROUND Assisted reproduction treatment (ART) entails a risk of ectopic pregnancy and early pregnancy loss. Serum HCG has been found to be predictive of pregnancy outcome. Our aim was to assess the clinical value of a single early HCG assay in ART pregnancies taking into account the aetiology and treatment of infertility. METHODS During 1994-1999, we studied 774 embryo transfer cycles resu...

INTRODUCTION In several clinics, elective single-embryo transfer (eSET) is applied in a selected group of patients based on age and the availability of a good-quality embryo. Whether or not eSET can be applied irrespective of the presence of a good-quality embryo in the first cycle, to further reduce the twin pregnancy rate, remains to be elucidated. METHODS In patients <38 years two transfer...

Freezed embryo transfer increases the cumulative pregnancy rate, reduces costs, is relatively simple to undertake and can be accomplished in a shorter time period compared to repeated Fresh cycle. There are different protocols for endometrial preparation. Although frozen embryo replacement cycles, have been used for several years, there is no agreement about the optimal way to prepare the endom...

BACKGROUND Single embryo transfer (SET) after IVF/ICSI has been shown to result in an acceptable pregnancy rate in selected subjects. In our unit, SET is routinely carried out among women under the age of 36 in the first or second treatment cycle when a top-quality embryo is available. In order to define further the selection criteria for SET, we have analysed the outcome of elective SET (eSET)...

This study in Turkey evaluated the impact of age-based mandatory single-embryo transfer (SET) legislation with the subsequent increase in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FT-EU) on pregnancy outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients. SET, FT-FT and double-embryo transfer were used in 5632 patients after legislation, while traditional IVF and FT-FT approach was used in 6029 patients before ...

STUDY QUESTION Does uterine peristalsis influence the chance of clinical pregnancy in an embryo transfer cycle? SUMMARY ANSWER The uterine peristaltic wave frequency before embryo transfer is inversely related to the clinical pregnancy rates in fresh and frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Uterine peristalsis participates in regulating fluid migration after mock embr...

BACKGROUND Improvement of assisted reproductive technique (ART) results in higher pregnancy rates from positive Beta HCG to take home baby statistics. Despite developments in culture media allowing blastocyst stage transfer, some centers apply second, third and sometimes fourth day post injection for embryo transfer. This study aimed to compare their reproductive outcomes. METHODS This prospe...

Heterotopic pregnancy is a potentially life threatining condition and an important cause of mortality and morbidity. Risk of heterotopic pregnancy is increased by assisted reproductive techniques (ART). We report such a case of heterotopic pregnancy after embryo transfer in a primary infertile 38-year old woman. Sixteen days after detection of intrauterine pregnancy by ultrasound, the patient w...

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are widely used to treat infertility. Emerging evidence suggested that ART was associated with perinatal or neonatal problems, however, little is known about the ART related risk factors. Here using 21136 ART cases, we determined the impacts of parental physiological conditions in the ART mediated pregnancy outcomes. In addition, we further evaluated the...