Single embryo transfer for all?

Laura M Miller; Ruth Hodgson; Tze Yoong Wong; Margaret Merrilees; Robert J Norman; Neil P Johnson

doi:10.1111/ajo.12478

Single embryo transfer for all?

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2016 Oct;56(5):514-517. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12478. Epub 2016 Jun 24.

Authors

Laura M Miller¹, Ruth Hodgson², Tze Yoong Wong², Margaret Merrilees², Robert J Norman³, Neil P Johnson^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Fertility Plus, Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Unit of National Women's, Greenlane Clinical Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. lmiller@adhb.govt.nz.
² Fertility Plus, Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Unit of National Women's, Greenlane Clinical Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
³ Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

PMID: 27339775
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12478

Abstract

Historically to maintain live birth rates for women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), multiple embryos were transferred. Improvements in technology have meant a move to selective single embryo transfer (SET). Do we now have enough confidence in SET to make it mandatory?

Keywords: IVF; double embryo transfer; single embryo transfer.

MeSH terms

Cryopreservation*
Embryo, Mammalian*
Female
Fertilization in Vitro*
Humans
Maternal Age
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Rate
Pregnancy, Multiple
Single Embryo Transfer*