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2004 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multiple birth rates after assisted reproductive techniques have leveled off.
"European results of assisted reproductive techniques from treatments initiated during 2000 are presented in this fourth annual report. Data were collected mainly from preexisting national registers. From 22 countries, 569 clinics reported 279,267 cycles: in vitro fertilization (IVF) 126,961, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) 99,976, frozen embryo replacement (FER) 45,800 and oocyte donations (OD) 6530," scientists in Belgium report.
"In nine countries where all clinics reported to the register, a total of 142,174 cycles were performed in a population of 166 million, corresponding to 856 cycles per million inhabitants. After IVF and ICSI, the distribution of transfer of one, two, three and greater than or equal to4 embryos was 12.1, 46.7, 33.3 and 6.8%, respectively," said A. Nyboe Andersen and collaborators, ESHRE Central Office, Grimbergen.
"Huge differences existed between countries. For IVF, the clinical pregnancy rate per aspiration and per transfer was 24.7% and 28.4%, respectively. For ICSI, the corresponding rates were 26.6% and 28.7%. These figures represent increases of 0.7% and 0.8% compared with 1999. The distribution of singleton, ...