Female Infertility Treatment Outcomes

How successful is infertility treatment?

The ultimate objective of infertility treatment is the delivery of a healthy child into a loving and supportive family environment. Infertility affects 15% of couples and it has been estimated that half of those couples who attend infertility clinics will be successful but e qually about half do not achieve the baby they seek. New treatments for infertility enhance our chance of success but couples are delaying their pregnancies (Q9.5) and this reduces fertility. Furthermore, as the reputation of infertility treatment improves, couples with a poor prognosis continue to seek treatment whereas a few years ago they would have given up earlier.

Related Medical Abstracts - Click on the paper title:-

Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2002. Results generated from European registers by ESHRE. (2006-01)
Intra-uterine insemination for unexplained subfertility.(2006-02)
A new era in ovulation induction.(2006-03)
Letrozole induction of ovulation in women with clomiphene citrate-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome may not depend on the period of infertility, the body mass index, or the luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone ratio.(2006-04)
Comparison of letrozole and clomiphene citrate in women with polycystic ovaries undergoing ovarian stimulation. (2006-05)
Clomiphene citrate--end of an era? A mini-review. (2005-01)
Systematic review of the treatment of ovulatory infertility with clomiphene citrate and intrauterine insemination. (2004-01)
Case series of a single centre's treatment of ovulatory infertility with clomiphene citrate and intrauterine insemination in 2002. (2004-02)
Obstetric outcome among women with unexplained infertility after IVF: a matched case-control study. (2002)
Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 1997. Results generated from European registers by ESHRE (2001)
Effective treatment of subfertility: Introducing the Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group. (1999-01)
Cumulative probability of clinical pregnancy and live birth after a multiple cycle IVF package: A more realistic assessment of overall and age-specific success rates? (1999-02)
Pregnancy and birth rates after oocyte donation (1997)
Cumulative pregnancy rates and pregnancy outcome after in-vitro fertilization: > 5000 cycles at one centre (1995)
Pregnancies and births resulting from in vitro fertilization: French national registry, analysis of data 1986 to 1990 (1995)
The results of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer in couples with unexplained infertility failing to conceive with superovulation and intrauterine insemination (1995)
Observations on 767 clinical pregnancies and 500 births after human in-vitro fertilization (1986)

Please click on the required question.

Q11. 1 How successful is infertility treatment?
Q11. 2 How can we compare infertility treatments?
Q11. 3 How can we compare outcomes between different fertility units?
Q11. 4 Are treatments for infertility improving?
Q11. 5 Is there an increased chance of miscarriage following infertility treatment?
Q11. 6 Is there an increased chance of ectopic pregnancy following infertility treatment?
Q11. 7 What is a heterotopic pregnancy?
Q11. 8 What problems can occur with multiple pregnancy?
Q11. 9 What is selective termination of pregnancy?
Q11. 10 How can the pregnancy risks following infertility treatment be reduced?
Q11. 11 We have had infertility treatment which has been successful. How will our pregnancy be cared for?
Q11. 12 If we have infertility treatment, will our baby be healthy?
Q11. 13 What are the psychological effects of infertility? information?
Q11. 14 Where can I obtain more information?
Q11. 15?Infertility Support Groups.

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