01.02.2013 | Editorial
IVF Lite: Is this the Future of Assisted Reproduction?
Erschienen in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Ausgabe 1/2013
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Over the last two decades, easier and less-expensive stimulation treatments have been largely replaced by more complex and more demanding protocols. Since the mid-nineties, long-term gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist stimulation protocols have been widely used. Such lengthy expensive regimens are not free from short- and long-term risks and complications. The use of controlled ovarian stimulation to obtain multiple eggs for Assisted Conception has resulted in a compromise.-
In terms of the risk of Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) [1].
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Expense [1].
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Multiple pregnancies [1].
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Wastage of or the need for cryopreservation of surplus embryos [1].
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Even some women with apparently normal menstrual cycles might become “poor responders” when administered with follicular stimulants [1].
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Incidence of oocyte aneuploidy is artificially raised after stimulation [2].