Is more better? A commentary on an ideal number of eggs to achieve a single live birth

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Is more better? A commentary on an ideal number of eggs to achieve a single live birth
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Is more better? A commentary on an ideal number of eggs to achieve a single live birth

Over the past four decades, pregnancy rates from IVF have significantly increased, partly from improvements in ovarian stimulation. From our origins in natural cycle oocyte retrieval to gonadotropin stimulation protocols, we have pushed to maximize follicular development, many times because of the n…

Volume 112, Issue 3, Page 474

Authors:

Anne P. Hutchinson, M.D., MaryEllen Pavone, M.D., M.S.C.I.

Abstract:

Reflections on "Clinical pregnancy (CP) and live birth (LB) increase significantly with each additional fertilized oocyte up to 9 and CP and LB declines after that: an analysis of 15,803 first fresh in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles from the SART registry" by Smeltzer et al.


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