Are two better than one? Two sequential transfers of a single embryo may be better than a double-embryo transfer

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Are two better than one? Two sequential transfers of a single embryo may be better than a double-embryo transfer

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Are two better than one? Two sequential transfers of a single embryo may be better than a double-embryo transfer

In the early years of in vitro fertilization (IVF), due to low rates of implantation for an individual embryo, multiple embryos were transferred routinely (1). In 2000, more than two thirds of all IVF transfer procedures in the United States included three or more embryos, and only 1% of transfers w…

VOLUME 114, ISSUE 2, P267-268

Authors:

Helen H. Kim, M.D., Karine Matevossian, D.O.

Abstract:

Reflections on "Is transferring a lower quality embryo with a good quality blastocyst detrimental to the likelihood of live birth?" by Hill et al.

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