IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 42 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog1821.2015

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Original Research
IVF/ICSI frozen replacement cycles; every cycle? Opinion expressed after a systematic review of the literature
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1 2nd Obstetrics-Gynecology Department, “Aretaieion Hospital”, University of Athens, Athens (Greece)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2015, 42(2), 173–175; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog1821.2015
Published: 10 April 2015
Abstract

Objective: To determine whether in vitro fertilization (IVF), frozen replacement cycles offer better outcomes than fresh cycles in order to support, or not, a possible shift towards total replacement of fresh IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles from frozen elective transfers (FETs). Study design: Systematic review; opinion paper. Results: Initial results seem to support a shift in current practice towards frozen cycles. Conclusion: Initial results may support replacement all fresh IVF/ICSI cycles with FETs, as this could be a safer and equally effective strategy. However, robust evidence from randomized controlled trials is needed if this will be generally applied.
Keywords
In vitro fertilization (IVF)
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Frozen elective transfers (FET)
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