the future of assisted reproduction

نویسندگان

  • Biljana Popovic Todorovic
  • Paul Devroey
چکیده

The past three decades have witnessed revolution in reproductive medicine. Since the birth of Louise Brown in 1978 (1), there has been an expansion in the number of vitro fertilization treatment worldwide. In the first European Register publication (2) 203,893 IVF/ICSI were reported by eighteen European countries, and by 2002, this number rose to 324,238 cycles from twenty-five countries, accounting for almost 60 percent increase of registered cycles (3). In the last World IVF report from 2000, 460,157 cycles were carried out in forty-nine countries, and it was estimated that approximately 200,000 babies were born (4). Although neither European nor World coverage is complete regarding the register data, the expansion of IVF is evident, and the estimate is that more than three million children have been born as a result of assisted reproduction since the beginning. The driving force of this medical field has always been better treatment outcome. Increasing the efficiency of the treatment is what the future holds for us.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008