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Published on: November 2, 2010
Efficacy of sharing oocytes from compensated donors between two recipients
1The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Camden, NJ, USA.
Purpose:
To see if sharing of donated oocytes from a compensated donor lowers outcome following embryo transfer compared to recipients keeping all oocytes.
Method:
Retrospective review. Recipients have the option of keeping all oocytes or sharing to reduce costs.
Results:
There were equal clinical, and ongoing/delivered pregnancy rates and implantation rates in the two groups. There were almost twice as many frozen embryos available to recipients who did not share for potential future use.
Conclusions:
Sharing of oocytes between two recipients reduces the financial burden for the recipient without affecting efficacy. Such a policy would make more oocytes available to recipients and thus shorten the long waiting times.
