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ART: iatrogenic multiple pregnancy?

M F G Verberg1, N S Macklon, E M E W Heijnen

  • 1Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands. m.f.g.verberg@umcutrecht.nl

Best Practice & Research. Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
|November 1, 2006
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Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) can lead to multiple pregnancies, increasing risks for mothers and babies. Strategies like single embryo transfer help reduce these risks while maintaining successful fertility treatments.

Area of Science:

  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Perinatal Health

Background:

  • Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are established infertility treatments.
  • Improving ART success rates highlight the issue of multiple pregnancies.
  • Multiple pregnancies pose risks to perinatal outcomes, maternal health, and incur significant costs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the role of fertility treatments in causing multiple pregnancies.
  • To discuss strategies for minimizing multiple pregnancies in ART.
  • To balance successful ART outcomes with reduced multiple gestation rates.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on ART and multiple pregnancies.
  • Analysis of methods to prevent multiple births.

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  • Evaluation of strategies including selective ART use, gonadotropin management, natural-cycle insemination, and elective single embryo transfer.

    • Main Results:

    • ART significantly contributes to multiple pregnancies.
    • Specific ART protocols and patient selection influence multiple birth rates.
    • Techniques like elective single embryo transfer are effective in reducing multiples.

    Conclusions:

    • Reducing multiple pregnancies in ART is crucial for improving perinatal outcomes and reducing healthcare costs.
    • Careful patient selection and advanced ART techniques are key to minimizing multiple gestations.
    • Balancing high ART success rates with lower multiple pregnancy rates is achievable.