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in vitro fertilization
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assisted reproductive technology procedure (ART)
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a medical procedure where eggs and sperm are combined outside the body in a laboratory to create embryos, which are then placed into the uterus to establish pregnancy. It's an important option for people who have difficulty conceiving naturally due to various fertility challenges.
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Within Vinony's link graph, in vitro fertilization is referenced by 1,816 other articles, and connects out to egg donation, embryo transfer and Robert Edwards.
It sits within the topics 1977 introductions, British inventions and Cryobiology.
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Research
62,664 papers- Endometriosis and In Vitro Fertilization.ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Latif S, Khanjani S, Saridogan EDOI: 10.3390/medicina60081358
- Use of in vitro fertilization-ethical issues.ReviewUpsala journal of medical sciences · 2020Asplund KDOI: 10.1080/03009734.2019.1684405
- In-vitro fertilization.Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 1993Hesla J
- In vitro fertilization update.ReviewCleveland Clinic journal of medicine · 2007Goldberg JM, Falcone T, Attaran MDOI: 10.3949/ccjm.74.5.329
- Male Infertility and the Future of In Vitro Fertilization.ReviewThe Urologic clinics of North America · 2020Hanson BM, Kaser DJ, Franasiak JMDOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2019.12.012
- In vitro fertilization represents a risk factor for vasa praevia.ReviewRomanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie · 2016Pirtea LC, Grigoraş D, Sas I et al.
- Chapter 11. Endometriosis-related complications in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization.ReviewBest practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology · 2024Melado L, Ata BDOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2024.102456
- [In vitro fertilization and systemic lupus erythematosus or antiphospholipid syndrome: An update].ReviewLa Revue de medecine interne · 2015Orquevaux P, Masseau A, Le Guern V et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2014.08.004
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Encyclopedic overview
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation in which an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating the ovulatory process, then removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) from the ovaries and enabling sperm to fertilise them in a culture medium in a laboratory. After a fertilised egg (zygote) undergoes embryo culture for 2–6 days, it is transferred by catheter into the uterus, with the intention of establishing a successful pregnancy.
IVF is a type of assisted reproductive technology (ART) used to treat infertility, enable gestational surrogacy, and, in combination with pre-implantation genetic testing, avoid the transmission of abnormal genetic conditions. When a fertilised egg from egg and sperm donors implants in the uterus of a genetically unrelated surrogate, the resulting child is also genetically unrelated to the surrogate. Some countries have banned or otherwise regulated the availability of IVF treatment, giving rise to fertility tourism. Financial cost and age may also restrict the availability of IVF as a means of carrying a healthy pregnancy to term.
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