Assisted reproduction after SARS-CoV-2-infection: results of a single-center cohort-study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The effects of SARS-CoV-2 infections on the outcome of assisted reproduction techniques (ART) were studied in a retrospective cohort study.

Methods

The outcome of 1581 treatment cycles with embryo transfer at a university fertility center in Germany was compared in years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. For 335 treatment cycles in 2022 a detailed analysis was carried out depending on infection and immunization status of both partners.

Results

ART cycles did not differ in most of the parameters examined between 2018-2022. In spite of comparable clinical pregnancy rates, there was a significantly higher miscarriage rate at 34.6% (27/78) in 2022, compared to 19.7% (29/147) in the pre-pandemic years of 2018-2019 (p = 0.014). In 37.0% of the treatment cycle

SUBMITTER: Eckstein V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10769908 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature