Effect of Embryo Banking on U.S. National Assisted Reproductive Technology Live Birth Rates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) reports generated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exclude embryo banking cycles from outcome calculations.

Methods

We examined data reported to the CDC in 2013 for the impact of embryo banking exclusion on national ART outcomes by recalculating autologous oocyte ART live birth rates. Inflation of reported fresh ART cycle live birth rates was assessed for all age groups of infertile women as the difference between fresh cycle live births with reference to number of initiated fresh cycles (excluding embryo banking cycles), as typically reported by the CDC, and fresh cycle live births with reference to total initiated fresh ART cycles (including embryo banking cycles).

Results

During 2013, out of 1

SUBMITTER: Kushnir VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4861597 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature