Discarding IVF embryos: reporting on global practices.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To provide a global scale report on a representative sample of the clinical embryology community depicting the practice of discarding supernumerary IVF embryos.

Methods

A web-based questionnaire titled "Anonymous questionnaire on embryo disposal practices" was designed in order to ensure anonymous participation of practicing clinical embryologists around the world.

Results

During a data collection period of 8 months, 703 filled-in questionnaires from 65 countries were acquired. According to the data acquired, the majority of practitioners, dispose of embryos by placing them directly in a trash can strictly dedicated for embryo disposal for both fresh and frozen cycles (39% and 36.7% respectively). Moreover, 66.4% of practitioners discard the embryos separately

SUBMITTER: Simopoulou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6911130 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature