Altruistic Donation of Surplus Embryos to Known and Unknown Recipients, The Dutch Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have shown that embryo donation can be a successful treatment for infertile couples,
however the willingness of Dutch couples to donate or accept embryos was unknown. The aim of this article is to
describe the protocol and results for altruistic embryo donation of the only embryo bank in the Netherlands.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study. Since 2011, donated cryo-embryos from couples that have undergone
in vitro-fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) treatments, are being stored in our embryo
bank. The majority of the donated embryos were frozen on day 3 or 4 by slow freezing techniques. We perform a
thorough medical and psychological screening of donor couples and recipients, according to

SUBMITTER: Pieters JJPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9396005 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature