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Assisted Reproduction

Elective single embryo transfer percentage reflects quality of institution

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 8th, 2004

Assisted reproduction centers should strive for fewer embryo transfers, and researchers say that the elective single embryo transfer (eSET) is the most important indicator of the quality of such centers.

"In the course of the present debate series, several new outcome measures for assisted reproduction have been proposed to encourage the transfer of fewer embryos in order to diminish the number of multiple pregnancies," wrote J.A. Land and associates in a recent issue of the journal Human Reproduction.

"The implementation of these recommendations, however, is hampered by the perception that safety and efficacy are communicating vessels: it is...

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