Gamete intra-Fallopian transfer: evaluation of 100 consecutive attempts. 1987

P Braeckmans, and P Devroey, and M Camus, and I Khan, and C Staessen, and J Smitz, and L Van Waesberghe, and A Wisanto, and A C Van Steirteghem

The results of 100 gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (GIFT) procedures to treat persistent infertility are reported. Twenty-four pregnancies were achieved, of these six aborted, two were extra-uterine, two stillbirths occurred and nine patients delivered 11 healthy children (two sets of twins) and five pregnancies are progressing well, including two sets of twins. Pregnancy rate in the different groups of patients was: 28% for idiopathic infertility (n = 39), 13% for male infertility (n = 16), 22% for endometriosis (n = 27), and 29% in the presence of antisperm antibodies (n = 7). In our GIFT procedure, we place three oocytes and 50,000 to 100,000 motile spermatozoa per patient into one healthy tube, the remaining oocytes being inseminated and cultured in vitro. Of 502 oocytes recovered, 252 fertilized normally and 178 early embryos were frozen. The replacement of 41 frozen-thawed embryos resulted in five additional, ongoing pregnancies. The combined treatment by gamete intra-Fallopian transfer, in-vitro fertilization and cryopreservation increases the chance of conception.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007246 Infertility A reduced or absent capacity to reproduce. Sterility,Reproductive Sterility,Sterility, Reproductive,Sub-Fertility,Subfertility
D008297 Male Males
D009865 Oocytes Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM). Ovocytes,Oocyte,Ovocyte
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D005307 Fertilization in Vitro An assisted reproductive technique that includes the direct handling and manipulation of oocytes and sperm to achieve fertilization in vitro. Test-Tube Fertilization,Fertilizations in Vitro,In Vitro Fertilization,Test-Tube Babies,Babies, Test-Tube,Baby, Test-Tube,Fertilization, Test-Tube,Fertilizations, Test-Tube,In Vitro Fertilizations,Test Tube Babies,Test Tube Fertilization,Test-Tube Baby,Test-Tube Fertilizations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013094 Spermatozoa Mature male germ cells derived from SPERMATIDS. As spermatids move toward the lumen of the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES, they undergo extensive structural changes including the loss of cytoplasm, condensation of CHROMATIN into the SPERM HEAD, formation of the ACROSOME cap, the SPERM MIDPIECE and the SPERM TAIL that provides motility. Sperm,Spermatozoon,X-Bearing Sperm,X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm,Y-Bearing Sperm,Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm,Sperm, X-Bearing,Sperm, X-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperm, Y-Bearing,Sperm, Y-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperms, X-Bearing,Sperms, X-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperms, Y-Bearing,Sperms, Y-Chromosome-Bearing,X Bearing Sperm,X Chromosome Bearing Sperm,X-Bearing Sperms,X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms,Y Bearing Sperm,Y Chromosome Bearing Sperm,Y-Bearing Sperms,Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms

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