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Embryo Transfer
Embryo transfer is the placement of an embryo into the uterus or, in the case of zygote intrafallopian tube transfer (ZIFT) and tubal embryo transfer (TET), into the fallopian tube.
Latest News and Research
- Fertility and Sterility On Air–Live from ESHRE: Part 1
- Fertility and Sterility On Air - Unplugged: September 2022
- Fertility and Sterility On Air - Unplugged: August 2022
- Fertility and Sterility On Air - Unplugged: October 2022
- Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: February 2023
- ASRM COVID-19 Task Force Releases Update #10 to Recommendations
- ASRM Today - Update #9 from the ASRM COVID-19 Task Force with Christos Coutifaris
- Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: April 2022
- More Than 73 Thousand Babies Born from Assisted Reproductive Technology Cycles Done in 2020
- FAQs for Patients Related to COVID-19
Patient Resources
- Why Would I Choose to Have Elective Single-embryo Transfer (eSET)?
- Why would I choose to have elective single-embryo transfer? 我为什么要接受选择性单胚胎移植
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): What Are the Risks?
- Fertilacion in vitro FIV cuales son los riesgos (IVF: what are the risks?)
- Por que elegira una transferencia electiva de un solo embrion (Why would I choose to have elective single-embryo transfer [eSET]?)
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies (booklet)
- Tecnología de reproducción asistida (Assisted reproductive technology booklet)
- Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers
- What Is A Gestational Carrier & Who Needs One?
- Assisted reproductive technology 辅助生殖技术辅助生殖技术
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- FAQs Related to COVID-19
- Q: Should I take steps to avoid pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Q: Will postponing my care affect my ability to have a child?
- Q: I hear that elective medical procedures in my geographic area are supposed to stop; are IVF and other fertility treatments considered "elective"?
- Q: Can my clinic prevent me from getting infected by screening patients and staff?
- Q: Is there a risk that my cycle could be cancelled if I proceed with treatment now?
- Q: Are my frozen embryos, eggs, or sperm safe?
- Q: I have been diagnosed with cancer and chemotherapy is recommended. Can I still attempt to freeze my eggs (or sperm if male)?
- Q: If I get sick or test positive for COVID-19, when is it safe to become pregnant?
- Q: I’m pregnant. Is there a risk that a COVID-19 infection will affect my pregnancy outcome?
- Q: What is the risk that a COVID-19 infection will affect my unborn child?
- Q: This year has been very difficult to handle and I’m having a hard time. What resources are available to me?
- Q: What do we know about the COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy?
- Q: Should I get the COVID19 vaccine?
- Q: Can I get COVID from the vaccine?
- Q: Will the vaccine affect my existing medical conditions?
- Q: I am nervous about the vaccine side effects.
- Q: Can I still transmit the virus to other people even when I am vaccinated and protected?
- Q: How safe is the COVID-19 vaccine? Should I get it if I am trying to conceive?
- Q: Can my Reproductive Endocrinologist require that I get the COVID-19 vaccine before I do fertility treatment?
- Q: There is a lot of misinformation on vaccines. Where can I find the truth?
Publications
- Compassionate transfer: patient requests for embryo transfer for nonreproductive purposes (2019)
- A review of best practices of rapid-cooling vitrification for oocytes and embryos: a committee opinion (2021)
- ASRM standard embryo transfer protocol template: a committee opinion (2017)
- Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinically assisted reproduction: a committee opinion (2018)
- Correct coding for laboratory procedures during assisted reproductive technology cycles (2016)
- Performing the embryo transfer: a guideline (2017)
- Ethics Webinar: Transferring Abnormal Embryos After Preimplantation Genetic Testing
- Guidance on the limits to the number of embryos to transfer: a committee opinion (2021)
