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Assisted Reproductive
Technologies:
A Range of Treatments to Fit
the Needs of the Infertile Couple
The parent of all of today's
assisted reproductive technologies is IVF.
Formerly, IVF (IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
or the "test tube baby" process) was the final hope
for couples who had exhausted all other infertility
treatments. Over a decade of research and clinical
application have changed IVF from a one
size-fits-all treatment to a menu of assisted
reproductive technologies (ART). It is now
possible, after an infertility evaluation has been
completed and if conventional treatments have
failed, to tailor the advanced treatment to the
particular needs of the couple, in order to
maximize success. The assisted reproductive
technologies now encompass office based IVF,
GIFT, donor egg IVF surrogacy, and
laboratory micromanipulation procedures used in
conjunction with IVF, ICSI, genetic testing,
office based IVF, TUFT and "EMBRYO
IMPLANTATION".
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