Clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides: Comparison with native brides in south Taiwan
Objective: This study was conducted to determine if differences in clinical characteristics, embryonic development, and pregnancy outcomes exist between infertile foreign and native brides undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment in a foreign-bride-immigrating country of Taiwan. M...
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| author | Hsin-Ju Chiang Fu-Jen Huang Kuo-Chung Lan Pin-Yao Lin Pei-Hsun Sung Fu-Tsai Kung |
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| description | Objective: This study was conducted to determine if differences in clinical characteristics, embryonic development, and pregnancy outcomes exist between infertile foreign and native brides undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment in a foreign-bride-immigrating country of Taiwan.
Material and Methods: A retrospective, case-control design was use to recruit consecutive infertile women seeking ART treatment for study. The treatment protocol consisted of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation with down-regulation and gonadotropin and ART method with conventional in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Among the 1083 ART treatment cycles, 97 (9%) were from foreign brides and 986 (91%) from native brides. Records of those who received transfer of fresh embryos obtained by using husband sperm for fertilization were collected for analysis. A case-control design with adjustment of bride age was used to select the records of 86 infertile foreign and 172 native brides for the study. Infertility cause, bride age, retrieved oocyte number and maturity, fertilization rate, embryo score, and post-embryo transfer results were assessed.
Results: The foreign bride couples had significantly greater infertility due to tubal (36%) and combination (8.1%) factors than native bride couples (20.3% and 4.1%, respectively). Days of gonadotropin stimulation, number of oocytes retrieved, fertilization rate, embryo score, implantation rate, or clinical pregnancy rate, and live birth rate did not differ between the two groups.
Conclusion: The cause of infertile foreign bride couples requiring ART treatment had a higher percentage of tubal and combination factors, but similar ART outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d8e5d3c4e1c4234b004adfcd86d59bb2022-12-21T19:03:19ZengElsevierTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology1028-45592012-03-01511313410.1016/j.tjog.2012.01.007Clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides: Comparison with native brides in south TaiwanHsin-Ju Chiang0Fu-Jen Huang1Kuo-Chung Lan2Pin-Yao Lin3Pei-Hsun Sung4Fu-Tsai Kung5Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, TaiwanObjective: This study was conducted to determine if differences in clinical characteristics, embryonic development, and pregnancy outcomes exist between infertile foreign and native brides undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment in a foreign-bride-immigrating country of Taiwan. Material and Methods: A retrospective, case-control design was use to recruit consecutive infertile women seeking ART treatment for study. The treatment protocol consisted of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation with down-regulation and gonadotropin and ART method with conventional in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Among the 1083 ART treatment cycles, 97 (9%) were from foreign brides and 986 (91%) from native brides. Records of those who received transfer of fresh embryos obtained by using husband sperm for fertilization were collected for analysis. A case-control design with adjustment of bride age was used to select the records of 86 infertile foreign and 172 native brides for the study. Infertility cause, bride age, retrieved oocyte number and maturity, fertilization rate, embryo score, and post-embryo transfer results were assessed. Results: The foreign bride couples had significantly greater infertility due to tubal (36%) and combination (8.1%) factors than native bride couples (20.3% and 4.1%, respectively). Days of gonadotropin stimulation, number of oocytes retrieved, fertilization rate, embryo score, implantation rate, or clinical pregnancy rate, and live birth rate did not differ between the two groups. Conclusion: The cause of infertile foreign bride couples requiring ART treatment had a higher percentage of tubal and combination factors, but similar ART outcomes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455912000083assisted reproductive technologyforeign brideinfertilitynative bride |
| spellingShingle | Hsin-Ju Chiang Fu-Jen Huang Kuo-Chung Lan Pin-Yao Lin Pei-Hsun Sung Fu-Tsai Kung Clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides: Comparison with native brides in south Taiwan Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology assisted reproductive technology foreign bride infertility native bride |
| title | Clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides: Comparison with native brides in south Taiwan |
| title_full | Clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides: Comparison with native brides in south Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides: Comparison with native brides in south Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides: Comparison with native brides in south Taiwan |
| title_short | Clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides: Comparison with native brides in south Taiwan |
| title_sort | clinical characteristics and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in infertile foreign brides comparison with native brides in south taiwan |
| topic | assisted reproductive technology foreign bride infertility native bride |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455912000083 |
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