Study protocol: E-freeze - freezing of embryos in assisted conception: a randomised controlled trial evaluating the clinical and cost effectiveness of a policy of freezing embryos followed by thawed frozen embryo transfer compared with a policy of fresh embryo transfer, in women undergoing in vitro fertilisation

BACKGROUND:Infertility affects one in seven couples; many of these need in vitro fertilisation (IVF). IVF involves external hormones to stimulate a woman's ovaries to produce eggs which are harvested surgically. Embryos, created in the laboratory by mixing eggs with sperm, are grown in culture...

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Main Authors: Maheshwari, A, Bhattacharya, S, Bowler, U, Brison, D, Child, T, Cole, C, Coomarasamy, A, Cutting, R, Harbottle, S, Hardy, P, Juszczak, E, Khalaf, Y, Kurinczuk, J, Lavery, S, Lewis-Jones, C, Macklon, N, Raine-Fenning, N, Rajkohwa, M, Scotland, G, Troup, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2019