Current status of assisted reproductive technology in Korea, 2007

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Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Current status of assisted reproductive technology in Korea, 2007

Original Article

Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2010; 53(12): 1052-1077.

Published online: 21 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/kjog.2010.53.12.1052

Current status of assisted reproductive technology in Korea, 2007

Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) committee, Korea.

Corresponding author (ymchoi@snu.ac.kr)

Received 9 July 2010 Accepted 6 August 2010

Figures and Tables

Fig. 1

Location of certified ART (assisted reproductive technology) clinics in Korea, 2007.

Fig. 2

Types of assisted reproductive technology procedures. IVF-ET: in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection, GIFT: gamete intrafallopian transfer, ZIFT: zygote intrafallopian transfer, FER: frozen embryos replacement, OD: oocyte donation.

Fig. 3

Percentage of assisted reproductive technology users by ages: in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Fig. 4

Clinical pregnancy rates by ages of women, in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. CP: clinical pregnancy.

Fig. 5

Primary diagnosis for assisted reproductive technology procedures, in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Fig. 6

Clinical pregnancy rates by cause of infertility, in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Fig. 7

Pluralities among live births: in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Table 1

Number of IVF centers according to size (total number of treatment cycles in the year)

IVF: in vitro fertilization.

Table 2

Clinical pregnancy in relation to treatment

IVF: in vitro fertilization, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection, ZIFT: zygote intrafallopian transfer, GIFT: gamete intrafallopian transfer, FER: frozen embryos replacement, CP: clinical pregnancy.

^*estimated, ^†in case of GIFT.

Table 3-1

Number of oocyte retrieval cycles and clinical pregnancies by maternal age

IVF: in vitro fertilization, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection, OR: oocyte retrieval, CP: clinical pregnancy.

Table 3-2

Number of frozen embryo replacement cycles and clinical pregnancies by maternal age

FER: frozen embryos replacement, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection, CP: clinical pregnancy.

Table 4

Number of oocyte retrieval cycles by cause of infertility

IVF: in vitro fertilization, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection, OR: oocyte retrieval, CP: clinical pregnancy.

Table 5-1

Clinical pregnancies by number of embryos transferred

IVF: in vitro fertilization, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Table 5-2

Clinical pregnancies by number of frozen embryos transferred

IVF: in vitro fertilization, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Table 6

Deliveries in relation to treatment

IVF: in vitro fertilization, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection, FER: frozen embryos replacement.

Table 7

Oocyte retrieval cycles, transfer cycles and pregnancies using special techniques of sperm collection and/or assisted hatching

MESA: microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration, TESE: testicular sperm extraction.

^*per oocyte retrieval cycle.

Table 8

Comparison with data from international registers

US: United States, ESHRE: European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, IVF: in vitro fertilization, CP: clinical pregnancy, FER: frozen embryos replacement, ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

^* including ICSI.

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