Altruistic Donation of Surplus Embryos to Known and Unknown Recipients, The Dutch Approach

Background: Previous studies have shown that embryo donation can be a successful treatment for infertile couples,however the willingness of Dutch couples to donate or accept embryos was unknown. The aim of this article is todescribe the protocol and results for altruistic embryo donation of the only embryo bank in the Netherlands.Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study. Since 2011, donated cryo-embryos from couples that have undergonein vitro-fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) treatments, are being stored in our embryobank. The majority of the donated embryos... Mehr ...