PROGRAMME OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN MARIBOR OVER THE PERIOD 1998–2002

Abstract

Background. During the period between 1998 and 2002 Department for reproductive medicine, Maribor Teaching Hospital performed 31.1% of all cycles of assisted reproduction (ART) in Slovenia.Methods. Three different methods of ART (in vitro fertilization – IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection with ejaculated sperm – ICSI and testicular sperm TESA/TESE) were compared. Comparison of clinical results was also made between the period when up to 4 embrios were transferred and the period when up to 2 embrios were transferred.Results. During the five year period, pregnancy rate per started cycle was between 29.6% in 1998 and 36.4% in 2002. During the whole period, delivery rate per started cycle was higher than the mean average reported for European centers for the year 1999. The observed values were higher with the tendeny to slightly increase from 27.4% in 1998 to 30.8% in 2001.Conclusions. Clinical results of ART programme at Maribor Clinic for reproductive medicine in the observed five year period over the period 1998–2002 were superior to the last results published by the European register of ART.

Keywords

• assisted reproduction
• IVF
• ICSI
• pregnancy rate
• results