Clin Exp Reprod Med.  2015 Mar;42(1):8-13. 10.5653/cerm.2015.42.1.8.

Current status of assisted reproductive technology in Korea, 2010

• Lee GH
• Song HJ
• Lee KS
• Choi YM

• KMID: 1800420
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5653/cerm.2015.42.1.8

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
Great advances have been made in the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART) since the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) baby was born in Korea. This study was designed to report on the current status of ART therapy in South Korea between January 1 and December 31 of 2010.
METHODS
A revised survey, originally developed by the International Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies, was sent to all available ART centers via email in 2013. Fresh embryo transfer (FET) cases were categorized into standard IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injections. These cases, the thawing embryo transfer (TET) cases, and other related procedures were surveyed.
RESULTS
Data from 30,785 ART procedures were provided by 78 clinics. Of the 28,200 cycles in which oocytes were retrieved, 92.2% of these cycles were completely transferred. In addition, 8,075 cycles were confirmed to be clinical pregnancies in the FET cycles, which represent a pregnancy rate of 28.6% per oocyte pick-up and 31.1% per embryo transfer. The most common number of embryos transferred in the FET was three embryos (37.3%) followed by two embryos (36.3%) and one embryo (14.0%). Of the 6,648 TET cycles transferred, 2,356 clinical pregnancies were confirmed by ultrasonography. The most common number of embryos in the TET group was two embryos (43.4%) followed by three embryos (25.4%) and one embryo (18.9%).
CONCLUSION
The clinical pregnancy rate per transfer in the FET cycles was similar in 2009 and 2010. Among the FET cycles where one or two embryos were transferred, the clinical pregnancy rate per transfer slightly increased from 2009 (28.7%) to 2010 (32.9%).

Keyword

Assisted reproductive technology; International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Korea; Survey

MeSH Terms

Art Therapy
Electronic Mail
Embryo Transfer
Embryonic Structures
Fertilization in Vitro
Korea
Oocytes
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Rate
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted*
Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic
Ultrasonography