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The treatment of normospermic infertility by gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06606.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 95, Issue 4, pages 361–366, April 1988
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YOVICH, J. L., MATSON, P. L., BLACKLEDGE, D. G., TURNER, S. R., RICHARDSON, P. A., YOVICH, J. M. and EDIRISINGHE, W. R. (1988), The treatment of normospermic infertility by gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT). BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 95: 361–366. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06606.x
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- Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Received 3 February 1987 Accepted 4 August 1987
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Summary. Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) was applied in 207 treatment cycles in 73 couples. The pregnancy rate in cycles with only one (2/21, 9·5%) or two (2/29, 6·9%) oocytes transferred was significantly less than that in which four oocytes (36/116, 31·0%) were replaced. The collection of more than four oocytes did not influence the pregnancy rate in that treatment cycle. The overall pregnancy rate was 24·2% (50 of 207) and was similar in the four infertility groups studied (non-occlusive tubal disorders, endometriosis, cervical factor and unexplained infertility) with 28 (56%) of the pregnancies delivered at 
20 weeks. The pregnancy wastage included 4 (8%) ectopic pregnancies and 3 (6%) late pregnancy losses. The 12 multiple pregnancies occurred following the transfer of three and four oocytes.