ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To see if sharing of donated oocytes from a compensated donor lowers outcome following embryo transfer compared to recipients keeping all oocytes. METHOD: Retrospective review. Recipients have the option of keeping all oocytes or sharing to reduce costs. RESULTS: There were equal clinical, and ongoing/delivered pregnancy rates and implantation rates in the two groups. There were almost twice as many frozen embryos available to recipients who did not share for potential future use. CONCLUSIONS: Sharing of oocytes between two recipients reduces the financial burden for the recipient without affecting efficacy. Such a policy would make more oocytes available to recipients and thus shorten the long waiting times.
Subject(s)
Cost Savings , Oocyte Donation/economics , Pregnancy Rate , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Embryo Implantation , Female , Fertilization in Vitro/economics , Fertilization in Vitro/methods , Humans , Oocyte Donation/ethics , Pregnancy , United StatesABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To determine if oocyte donors aged 36-39 can provide adequate pregnancy rates for recipients. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of clinical, ongoing/delivered pregnancy and implantation rates for a group of recipients receiving oocytes from a pilot group of older donors. RESULTS: Comparable pregnancy and implantation rates were found in recipients transferring embryos derived from donors aged 36-39 as recipients using oocytes from donors < or = 35. CONCLUSIONS: The demonstration of adequate outcome following embryo transfer from embryos derived from fertilization of oocytes from donors aged 36-39 should expand the pool of donor oocytes and reduce the long waiting times for recipients.
