Delayed treatment or deferred treatment: What ’s intended? A commentary on national oocyte thaw outcomes data

The long-awaited national summary of oocyte thaw outcomes is finally available (1). In keeping with the mission of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) to set standards for fertility care, the release of this data establishes a much-anticipated and desperately needed benchmark for providers of oocyte thaw procedures. The authors of the report are to be commended for undertaking the analysis of the outcomes of oocyte cryopreservation at a national level. For too long, counseling patients about the expectations for thawed oocytes has been limited to data from individual clinics and reference to small series publications, disaggregated and decentralized experiences subject to the idiosyncrasies of patient population and provider preference.
Source: Fertility and Sterility - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Tags: Reflections Source Type: research