Assisted Reproductive
Technology (ART)
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Infertility Treatments
and Procedures
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Treatment
for infertility varies widely from patient to patient. Over the past several
years, the improvement in techniques and procedures in reproductive medicine
has increased the variety and availability of procedures to assist couples
in achieving pregnancy.
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Timed
Intercourse
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Intra
Uterine Insemination (IUI)
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This in-office procedure
also known as "artificial insemination" involves placing washed sperm into
the uterus with a small catheter through the cervix.
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IVF-ET is probably
the most well known of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies. It is otherwise
known as "test tube baby" and has helped infertile couples conceive and
bear children for over a decade. These days fertilization actually occurs
in a dish and not a test tube. It was originally developed to help couples
overcome tubal factor infertility, but has become useful in treating other
factors such as immunological problems and unexplained infertility.
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