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Medical advances in IVF treatments in Turkey increase chances of pregnancy
In Turkey doctors are able to transfer up to 3 embryos per treatment whereas in the US they can only transfer one at a time
By SABRINA BADAL
ISTANBUL - For more than 6.1 million Americans having a baby is not as easy as they expected. More and more couples in the United States are having to use medical methods in order to conceive a child. The soaring costs of expensive fertility procedures and lack of insurance leaves some couples hopeless and childless. But there is hope out there for these couples. Hope in another country; Turkey.
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) techniques used in Turkey are much more advanced than the techniques used in North American hospitals. In Turkey, doctors are allowed, by government and medical board regulations, to perform fertility treatments in a different manner which allows for greater chances of pregnancy.
For example, in Turkey doctors can implant up to 3 embryos per IVF treatment, as opposed to only one in the US. This cuts the cost of IVF by over 69%.
Hospitals in Turkey also have other techniques that they use in order to increase the pregnancy rate and to deal with other fertility related health problems. These procedures include:
- PGD (Pre-implant Genetic Diagnosis) – screens for possible chromosomal abnormalities that may lead to IVF failures.
- Assisted Hatching – a laser is used to think abnormally thick outer layers of some embryos.
- Embryo Freezing – allows women to have another change to pregnancy without undergoing the full cycle of IVF.
- Ovarian Cortex Freezing – if a young woman needs to undergo chemotherapy which could damage the ovaries, the outer layers can be frozen, removed and stored for future pregnancies.
In the United States the FDA has yet to approve some these fertility treatments even though they are common practice in Europe and they have proven low risk factors and high success rates.
For more information on IVF and other fertility treatments in Turkey, you can contact MedSolution.com at 1-800-984-0457 or email them at info@medsolution.com.
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