A fresh look at the freeze-all protocol: a SWOT analysis

Christophe Blockeel; Panagiotis Drakopoulos; Samuel Dos Santos Ribeiro; Nikolaos Polyzos; Herman Tournaye

doi:10.1093/humrep/dev339

A fresh look at the freeze-all protocol: a SWOT analysis

Christophe Blockeel, Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Samuel Dos Santos Ribeiro, Nikolaos Polyzos, Herman Tournaye

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy

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Abstract

The 'freeze-all' strategy with the segmentation of IVF treatment, namely with the use of a GnRH antagonist protocol, GnRH agonist triggering, the elective cryopreservation of all embryos by vitrification and a frozen-thawed embryo transfer in a subsequent cycle, has become more popular. However, the approach still encounters drawbacks. In this opinion paper, a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis sheds light on the different aspects of this strategy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	491-497
Number of pages	7
Journal	Human Reproduction
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dev339
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

GnRH agonist trigger
GnRH antagonist
IVF
embryo cryopreservation
freeze-all
ovarian stimulation
vitrification

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