TY - JOUR
T1 - A fresh look at the freeze-all protocol: a SWOT analysis
AU - Blockeel, Christophe
AU - Drakopoulos, Panagiotis
AU - Dos Santos Ribeiro, Samuel
AU - Polyzos, Nikolaos
AU - Tournaye, Herman
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - GnRH agonist trigger
KW - GnRH antagonist
KW - IVF
KW - embryo cryopreservation
KW - freeze-all
KW - ovarian stimulation
KW - vitrification
U2 - 10.1093/humrep/dev339
DO - 10.1093/humrep/dev339
M3 - Article
SN - 0268-1161
VL - 31
SP - 491
EP - 497
JO - Human Reproduction
JF - Human Reproduction
IS - 3
ER -