FET

Fresh versus Frozen Embryos for Infertility in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

For infertile women with PCOS, frozen-embryo transfer was associated with a higher live birth rate and a lower risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, when compared to fresh embryo transfer.

There are no guideline recommendations based on the results of this study. The IVF protocol used in this study is unique to China and may not be applicable to the U.S.A which uses a different protocol (generalizability)

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Reference

Chen ZJ, Shi Y, Sun Y, Zhang B, Liang X, Cao Y, Yang J, Liu J, Wei D, Weng N, Tian L, Hao C, Yang D, Zhou F, Shi J, Xu Y, Li J, Yan J, Qin Y, Zhao H, Zhang H, Legro RS. Fresh versus Frozen Embryos for Infertility in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2016 Aug 11;375(6):523-33.

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