Over one million IVF cycles were carried out in Europe in 2021, according to data collected from over 37 countries by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).
Data from the ESHRE European IVF Monitoring Consortium report was presented at the 40th annual meeting of the ESHRE in Amsterdam on Tuesday 9 July 2024. Pregnancy rates following IVF remained stable across Europe in 2021, despite a rise in the number of single embryo transfers taking place in clinics, following efforts to reduce the number of multiple births in fertility patients.
Lead author of the report Dr Jesper Smeenk of Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital in Tilburg, the Netherlands, said: 'The 25th ESHRE report on ART (assisted reproductive technology) and IUI shows a continuous increase of reported treatment numbers and medically assisted reproduction (MAR)-derived live births in Europe. Being already the largest data collection on MAR in Europe, continuous efforts to stimulate data collection and reporting strive for future quality control and completeness of the data and offer higher transparency and vigilance in the field of reproductive medicine.'
The total number of fertility treatment cycles rose 20 percent from 2020, unsurprisingly considering the restriction on fertility treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic (see BioNews 1053). A total of 1,103,633 IVF treatment cycles were reported in 2021, up from 919,364 in 2020.
Pregnancy rates remained stable for IVF, ICSI and fresh and frozen embryo transfer. There was a 3.98 percent increase in the use of one embryo per transfer from 2020 to 2021, and the proportion of singleton, twin, and triplet deliveries following fertility treatment was 90.4 percent, 9.5 percent, and 0.1 percent in 2021, respectively, compared to 88.9 percent, 10.9 percent, and 0.2 percent in 2020.
Around three-quarters (148,194) of IUI treatments were performed with the patient's partner's sperm, whereas around one-quarter (48,583) were performed with donor sperm.
A total of 28,768 fertility preservation interventions were reported from 15 countries in Europe.
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