Single-embryo Transfer

Single-embryo transfers? Fugedaboudit, says NY IVF doctor

Michael Cook | 09 February 2012

Single-embryo transfer should be the gold standard in IVF, argue many European fertility specialists. The risk of multiple pregnancies is too high, with dangers for the babies and for the mother. But the outspoken Norbert Gleicher, Medical Director of the Center for Human Reproduction (CHR) in New York City, argues that this is daft. Doctors should heed market demand and respect customer choice.