Gamete intrafallopian transfer

Gamete intrafallopian transfer
MeSHD015181

Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) is a tool of assisted reproductive technology against infertility. Eggs are removed from a woman's ovaries, and placed in one of the fallopian tubes, along with the man's sperm. The technique, first attempted by Steptoe and Edwards[1] and later pioneered by endocrinologist Ricardo Asch, allows fertilization to take place inside the woman's uterus.[2]

With the advances in IVF the GIFT procedure is used less as pregnancy rates in IVF tend to be equal or better and do not require laparoscopy when the egg is put back.[3]

  1. ^ Edwards RG (October 2001). "The bumpy road to human in vitro fertilization". Nature Medicine. 7 (10): 1091–1094. doi:10.1038/nm1001-1091. PMID 11590421. S2CID 5123258.
  2. ^ Asch RH, Ellsworth LR, Balmaceda JP, Wong PC (November 1984). "Pregnancy after translaparoscopic gamete intrafallopian transfer". Lancet. 2 (8410): 1034–1035. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(84)91127-9. PMID 6149412. S2CID 33844752.
  3. ^ Toner JP (November 2002). "Progress we can be proud of: U.S. trends in assisted reproduction over the first 20 years". Fertility and Sterility. 78 (5): 943–950. doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03769-x. PMID 12413976.