Which patients are suitable for single embryo transfer (SET)?
Deciding whether a patient should be offered single embryo transfer is a matter for the clinical discretion of the health practitioner(s) involved, and should follow the clinic’s protocol for minimising multiple births. The British Fertility Society (BFS) and the Association of Clinical Embryologists (ACE) have recently issued professional guidelines on elective single embryo transfer (eSET). These guidelines can be found on the website of the journal, Human Fertility. Further information about these guidelines will appear on OneataTime soon. In the meantime you may also find the following suggestions helpful. Whether the transfer of only one embryo is the right treatment for a particular patient depends on their prognosis for getting pregnant after IVF. The women with the best chance of getting pregnant after IVF are also at highest risk of conceiving twins. Which are the relevant factors? The factors that have been identified as being relevant are: • The woman’s age. • Her obstetric
