Assisted reproduction in the treatment of infertile marriages

: The authors investigated how treatment of infertile marriages is affected by the introduction of assisted reproduction. They compared the five-year period 1978-1982--485 couples with group II (1983-1987)--787 married couples. In group II successively all methods of assisted reproduction were introduced. The authors found that group II (1983-1987) had by 18.3% more deliveries, as compared with the first period. The increase is due to assisted reproduction in 10.6% and due to other therapeutic methods in 7.7%. The increase occurred in all investigated indication groups using methods of assisted reproduction within the range of 6.9-14.4%.