title: Assisted reproductive technologies in Italy, 2005-2007: results from the Italian Assisted Reproductive Technologies Register.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the quantitative and qualitative outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies in Italy, from 2005 to 2007, collected by the Italian Assisted Reproductive Technologies Register (IARTR).
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed, retrospectively, 121,708 ART treatments performed by Italian assisted reproductive technologies (ART) centres from 2005 to 2007.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the study period ART Italian centers were reporting data to the IARTR. Number of total cycles (all homologous) reported was 121,708 including 110,074 fresh (FRESH), 8682 frozen/thawed oocytes (FO) and 2952 frozen embryo (FER). Pregnancy rates per cycle with respect to FRESH, FO and FER treatments were 19.1%, 10.2% and 15%, respectively. Delivery rate per cycle with at least one live birth was 10.8%, 5.8% and 8.4%, respectively, per type of procedure. Twin and "triplet or more" birth rate per delivery was 21% and 2.8%; 12% and 0.4%; 14.9% and 0.8%, respectively. During the study period 15923 ART infants were born (0.95% of all newborn in Italy).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  From 2005 to 2007 we registered a strong increase in ART procedures concomitantly with a qualitative improvement leading to increased pregnancy and live birth rates per cycles. Remarkably, pregnancy loss to follow-up decreased drastically during the three years study-period.
authors.affiliation: ART Italian National Register, National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. giulia.scaravelli@iss.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scaravelli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vigiliano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bolli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Luca
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mayorga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fiaccavento
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spoletini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'Aloja
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D008423:Maternal Age; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000453:epidemiology; D054315:Oocyte Retrieval / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016471:Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012042:Registries; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data