Janet Ogundepo Renowned fertility specialist and President of Africa Reproductive Care Society, Professor Oladapo Ashiru, says the improvement in the science and skill of ultrasound scans in the country has increased the success rate of in vitro fertilisation to 75 per cent. He further explained that at the introduction of IVF in 1978, the success rate was only 10 per cent, stating that improvements in ultrasound scans had enhanced precision, shortened the procedure time, and facilitated accurate embryo placement in the uterus, leading to higher success rates. Ashiru said this on the sidelines of the 12th Annual Conference of Medical Ultrasound Practitioners of Nigeria in Lagos with the theme, “Standard Obstetrics and Gynaecological Ultrasound Protocol.
” IVF is one of the available assisted reproductive technologies utilised to help persons with fertility problems have a baby. According to the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, during IVF, “an egg is removed from the woman’s ovaries and fertilised with a sperm in a laboratory. The fertilised egg, called an embryo, is then returned to the woman’s womb to grow and develop.
According to the World Fertility Services, Nigeria has a high success rate of IVF treatment.. Speaking further, Ashiru stated that the ultrasound scan had shortened the waiting time of women who wanted to undergo the procedure from 24 to 48 hours to 30 minutes.
The Secretary-General of the International Federation of Fertility Societies .