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The treatment sequence
A typical pathway can include ovarian stimulation, monitoring, egg retrieval, fertilisation with IVF or ICSI, embryo culture, transfer and pregnancy testing. The exact sequence and timing depend on the clinical situation.
IVF and ICSI
Understand each IVF decision before you make it.
IVF is a sequence of clinical and laboratory decisions, not a single procedure. The purpose of this page is to help patients prepare informed questions, not to recommend an individual protocol.
Dr. Göksu Göç · MD, MSc (HR), MSc (SRM), PhD(c)
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Questions for the clinic and laboratory
Ask how outcomes are defined, which patients are included in reported figures, how laboratory quality is monitored and how identification and witnessing procedures work. A percentage without age, diagnosis, treatment stage and denominator can be misleading.
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Consent, add-ons and uncertainty
Informed consent should cover the purpose, alternatives, material risks, costs provided directly by the institution and the right to ask questions or pause. Optional add-ons should be discussed in terms of evidence, uncertainty and relevance to the individual patient.
Verified in-person location
American Hospital Prishtina · Prishtina, Kosovo
Useful for people researching care from Kosovo, Albania or North Macedonia. The verified clinical location is Prishtina.