What is in vitro fertilization and up to what age can it be performed?

The doctor Leonardo Muñoz, specialist in obstetrics gynecology, He went through the microphones of Salud y Algo Más to talk about in vitro fertilization.

According to the doctor, “in vitro fertilization is carrying out the fertilization of the egg by the sperm, but in the laboratory. Since it involves a lot of technology, that’s why we talk about high complexity.”

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Along the same lines, he commented that each case is different and that is why it is important to carry out an evaluation with specialists, “what is true is that When a woman is in the womb, she forms a number of eggs and over the years they are lost. And that is why after 35 years of age it is found in some patients that the number of eggs that remain begins to decrease and that begins to compromise their fertility.”

On the other hand, he explained that in vitro fertilization has different indications, “when we talk about age, it is when we already make a diagnosis of a low reserve and We need to achieve a pregnancy in the short term, that is when in vitro fertilization comes in.”

“There is no estimate that says that all patients at that age should have an in vitro test,” he added.