IVF malformation warnings
Filed under: IVF — Alan @ 4:14 am
Doctors have warned that couples that want to have children through IVF should be aware of the small risk of malformation in the child.
French scientists looked over the records of about 15,000 children that were born at 33 different fertility centres, and found about four percent of them had a congenital malformation.
Yet, the geneticists compared these findings to the findings of the European Society of Human Genetics, which saw an 11% risk in smaller studies and stated that due to the fact their study is the largest scale study to take a look at the issue. The French researchers believe that their low figures are more accurate.
Dr. Geraldine Viot from the Maternite Port Royal hospital in Paris a clinical geneticist stated that compared to the two to three percent that exists in the general population, the higher rate is part of the increase in malformations of the urogenital system and heart disease.
Dr. Viot stated that the problems were more present in boys and the most common malformations were angioma, and benign tumours that appeared near the skin surface, which were found twice as commonly in girls over boys.
The scientists claimed there are multiple reasons for this although the age of the parents did not seem to be an issue. Dr. Viot said that the research team needs more time in order to fully understand how the different components could play a role that are involved in IVF.
However, the scientists believe that malformations are a public concern and need to be addressed making it vital that politicians, the general public, and all doctors are aware of the risks involved so that more follow-up after birth can be performed.
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