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See gamete intrafallopian transfer.
Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
n. something that is given voluntarily to someone, either in exchange or from an unselfish (altruistic) desire to help another. Patients may wish to thank their clinicians by giving a gift. However, some may see this as ‘buying’ future attention, and some health-service employers and authorities have introduced guidelines for staff: clinicians should be clear what they may and may not accept. Altruistic giving remains the way in which transplants or blood products are obtained in the NHS, and buying or selling organs is seen as a potential *harm and so unethical and possibly illegal.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (gift)

Another method of helping infertile couples. In over half of women diagnosed as infertile, the Fallopian tubes are normal, and in many it is unknown why they cannot conceive – although some have ENDOMETRIOSIS.

Eggs are obtained and mixed with the partner’s semen, then introduced into the woman’s Fallopian tubes for fertilisation to take place. The fertilised egg travels to the uterus where IMPLANTATION occurs and pregnancy proceeds. A variation of GIFT is zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) in which early development of the fertilised eggs happens in the laboratory before the young embryo is transferred to the Fallopian tubes. GIFT is best used in couples with unexplained infertility or with minor degrees of male or female cervical factor infertility. The success rate is about 17 per cent. (See also ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION.)... gamete intrafallopian transfer (gift)


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