They're about to be hit by another truck. This is one of those junctures where the economics are quickly not going to be the same any more. First PRY commoditised and cherrypicked the Aussie IVF market. Now all of the patients with trouble conceiving can opt for a free (with medicare) fallopian flush treatment first, that is faster, lower cost, and less likely to provide multiple births (the biggie). Then IVF gets the crumbs - so to speak. I doubt the gov will be wanting to pay medicare for expensive IVF treatments before the other treatment is given a go. I certainly don't want my taxes splashed around, especially for a comparative disbenefit.
"His (Dr Mol's) research, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, is based on a large trial of 1100 women and will be presented at the 13th World Congress on Endometriosis in Vancouver, Canada.
In the trial 550 women in the Netherlands had their fallopian tubes flushed out with water and 550 had their tubes flushed out with oil.
Forty per cent of the women whose tubes were flushed out with oil became pregnant within six months and 29 per cent of those whose tubes were flushed out with water became pregnant.
“Only around 20 per cent would have become pregnant without any treatment,” he said.
After one cycle of IVF 40 per cent of women aged under 30 get pregnant.
“This is an important outcome for women who would have had no other course of action other than to seek IVF treatment. It offers new hope to infertile couples,” Professor Mol said.
“Our results have been even more exciting than we could have predicted, helping to confirm that an age old medical technique still has an important place in modern medicine.”
The advantage of the test is that most of the women get pregnant with just a single baby unlike IVF where there is a higher risk of twin or multiple births that are more high risk.
The test takes 15 minutes.
Professor Mol says the procedure which takes just 15 minutes should be offered to all infertile women as a first resort before expensive IVF treatment is pursued.
“I think we have an obligation, to use resources in a sensible way, I think it should be offered,” he said."
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