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ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2019

Treating Infertility: Current Affairs of Cross-border Reproductive Care.

Mara Simopoulou, Konstantinos Sfakianoudis, Polina Giannelou, Aikaterini Pierouli, Anna Rapani, Evangelos Maziotis, Dionysios Galatis, Panagiotis Bakas, Nikolaos Vlahos, Konstantinos Pantos and 1 more

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Article in Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. FIGO Fertility Passport: A tool for patients and their healthcare providers.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Mara SimopoulouDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias, 11527, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos SfakianoudisCentre for Human Reproduction, Genesis Athens Clinic, Athens, Greece.
Polina GiannelouDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Aikaterini PierouliDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Anna RapaniDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Evangelos MaziotisDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dionysios GalatisDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis BakasAssisted Conception Unit, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos VlahosAssisted Conception Unit, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos PantosCentre for Human Reproduction, Genesis Athens Clinic, Athens, Greece.
Michael KoutsilierisDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility patients are willing to travel abroad to receive the medical treatment of choice. A 2010 study reported that approximately 25,000 couples travel abroad annually seeking infertility treatment. The purpose of this review is to analyze the criteria and risks related to cross-border reproductive care (CBRC) from the perspective of the patients and explore the issues raised regarding the country of origin and the destination country. A computerized search was performed in PubMed employing respective keywords. The total number of published articles provided by our PubMed search was 1905. Criteria for selecting the destination country include: the economic status, legislation, quality of care and anonymity. Despite the fact that CBRC is becoming a familiar concept, it raises concerns for the practitioner and issues of a social and bioethical nature. Most of them stem from the fact that health care acquires a commercialization aspect. Medical tourism entails several risks, such as misconceptions regarding the destination country, and legal issues arising from differences in the judiciary systems. Larger studies evaluating all aspects of CBRC are imperative. Quality assurance, a consensus and a common platform of practice, along with a system of international governance based on human rights, are a necessity for CBRC patients.

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