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zygote intrafallopian transfer
It is an infertility treatment used when a blockage in the fallopian tubes prevents the normal binding of sperm to the egg. Egg cells are removed from a woman's ovaries, an in vitro fertilised. The resulting zygote is placed into the fallopian tube by the use of laparoscopy.  It is also known as ZIFT.

Grammatical category Noun
Field Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Level of specialization High
Definition source National Library of Medicine
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Specific to one sex Yes
Prevalence Woman
Variants
Hypernym
assisted reproduction technique
Formal
Abbreviation
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

transferencia intratubárica de cigotos

Valenciano

transferència intratubárica de zigots
Associated concepts
Is accompanied by
laparoscopy
Examples
We excluded studies of embryo transfer via zygote intrafallopian transfer.
Other techniques used to achieve a correct fertilisation, can be [...] the zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) or similar pronuclear stage transfer (PROST), that is introducing the fertilised embryo at day 1 or 2, the zygote, into the fallopian tube (De Grauwe et al., 1989), the gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), surrogacy in some countries... but these ones are not used nowadays due to the high success rate of IVF and ICSI and the introduction of the gametes or the embryo in the uterus.
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transfer via zygote intrafallopian transfer