Barcelona IVF
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Description
Barcelona IVF is a private Assisted Reproduction Center formed by a team of professionals from different specialties. In addition, this center offers personalized attention 24 hours a day, every day of the year, as well as a patient care service in several languages, according to the information published on its Web page.
Barcelona IVF is a health center approved by the Generalitat de Catalunya and has quality certifications.
If you need information on how to get to the clinic, either by public or private transport, you can access this link.
Facilities
Barcelona IVF is a clinic with more than 1200m2 of open space dedicated to Assisted Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics. According to the images published on its Web page, this center has the following areas:
- Reception.
- Consultation rooms.
- Assisted Reproduction Laboratory.
- Sperm collection rooms.
- Operating Room.
- Recovery room.
- Postanesthesia resuscitation area.
At Barcelona IVF there is also an auditorium for 120 attendees with the possibility of live surgery transmission.
However, all this information has not been verified by the specialists of inviTRA.
What treatments do they perform?
The fertility treatments carried out by Barcelona IVF are specified in the following table.
If you still do not know which assisted reproduction treatment is the most suitable for you and you want to be better informed, you can read about each of them in the following article: Assisted Reproduction Techniques.
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Complementary techniques
In addition to the assisted reproduction treatments we have indicated, Fertilab also offers the following complementary techniques for a more complete diagnosis and approach according to the information on its website:
- Embryo selection with the Time-Lapse system.
- Long embryo culture up to the blastocyst stage.
- Study of sperm DNA fragmentation.
Diagnostic Tests
In Barcelona IVF it is also possible to perform the following diagnostic tests, both for women who are in search of pregnancy and for those who have already achieved it:
- Female fertility study.
- Male fertility study.
- Semen analysis.
- Ultrasound
- Blood tests
- Karyotype
- Study of meiosis.
However, all this information has not been verified by the specialists of inviTRA.
Success rates
The Spanish Fertility Society is in charge of compiling the results of all the Spanish assisted reproduction clinics every year and making a statistical analysis. In fact, the SEF is the only scientific and independent organization of the clinics that collects and publishes these data in an objective manner.
Although our analysis of this clinic was carried out in 12th December, 2022, we have to indicate that the last report published by the SEF shows the success rates obtained in the year 2020 (National Activity Register 2020-SEF Register).
Normally, there is a delay of about 2 years in the publication of these statistics due to the difficulty in data collection and the controls that are carried out. It should be noted that, to collect data from a gestation achieved in December 2017, we must wait until delivery, which will be approximately in September 2018.
It should also be taken into account that directly comparing pregnancy rates between different clinics can lead to misunderstandings because there are many factors that influence the results, such as the cause of sterility or the particular characteristics of each treatment.
Therefore, the SEF data shown below should be taken as a mere guide. In addition, we recommend reading this article for a better interpretation of the statistics.
IVF/ICSI
Realized cycles
Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.
The SEF does not provide an exact number of annual cycles that each center performs, but rather it does so in the form of ranges as follows: less than 100 annual cycles, between 100 and 500 annual cycles, or more than 500 annual cycles.
From inviTRA we consider that for a better interpretation of the results it would be good that the SEF provides more exact data or smaller ranges for the number of annual cycles.
This is the total number of cycles performed by Barcelona IVF in a year.
Implantation rate per transfer
The probability that an embryo will implant in the woman's uterus after the transfer.
This success rate refers to the probability that a transferred embryo will nest in the woman's uterus. It is calculated as follows: number of gestational sacs observed on ultrasound divided by the number of embryos transferred.
The SEF shows this value in the form of an interval, since it is very complicated to provide an exact percentage due to the variability of factors that we have already discussed.
It should also be taken into account that the more assisted reproduction cycles the clinic performs, the narrower this interval will be and the better the interpretation.
Below, we show the implantation rates per embryo transfer in Barcelona IVF.
Pregnancy probability per transfer
Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.
This success rate refers to the probability of pregnancy for each embryo transfer, regardless of the number of embryos transferred and the type of gestation obtained, that is, whether it is a single or multiple gestation.
The SEF divides this success rate according to the woman's age and is also shown in the form of an interval, so it is likely that very large intervals will be found in clinics that perform few cycles.
These are the pregnancy rates per embryo transfer obtained by Barcelona IVF.
Fresh embryo transfer
Frozen embryo transfer
Percentage of transferred embryos
Percentage of embryo transfers made with one, two or three embryos
According to Law 14/2006 on Assisted Human Reproduction Techniques, in Spain it is only permitted to transfer a maximum of 3 embryos at each attempt.
Even so, a higher percentage of single-embryo transfers is now considered a quality parameter for clinics, since although transfers of two or three embryos increase the rate of gestation, twin or multiple pregnancies have many risks for the mother and babies and must be avoided at all costs.
The recommendation of inviTRA is to transfer only 1 or 2 embryos whenever possible.
In Barcelona IVF they have the following percentages in terms of number of embryos transferred.
Fresh embryo transfer
Frozen embryo transfer
Type of pregnancy per transfer
Types of pregnancies achieved according to the number of embryos transferred
As we have said, a single gestation is the best result that can be obtained after an assisted reproduction treatment.
In the following graphs, the percentage of each type of gestation obtained in Barcelona IVF is shown according to the number of embryos transferred.
Due to the risks associated with multiple pregnancies (lower birth weight, higher probability of premature birth, etc.), the ideal would be to always obtain a single gestation rate of 100%, regardless of having transferred 1, 2 or 3 embryos.
Transfer of fresh embryos
Transfer of frozen embryos
IVF with egg donation
Realized cycles
Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.
As far as egg donation is concerned, these are the ranges of annual cycles performed by Barcelona IVF.
As we have indicated above, the SEF does not provide the exact number of cycles performed by a center and that makes it difficult to interpret.
Implantation rate per transfer
The probability that an embryo will implant in the woman's uterus after the transfer.
The probability of a successful egg donation is usually higher than that of IVF with own eggs.
Taking this into account, these are the implantation rates obtained in Barcelona IVF for IVF with donated eggs.
Pregnancy probability per transfer
Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.
In the case of egg donation, the probability of achieving a pregnancy does not depend so much on the age of the recipient woman. Still, the SEF divides this success rate equally into age ranges.
It should also be noted that the current trend is to perform IVF with frozen donor eggs rather than fresh ones.
These are the pregnancy rates by embryo transfer obtained in Barcelona IVF for egg donation.
Fresh embryo transfer
Frozen embryo transfer
Percentage of transferred embryos
Percentage of embryo transfers made with one, two or three embryos
Given the high probability of achieving a pregnancy with donated eggs, it is always preferable to transfer a single embryo in this treatment in order to avoid a multiple pregnancy.
In Barcelona IVF the embryos resulting from egg donation are transferred in the following manner.
Transfer of fresh embryos
Transfer of frozen embryos
Type of pregnancy per transfer
Types of pregnancies achieved according to the number of embryos transferred
Finally, these are the types of pregnancies achieved by Barcelona IVF according to the number of embryos transferred in egg donation IVF.
Fresh Embryo transfer
Frozen Embryo transfer
Artificial insemination with partner's sperm
Pregnancy rate per cycle
Number of pregnancies per cycle according to the woman's age.
This success rate refers to the probability of achieving a pregnancy for each artificial insemination performed.
The SEF divides this success rate according to the woman's age and is also shown in the form of an interval, so it is likely to be found with very large intervals in clinics that perform few cycles.
Below are the pregnancy rates per cycle obtained in Barcelona IVF.
Type of gestation by pregnancy
Type of pregnancy obtained after performing an artificial insemination treatment
Single gestation is the best result that can be obtained after an assisted reproduction treatment, either by artificial insemination or by in vitro fertilization.
In the following graphs, the percentages of each type of pregnancy obtained in Barcelona IVF are shown for each pregnancy achieved with artificial insemination. These data are also divided according to the woman's age.
Due to the risks associated with multiple pregnancies (lower birth weight, higher probability of premature birth, etc.), the ideal would be to always obtain a single gestation rate of 100%.
Women under 35 years
Women between 35-39 years
Artificial insemination with donor sperm
Pregnancy rate per cycle
Number of pregnancies per cycle according to the woman's age.
To show the pregnancy rate of donor artificial insemination, the SEF divides the results according to the woman's age.
These are the probability intervals of pregnancy achieved by Barcelona IVF for donor artificial insemination.
Type of gestation by pregnancy
Type of pregnancy obtained after performing an artificial insemination treatment
As for the type of pregnancy obtained after getting a positive result with donor artificial insemination, these are the data obtained by Barcelona IVF according to the woman's age.
It is worth noting the risks that a multiple pregnancy entails for both mother and babies, so the ideal result in any assisted reproduction treatment is a single gestation.
Women under 35 years
Women between 35-39 years
Medical team
Location: how to get to the clinic?
The Barcelona IVF center is located at Calle de les Escoles Pies N/103 in Barcelona, in the heart of the Sant Gervasi-La Bonanova district of Sarriá.
In case of going by public transport, the nearest bus lines to Barcelona IVF are 75 (Pg Bonanova - Escoles Pies) and 123 (Esperança - Marquesa de Vilallonga).
If you wish to attend in your own vehicle, you can go through Paseo de Bonanova, Calle de Dolors Monserda and Calle de Irdalier, among other options depending on the starting point in the city. In addition, parking is available in a public parking lot a few meters from the clinic, although it is not free of charge.
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