In vitro fertilization in which a woman’s ova are surgically removed and mixed with her partner’s sperm; the resulting zygotes are placed in her fallopian tube.
An assisted reproductive technology, or infertility treatment, in which fertilized eggs (zygotes) are placed in a fallopian tube, usually using laparoscopy. The initial steps are similar to in vitro fertilization (IVF), in which the eggs are retrieved from the woman and fertilized outside the body (in vitro). The resulting fertilized eggs are transferred into one of the woman’s fallopian tubes to allow the cells of the early embryo to divide in a natural environment. As IVF success rates have improved, the need for ZIFT has declined.
An in vitro fertilization technique in which a woman’s ova are surgically removed and mixed with her partner’s sperm. The resulting zygotes are placed in her fallopian tube.
A form of in vitro fertilization, known as ZIFT, involves fertilizing eggs outside the body and then placing the fertilized eggs into a fallopian tube rather than the uterus.