Fertility / IVF Claims
Infertility is a common medical problem for both men and women and is a highly emotive issue.
The inability to conceive can be devastating and invasive fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) can be both emotionally difficult to manage and very expensive. Inadequacies in care when undergoing fertility treatments can be very serious and lead to claims for medical negligence.
Infertility can be caused by a number of medical conditions including polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis and ectopic pregnancy in women. Possible causes for men include undescended testes, testicular cancer and testicular trauma.
Claims for clinical negligence can arise from:
- Failures or delays in diagnosis of conditions which cause infertility.
- Surgical negligence leading to infertility or impaired fertility.
- Errors during fertility treatments such as IVF including loss or destructions of embryos and mistakes in the testing of embryos by way of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PIGD).
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