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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason to choose SG instead is stats.  But that is tempered by knowing that they don't take everyone like GW does.  And that if you are outside the "norm" for their patients, they won't look for anything innovative to help you, it'll be the same formula.
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This is why the "stats" discussion bothers me so much...you can't compare equal things.  SG selects patients that they know will have a higher chance of success, and they end up with higher success stats.  That really don't tell you if they are better than other clinics or if they are better at narrowly selecting the easier cases.  I wish there were a way to compare specific things like the quality of the lab (which might be measured by their thaw success rate; though that's also imperfect, since thawing embryos isn't the same skill set as properly fertilizing and culturing them in the first place).

As with most medical practices, I feel like ART is just another instance where you can't really get a good, objective read on which doctor is the best.  though I guess that's all part of medicine is an art, not a science.[/quote]

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