Journal Club - Does IVF Really Raise the Risk of VACTERL Birth Defects?
The Incubator Channel · 17 Sept 2026 · 17 min
Summary
Ben and Daphna discuss a large US population-based study linking IVF conception to higher odds of VACTERL association and related multiple anomaly syndromes. They consider implications for bedside clinical suspicion, easily missed VACTERL phenotypes, and how recording conception history could shape NICU anomaly workups.
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