PURPOSE: Taking into consideration earlier attempts at assisted reproduction and previous pregnancies allows a more differentiated approach when counseling couples regarding their chances in assisted reproductive treatments. The aim of this…
PURPOSE: It was studied whether morphokinetics of blastocoele re-expansion and hatching in vitrified-warmed blastocysts is predictive of implantation, clinical pregnancy, and live birth. METHODS: In 144 patients aiming for single warmed bl…
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis affects up to 15% of women of reproductive age. There is an obvious lack of studies dealing with morphological parameters of oocyte morphology in endometriosis patients in assisted reproduction. One aim of the st…
OBJECTIVE: This prospective study was set up in order to analyze whether additional treatment (cutting off supernumerous cumulus cells; adding hyaluronidase) of the cumulus-oocyte-complex (COC) would help to improve treatment outcome. MATE…
OBJECTIVE: To compare the anti muellerian hormone (AMH) serum levels in women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: A case-control study SETTING: Women's General Hospital, Linz, Austria. PATIENT(S): Our study included a total of 909 pa…
PURPOSE: To determine the influence of technical pitfalls and oocyte morphology on survival rate and cleavage behavior after ICSI. METHODS: A total of 2210 injection procedures was examined for morphological and technical deviations. Survi…