BACKGROUND: In women scheduled for cancer treatment, oocytes cryopreservation is a well-established procedure. Random start protocols have been a substantial improvement in this setting, allowing to prevent delay in the initiation of cancer…
The frozen embryo transfer (FET) technique has been progressively used more worldwide due to improved culture conditions, as well as enhanced survival rates after vitrification. However, little is known about the effect of the post-thaw bla…
INTRODUCTION: Recent data suggest a higher clinical pregnancy rate performing assisted hatching (AH) on previously cryopreserved embryos but fail to demonstrate significant effects on live birth rate. However, current evidence is based on s…
PURPOSE: Aim of the present study was to compare two culture strategies used in our routine in vitro fertilization program. METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis. Two culture systems were used in parallel and analysed retrospectively: …
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether accidental contamination of follicular fluid with endometrioma content during oocytes retrieval affects IVF outcome. STUDY DESIGN: We set up a retrospective review of women undergoing IVF in our infertility u…