BACKGROUND Comparative neonatal outcomes with respect to singleton births from blastocyst transfers or cleavage-state embryo transfers are controversial with respect to which method is superior. Many studies have yielded contradictory results. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis for the purpose of comparing neonatal outcomes in single births following IVF/ICSI. METHODS We searc...

background: natural endometrium in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (fet) may have some benefits upon implantation in patients with repeated implantation failure (rif). it might be due to possible differences between natural and stimulated endometrial growth factors and cytokins secretions. objective: the objective of this study was to compare the pregnancy rate of fet on modified natural cycle ve...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the incidence and risk factors for monochorionic diamniotic(MC-DA) twinning after assisted reproductive technologies (ART). DESIGN Retrospective population-based study. SETTING The study was conducted in China; Department of Reproductive Medicine Center at The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University. POPULATION A cohort of 8860 clinical pregnancies ...

Infertility due to spinal cord injury (SCI) in young men is a frequent complication of their injury. When the simpler methods of management of the erectile and ejaculatory dysfunction that invariably follow the more severe types of SCI are not effective, then semen production by transrectal electroejaculation (TREE) combined with in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer is effective. A ...

BACKGROUND Recent advancement in both human embryology and preimplantation genetic screening has created a completely new situation for human assisted reproduction. Embryos, typically at blastocyst stage, are biopsied and screened by DNA microarray or next-generation sequencing before cryopreservation, and then euploid embryos are warmed for transfer. Increased embryo implantation rates have be...

BACKGROUND In order to optimize IVF strategies, particularly with the use of single embryo transfer, good predictive models are required. Here, we develop a model to allow such prediction, and the structure of the models point to more general conclusions about the mode of action of prognostic factors. METHODS Anonymized data from consecutive embryo transfers in five IVF centres in the UK for ...