background: the purpose of this study was to determine the optimal endometrial preparation protocol by comparing the clinical outcome of two methods of endometrial preparation in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (fet) cycles, including that is, oral estradiol and 17ß-estradiol transdermal patch. methods: in this randomized controlled trial, women underwent either conventional ivf or intracytoplasm...

INTRODUCTION Some unexplained infertile couples may have fertilization failure; the in vitro fertilization (IVF) with high insemination concentration (HIC) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) were reported to give better fertilization rate when compared to standard IVF procedure. OBJECTIVE To compare the fertilization rate, abnormal fertilization rate, total fertilization failure rate...

Background We sought to determine the association between factors that affected clinical pregnancy and live birth rates in patients who underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) and received intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and/or laser assisted hatching (LAH), or neither. MaterialsAndMethods In this retrospective cohort study, the records of women who underwent IVF with or without ICSI and...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of frozen mixed double-embryo transfer (MDET; the simultaneous transfer of day 3 and day 5 embryos) in comparison with frozen blastocyst double-embryo transfer (BDET; transfer of two day 5 blastocysts) in patients with repeated implantation failure (RIF). METHODS A total of 104 women with RIF who underwent frozen MDET (n=48) or ...

BACKGROUND We compared retrospectively the pregnancy outcome in two subgroups of ICSI patients, using early division (26 h post injection) to the 2-cell stage as a criterion for embryo quality and viability (ability to produce a pregnancy). METHODS AND RESULTS In the early dividing embryo (EDE) group, at least one of the transferred embryos was early dividing. In the late dividing embryo (LDE...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of fibroids on the blood flow of the uterine and subendometrial arteries and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. METHODS In this study, we analyzed 86 IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in which a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist protocol was used for controlled ovarian stimulation between January 2008 and March 2009. The subject...

BACKGROUND The respective advantages of day 3 and day 5 embryo transfer are a matter of debate. Previous comparisons did not include pronuclear stage zygote scoring and cumulative success rates (fresh and cryopreserved embryos). METHODS Patients were randomized prospectively for day 3 or day 5 embryo transfer. Day 3 embryos were selected for transfer and cryopreservation by using combined eva...

In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on sperm quality and the outcome of assisted reproductive technology (ART). A total of 916 men (457 HBV-positive and 459 HBV-negative) seeking fertility assistance from January 2008 to December 2009 at the Women's Hospital in the School of Medicine at Zhejiang University were analysed for semen parameters. Cou...

The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence of stage of embryonic development, embryo quality and the time of transfer on pregnancy rate in embryo transfer program timed. We were worked a total of 23Holsteincowsasembryo donors, super-ovulated with gonadotropin of pregnant mare serum (PMSG) (2500 3000UI).69 cows were used as recipients of Holstein dairy heifers with an age of20 months and...

The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence of stage of embryonic development, embryo quality and the time of transfer on pregnancy rate in embryo transfer program timed. We were worked a total of 23Holsteincowsasembryo donors, super-ovulated with gonadotropin of pregnant mare serum (PMSG) (2500 3000UI).69 cows were used as recipients of Holstein dairy heifers with an age of20 months and...