OBJECTIVE Since IVF program was first established, various types of media and culture systems have been developed either in-house or commercially. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of in-house Maria Research Center (MRC) media to that of commercially available Sydney IVF media in human day 3 embryo transfer cycles. METHODS Three hundred sixty nine couples were included in this...

BACKGROUND Embryo selection has been an integral feature of in vitro fertilization (IVF) almost since its inception. Since the advent of extended blastocyst stage embryo culture, and especially with increasing popularity of elective single embryo transfer (eSET), the concept of embryo selection has increasingly become a mainstay of routine IVF. DISCUSSION We here, however, argue that embryo s...

OBJECTIVE How fertility patients utilise assisted reproductive services can depend on how easy it is to access such services locally. Little data exist to document the extent of economic outflow that accompanies cross-border patient travel specifically for medical procedures that cannot be obtained in country. METHODS In this investigation, data from Luxembourg's social security agency were u...

Patients undergoing IVF may receive either acupuncture or whole-systems traditional Chinese medicine (WS-TCM) as an adjuvant IVF treatment. WS-TCM is a complex intervention that can include acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, dietary, lifestyle recommendations. In this retrospective cohort study, 1231 IVF patient records were reviewed to assess the effect of adjuvant WS-TCM on IVF outcomes co...

Assisted reproductive technologies have generated a worldwide "reproductive revolution."' Latin America is no exception.2 Access to reproductive technology, and in vitro fertilization (IVF) in particular, can substantially benefit people's well-being. IVF is an assisted reproductive technology that involves fertilizing female eggs with sperm outside of a woman's body in a laboratory. In IVF, th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes of patients with moderate oligoasthenozoospermia treated with conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). METHODS A total of 99 couples with moderate oligoasthenozoospermia undergoing their first IVF/ICSI cycle were included in the study. Sibling oocytes were randomized to be inseminated either by conventional IVF o...

Aim. To analyze the frequency and distribution of KIR genotypes in women with recurrent implantation failure after cycles vitro fertilization. Methods. DNA extraction purification, PCR-SSP, agarose gel electrophoresis. Results. The spectrum genes were determined. study group was divided according to history, particular, a 84 whose diagnosis outlined by concept "repeated failed implantations" si...

The aim of this population-based cohort study was to evaluate prenatal and child outcome and costs resulting from prenatal and neonatal care after in vitro fertilization (IVF) in comparison to those after natural conception using a cohort of 304 IVF exposed children born between 1990–1995 in Northern Finland, and two cohorts of unexposed control children (I: n = 569, representing general popula...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes between in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in sibling oocytes. Additionally, we evaluated whether the implementation of split insemination contributed to an increase in the number of ICSI procedures. METHODS A total of 571 cycles in 555 couples undergoing split insemination cycles were included i...

Considerable changes are afoot in the practice of assisted human conception. Doubts about its methods, especially over endocrinology, concern its complexity and its expense. IVF has spread worldwide since its beginnings in the UK, but its current practice, termed routine IVF, is being challenged by simpler routines. These include natural cycle IVF, which has been in the background for many year...