introduction: implantation of transferred embryos in the uterus after ivf_icsi cyclesis an important process that less information about it is available. zona hatching method is a suggested approach for this goal. the aim of this research is about performance of zona hatching by laser. methods: in this study 32 patients that enrolled had ivf/icsi cycles depend on inclusion criteria of study tha...

BACKGROUND Cryopreservation of embryos may lead to zona hardening that may compromise in vivo hatching and implantation following thawing and transfer. Assisted hatching (AH) has been advocated as a means of assisting the natural hatching process and enhancing implantation. METHODS The aim of this study was to assess in a prospective randomized manner the effect of laser-assisted hatching (LA...

The aim of the present study was to determine whether the size of the zona pellucida (ZP) thinning area by laser-assisted hatching affected the potential development of vitrified-warmed embryos. A total of 196 vitrified-warmed cleavage-stage embryos (from 49 patients, four sister embryos per patient) were used in the study, i.e., four sister embryos from each patient were randomly assigned to f...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the effect of laser-assisted zona thinning (LAZT) at one or four-points on the blastocyst formation and hatching process in mice with respect to female age. METHODS Eight-cell or morula embryos collected from superovulated C57BL female mice with different ages (6-11 and 28-31 weeks) were treated with LAZT at one-point (LAZT1) or four-points (LAZT4). The z...