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FERTILITY AND STERILITY
Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages 1008-1012Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.06.021
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Frozen embryo transfer; blastocyst; day 7 blastocysts
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Objective: To compare pregnancy rates (PRs) using blastocysts cryopreserved on day 7 with those cryopreserved on days 5 and 6. Design: Retrospective observational cohort study. Setting: Infertility center performing IVF. Patient(s): Eight hundred women with infertility undergoing frozen ET. Intervention(s): Blastocysts cryopreserved on days 5, 6, and 7 after retrieval were thawed and transferred. Main Outcome Measure(s): Ongoing PRs (pregnancy developing appropriately into the second trimester). Thaw survival, implantation rates, and clinical PRs were also calculated. Result(s): A total of 1,406 embryos were thawed with a survival of 90.7% for day 5, 83.7% for day 6, and 78.7% for day 7. Implantation rates were 43.3%, 28.9%, and 28.9%, respectively. Ongoing PRs were 43.9%, 32.9%, and 26.7%, respectively. Conclusion(s): Blastocysts cryopreserved on day 7 have a lower, but clinically important potential. Embryos that do not achieve blastocyst stage on day 6 should not be universally discarded, but should be observed in culture 1 more day as 27% may result in an ongoing pregnancy. (Fertil Steril (R) 2013; 100: 1008-12. (C) 2013 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)
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