Pregnancy rates after communal growth of preimplantation human embryos in vitro

被引:43
作者
Almagor, M
Bejar, C
Kafka, I
Yaffe, H
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communal growth; IVF; pregnancy potential; preimplantation;
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10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58507-0
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R71 [妇产科学];
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100211 ;
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Objective: To evaluate the effect of communal growth of preimplantation human embryos on pregnancy rates in IVF-ET. Design: Prospective randomized study. Setting: In Vitro Fertilization Unit, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Patients: Ninety-one women undergoing 91 cycles of IVF-ET. Intervention: In 42 cycles (control) embryos were grown singly, in 49 cycles (study) embryos were grown in groups until transfer. Main Outcome Measures: Proportion of women achieving pregnancy in study and control groups. Results: Communal growth of embryos resulted in significantly improved pregnancy rates; Intrauterine transfer of embryos grown in groups produced 43% pregnancy rates per transfer, whereas, with embryos grown individually, 24% pregnancy rates were obtained (odds ratio = 2.4). Conclusions: Our study suggests that, in IVF, the potential of preimplantation human embryos to produce pregnancy tends to increase when embryos are grown in groups.
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