Factors affecting the success of human blastocyst development and pregnancy following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1022-1029

  Jones, Gayle M ^a   Trounson, Alan O ^a   Lolatgis, Nick ^a   Wood, Carl ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst culture; Blastocyst transfer; Implantation rates; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032402363     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00342-2     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Hasler J.F., McCauley A.D., Lathrop W.F., Foote R.H. Effect of donor-embryo-recipient interactions on pregnancy rate in a large scale bovine embryo transfer programme. Theriogenology. 27:1987;139-168.
2. Moore N.W., Shelton J.N. Egg transfer in sheep effect of degree of synchronization between donor and recipient, age of egg, and site of transfer on the survival of transferred eggs . J Reprod Fertil. 7:1964;145-152.
3. Croxatto H.B., Fuentealba B., Diaz S., Pastene L., Tatum G. A simple non-surgical technique to obtain unimplanted eggs from human uteri. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 112:1972;662-668.
4. Bolton V.N., Hawes S.M., Taylor C.T., Parsons J.H. Development of spare human preimplantation embryos in vitro an analysis of the correlations among gross morphology, cleavage rates, and development to the blastocyst . J In Vitro Fert Embryo Transf. 6:1989;30-35.
5. Bolton V.N., Wren M.E., Parsons J.H. Pregnancies after in vitro fertilization and transfer of human blastocysts. Fertil Steril. 55:1991;830-832.
6. Scholtes M.C.W., Zeilmaker G.H. A prospective, randomized study of embryo transfer results after 3 or 5 days of embryo culture in in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril. 65:1996;1245-1248.
7. Jones G.M., Trounson A.O., Gardner D.K., Kausche A., Lolatgis N., Wood C. Evolution of a culture protocol for successful blastocyst development and pregnancy. Hum Reprod. 13:1998;169-177.
8. Gianaroli L., Magli C., Ferraretti A.P., Fiorentino A., Tosti E., Panzella S., et al. Reducing the time of sperm-oocyte interaction in human in-vitro fertilization improves the implantation rate. Hum Reprod. 11:1996;166-171.
9. Barnes F.L., Crombie A., Gardner D.K., Kausche A., Lacham-Kaplan O., Suikkari A.-M., et al. Blastocyst development and birth after in-vitro maturation of human primary oocytes, intracytoplasmic sperm injection and assisted hatching. Hum Reprod. 10:1995;3243-3247.
10. Plachot M., Junca A.M., Mandelbaum J., de Grouchy J., Salat-Baroux J., Cohen J. Chromosome investigations in early life. II. Human preimplantation embryos. Hum Reprod. 2:1987;29-35.
11. Plachot M., de Grouchy J., Junca A.M., Mandelbaum J., Turleau C., Couillin P., et al. From oocyte to embryo a model, deduced from in vitro fertilization, for natural selection against chromosomal abnormalities . Ann Genet. 30:1987;22-32.
12. Janny L., Menezo Y.J.R. Evidence for a strong paternal effect on human preimplantation embryo development and blastocyst formation. Mol Reprod Dev. 38:1994;36-42.
13. Winston N.J., Braude P.R., Pickering S.J., George M.A., Cant A., Currie J., et al. The incidence of abnormal morphology and nucleocytoplasmic ratios in 2-, 3- and 5-day human pre-embryos. Hum Reprod. 6:1991;17-24.
14. Edwards R.G., Fishel S.B., Cohen J., Fehilly J.M., Purdy M., Slater M., et al. Factors influencing the success of in vitro fertilization for alleviating human infertility. J In Vitro Fert Embryo Transf. 1:1984;3-23.
15. Wood C., McMaster R., Rennie G., Trounson A., Leeton J. Factors influencing pregnancy rates following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Fertil Steril. 43:1985;245-250.
16. Roseboom T.J., Vermeiden J.P.W., Schoute E., Lens J.W., Schats R. The probability of pregnancy after embryo transfer is affected by the age of the patient, cause of infertility, number of embryos transferred and the average morphology score, as revealed by multiple logistic regression analysis. Hum Reprod. 10:1995;3035-3041.
17. Steer C.V., Mills C.L., Tan S.L., Campbell S., Edwards R.G. The cumulative embryo score a predictive embryo scoring technique to select the optimal number of embryos to transfer in an in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer programme . Hum Reprod. 7:1992;117-119.
18. Puissant F., Van Rysselberge M., Barlow P., Deweze J., Leroy F. Embryo scoring as a prognostic tool in IVF treatment. Hum Reprod. 2:1987;705-708.
19. Dokras A., Sargent I.L., Barlow D.H. Human blastocyst grading an indicator of developmental potential? Hum Reprod. 8:1993;2119-2127.
20. Hughes E.G., King C., Wood E.C. A prospective study of prognostic factors in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Fertil Steril. 51:1989;838-844.
21. Templeton A., Morris J.K., Parslow W. Factors that affect outcome of in-vitro fertilisation treatment. Lancet. 348:1996;1402-1406.
22. Dicker D., Goldman J.A., Ashkenazi J., Feldberg D., Shelef M., Levy T. Age and pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization. J In Vitro Fert Embryo Transf. 8:1991;141-144.