Does the addition of time-lapse morphokinetics in the selection of embryos for transfer improve pregnancy rates? A randomized controlled trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 275-285.e10

  Goodman, Linnea R ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey ^a   Falcone, Tommaso ^a   Austin, Cynthia ^a   Desai, Nina ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst; embryo selection; implantation; morphokinetics; multinucleation; Time lapse monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TIME LAPSE MORPHOKINETICS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; KINETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; KINETICS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORPHOGENESIS; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976528281     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.10.013     Document Type: Article

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